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Frithjof Schuon

Messenger of the Perennial Philosophy

by Michael Oren Fitzgerald

Foreword by William Stoddart

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About Frithjof Schuon

“I knew when I was in his [Schuon’s] presence that I was in the presence of a true

saint and also the spiritual master that I was seeking. When I say ‘true saint’, I don’t

mean just a saintly man but a true saint of the first magnitude, such as one cannot

expect to meet in the twentieth century. I mean a saint of the magnitude of St. Ber-

nard, St. Francis, or St. Augustine in Christianity; of Ibn ‘Arabī or Rūmī in Sufism; of

Shankara in Hinduism; and of Milarepa in Buddhism. I knew this with a certainty.”

— Martin Lings , author of A Sufi Saint of the Twentieth Century: Shaykh

Ahmad al-‘Alawī , describing his first meeting with Schuon

“I think Schuon has exactly the right view. . . . That I can be accepted in a personal

and confidential relationship, not exactly as a disciple but at any rate as one of those

who are entitled to consult him directly and personally. This is a matter of great

importance to me. . . . It can have tremendous effects. I see that already.”

— Thomas Merton , from The Hidden Ground of Love and Merton and Sufism

“[Schuon is] the most important religious thinker of our century. . . . [He] is the only

person I have known who invariably made me feel on leaving him that I had been

in the presence of a different order of human being.”

— Huston Smith , author of The World’s Religions and Why Religion Matters

“The highest praise that I can offer concerning the writings of Frithjof Schuon is

that they are worthy of their subject matter—the teachings of the great spiritual

traditions. Whether one’s views are supported or challenged by these writings, any

serious person will feel grateful to be confronted by such a generously discerning

intellect and to witness the emergence of authentic contemplative thought in this

darkening time.”

— Jacob Needleman , editor of The Sword of Gnosis

“I have met with no more impressive work in the comparative study of Oriental

and Occidental religion.”

— T. S. Eliot , Nobel laureate for literature, on Schuon’s first book, The Tran-

scendent Unity of Religions

“Schuon’s thought does not demand that we agree or disagree, but that we under-

stand or do not understand. Such writing is of rare and lasting value.”

— Times Literary Supplement

“[Schuon’s] face was bright with the light of inner illumination. He possessed a regal

bearing . . . but he was at heart so humble, simple, and loving. The love in his heart

was manifest on his face. . . . [He was] a very prince among saints.”

— Swami Ramdas , from a “Visit to a Sufi Saint” in World is God

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About This Book

“Here, Michael Fitzgerald brings to the academic world and to serious seekers a

wealth of reliable sources of information not only from Frithjof Schuon himself

but from a quite impressive number of persons who knew him well: appropriate

and concise quotations from articles, books, memoirs, correspondence, and an

impressive array of photographs. This book provides the reader with a valuable tool

necessary to deepen his or her understanding of Frithjof Schuon’s works and life:

a difficult but important task that Michael Fitzgerald carried out objectively and

beautifully.”

— Jean-Pierre Lafouge , Marquette University, editor of For God’s Greater

Glory: Gems of Jesuit Spirituality

“Intellection at its highest level, of which the sage was a providential locus of mani-

festation, is unveiled through the many quotations of Schuon’s own description of

his inspirations, and the message which resulted from his insights is presented in its

essentiality.”

— Jean-Claude Petitpierre , Schuon’s long-time friend

“Like a skillful craftsman, the author manages to reflect the multiple facets of Frithjof

Schuon through the German thinker’s own words and those of his closest collabo-

rators. The abundance of photographs and illustrations provide yet another way of

assimilating the unique characteristics of this great sage of our times. A remarkable

biography on a remarkable man.”

— Carlos Sugobono , Schuon’s long-time friend

“[Schuon’s] gifts could only be the result of a lifelong cultivation of the spirit with an

intensity of concentration almost beyond comprehension. Michael Fitzgerald’s fine

presentation of Schuon’s message and his portrait of the messenger provide many

keys for understanding Schuon’s life and spiritual gifts.”

