Stations of Wisdom

by Frithjof Schuon

These essays go to the roots of the religious/science impass.

Genres: Religion, Philosophy

164 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1961

About the author

Frithjof Schuon was a native of Switzerland born to German parents in Basel, Switzerland. He is known as a philosopher, metaphysician and author of numerous books on religion and spirituality.

Schuon is recognized as an authority on philosophy, spirituality and religion, an exponent of the Religio Perennis, and one of the chief representatives of the Perennialist School. Though he was not officially affiliated with the academic world, his writings have been noticed in scholarly and philosophical journals, and by scholars of comparative religion and spirituality. Criticism of the relativism of the modern academic world is one of the main aspects of Schuon's teachings. In his teachings, Schuon expresses his faith in an absolute principle, God, who governs the universe and to whom our souls would return after death. For Schuon the great revelations are the link between this absolute principle—God—and mankind. He wrote the main bulk of his metaphysical teachings in French. In the later years of his life Schuon composed some volumes of poetry in his mother tongue, German. His articles in French were collected in about twenty titles in French which were later translated into English as well as many other languages.

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Reviews

[Dina Kaidir · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Twentieth century man has lost the sense of repose and contemplation; living on husks, he no longer knows what fruit is like."

Love, Knowledge and Will, the three planes of human nature.

The soul is all that it knows. (Aristotle)

I've read and re-read this book for four months now. Inspired today to let it rest on my bookshelf, with images still coming at me :)

[Jakob · Rating 2 out of 5]

I dont think I understood this fully; Schuon's terminology is too opaque for me.