Frithjof Schuon

The Eye of the Heart (eBook, ePUB)

A New Translation with Selected Letters
Redaktion: Oldmeadow, Harry

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This new edition of The Eye of the Heart, one of perennialist author Frithjof Schuon''s earliest works, features a fully revised translation from the French original as well as over 50 pages of new material, including previously unpublished selections from the author''s letters and other private writings. Also featured is a foreword by renowned religion scholar Huston Smith, an editor''s preface, extensive editor''s notes, a glossary of foreign terms and phrases, an index, and biographical notes.

Schuon''s perspective is that of the sophia perennis or "perennial wisdom", which is capable of discerning the spiritual intentions behind religious doctrines, forms, and practices. The essays collected here cover a wide range of subjects, including the fundamental principles of spiritual symbolism, the enigmatic nature of evil, questions on the afterlife, and many invaluable insights concerning the integration of everyday activities into the spiritual life. Schuon also evokes the sacredness of creation and the message of beauty, which when seen with the "eye of the heart", leads back to God.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781936597710
• Artikelnr.: 62376461

Autorenporträt

By Frithjof Schuon - Edited by Harry Oldmeadow - Foreword by Huston Smith

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Huston Smith vii
Editor's Preface by Harry Oldmeadow ix
Author's Preface xv
Part I: Metaphysics and Cosmology
The Eye of the Heart 3
On Knowledge 11
An-Nūr 15
Nirvāna 33
The Posthumous States 43
Part II: Forms of the Spirit
Christianity and Buddhism 53
The Mystery of the Bodhisattva 63
Elementary Remarks on the Enigma of the Kōan 85
Īmān, Islām, Ihsān 89
Intellectuality and Civilization 95
Part III: Spiritual Life
Modes of Spiritual Realization 101
Microcosm and Symbol 111
Prayer and the Integration of the Psychic Elements 121
Transgression and Purification 127
On Sacrifice 141
The Twin Pitfall 147
On Meditation 153
Appendix
Selections from Letters and Other Previously
Unpublished Writings 165
Editor's Notes 175
Glossary of Foreign Terms and Phrases 201
Index 219
Biographical Notes 229