— Vincent Rossi , Director of Education for the American Exarchate of the

Jerusalem Patriarchate of the Orthodox Church

“Frithjof Schuon’s extraordinary discrimination, as seen through his two dozen

books, has the power to cut the Gordian knot of our illusions and errors. For the

reader who wants to know more about this great man’s life and wisdom, Michael

Fitzgerald’s biography is the best answer. It provides an enormous amount of orga-

nized and clear information, some hitherto unknown.”

— Mateus Soares de Azevedo , editor of Ye Shall Know the Truth: Chris-

tianity and the Perennial Philosophy

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World Wisdom

The Library of Perennial Philosophy

The Library of Perennial Philosophy is dedicated to the exposition of the timeless

Truth underlying the diverse religions. This Truth, often referred to as the Sophia

Perennis —or Perennial Wisdom—finds its expression in the revealed Scriptures as

well as the writings of the great sages and the artistic creations of the traditional

worlds.

Frithjof Schuon: Messenger of the Perennial Philosophy appears as one of our selec-

tions in the Spiritual Masters: East & West series.

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Spiritual Masters: East & West Series

This series presents the writings of great masters of the past and present

from both East and West. Carefully selected essential writings of these sages

are combined with biographical information, glossaries of technical terms,

historical maps, and pictorial and photographic art in order to communicate a

sense of their respective spiritual climates.

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Schuon’s English Language Works

Books by Frithjof Schuon

The Transcendent Unity of Religions (1953, 1984)

Spiritual Perspectives and Human Facts (1954, 1970, 1987, 2007)

Gnosis: Divine Wisdom (1959, 1978, 1990, 2006)

Language of the Self (1959, 1999)

Castes and Races (1959, 1982)

Stations of Wisdom (1961, 1980, 1995)

Understanding Islam (1963, 1972, 1986, 1998)

Light on the Ancient Worlds (1965, 1984, 2006)

Treasures of Buddhism (In the Tracks of Buddhism) (1968, 1989, 1993)

Logic and Transcendence (1975, 1984, 2009)

Esoterism as Principle and as Way (1981, 1990)

Sufism: Veil and Quintessence (1981, 2006)

From the Divine to the Human (1982)

Christianity/Islam: Perspectives on Esoteric Ecumenism (1985, 2008)

Survey of Metaphysics and Esoterism (1986, 2000)

In the Face of the Absolute (1989, 1994)

The Feathered Sun: Plains Indians in Art and Philosophy (1990)

To Have a Center (1990)

Roots of the Human Condition (1991, 2002)

Images of Primordial and Mystic Beauty: Paintings by Frithjof Schuon (1992)

Echoes of Perennial Wisdom (1992)

The Play of Masks (1992)

Road to the Heart: Poems (1995)

The Transfiguration of Man (1995)

The Eye of the Heart (1997)

Form and Substance in the Religions (2002)

Adastra & Stella Maris: Poems by Frithjof Schuon (bilingual edition) (2003)

Songs without Names, Volumes I-VI: Poems by Frithjof Schuon (2006)

Songs without Names, Volumes VII-XII: Poems by Frithjof Schuon (2006)

World Wheel, Volumes I-III: Poems by Frithjof Schuon (2006)

World Wheel, Volumes IV-VII: Poems by Frithjof Schuon (2006)

Primordial Meditation: Contemplating the Real (2007)

Autumn Leaves & The Ring: Poems by Frithjof Schuon (bilingual edition) (2010)

Anthologies of Frithjof Schuon’s Writings

The Essential Frithjof Schuon, ed. Seyyed Hossein Nasr (1986, 2005)

Songs for a Spiritual Traveler: Selected Poems (bilingual edition) (2002)

René Guénon: Some Observations, ed. William Stoddart (2004)

The Fullness of God: Frithjof Schuon on Christianity, ed. James S. Cutsinger (2004)

Prayer Fashions Man: Frithjof Schuon on the Spiritual Life, ed. James S. Cutsinger (2005)

Art from the Sacred to the Profane: East and West, ed. Catherine Schuon (2007)

Splendor of the True: A Frithjof Schuon Reader, ed. James S. Cutsinger (forthcoming)

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