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A Sage for the Times
The Matheson Trust A Sage for the Times The Role and the Oeuvre of Frithjof Schuon Harry Oldmeadow Published in Sophia: The Journal of Traditional Studies (Washington DC), 4:2, Winter. If Guénon was the master expositor of metaphysical doctrines and Coomaraswamy the peerless scholar and connoisseur of Oriental art who began his exposition of metaphysics through recourse to the language of artistic forms, Schuon seems like the cosmic intellect itself impregnated by the energy of divine grace surveying the whole of the reality surrounding man and elucidating all the concerns of human existence in the light of sacred knowledge. Seyyed Hossein Nasr1 A Personal Note In the mid-70s I was idly meandering through an Australian weekly magazine which, amongst other things, carried reviews of recently published books from various fields. My eye caught a review of The Sword of Gnosis, an anthology of writings on "Metaphysics, Cosmology, Tradition, Symbolism", edited by Jacob Needleman. The review was sufficiently arresting for me to seek out a copy of the book. It was with growing excitement that I first encountered the writings of several figures whose work I would come to know well over the years ahead—René Guénon, Titus Burckhardt, Martin Lings, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, amongst others. But the effect of Schuon's essays was quite mesmeric: here, in the exposition of traditional doctrines and principles, was a clarity, a radiance and a depth which seemed to me, as indeed it still does, to be of a more or less miraculous order. Nasr has written of the appearance of Guénon's first book (Introduction générale à l'étude des doctrines des hindoues, 1921), It was like a sudden burst of lightning, an abrupt intrusion into the modern world of a body of knowledge and a perspective utterly alien to the prevalent climate and world view and completely opposed to all that characterizes the modern mentality.2 This, precisely, is how Schuon's essays struck me. -
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"Tradition and the Sophia Perennis" by Harry Oldmeadow
From the World Wisdom online library: www.worldwisdom.com/public/library/default.aspx 8. Traditionalism and the Sophia Perennis Introduction—René Guénon, Tradition and Oriental Metaphysics—Ananda Coomaraswamy, Scholar and Dharma-Warrior—Frithjof Schuon and the Religio Perennis in East and West—Other Traditionalists ... there are those whose vocation it is to provide the keys with which the treasury of wisdom of other traditions can be unlocked, revealing to those who are destined to receive this wisdom the essential unity and universality and at the same the formal diversity of tradition and revelation. (Seyyed Hossein Nasr)1 Introduction We have already met with Ananda Coomaraswamy’s claim that ... if we are to consider what may be the most urgent practical task to be resolved by the philosopher, we can only answer that this is ... a control and revision of the principles of comparative religion, the true end of which sci ence ... should be to demonstrate the common metaphysical basis of all reli gions ... 2 This, precisely, is one of the central tasks of a group of thinkers who can be gathered together under the term “traditionalists.” It was the French writer René Guénon who was the first to articulate the traditionalist per spective in modern times. Since the time of Guénon’s earliest writings, early in the 20th century, a significant traditionalist “school” has emerged with Guénon, Coomaraswamy and Frithjof Schuon recognized as its most authoritative exponents. The traditionalists are committed to the explica tion of the timeless wisdom which lies at the heart of the diverse religions and behind their manifold forms. -
The Milk of the Virgin: the Prophet, the Saint and the Sage by Renaud Fabbri
From the World Wisdom online library: www. worldwisdom.com/public/library/default.aspx The following essay is found in Sacred Web 20, edited by M. Ali Lakhani The Milk of the Virgin: The Prophet, the Saint and the Sage by Renaud Fabbri Prophets, saints, and sages: The prophet brings a form of faith — a religion; The saint lives it; the sage opens A luminous realm of Pure Spirit Beyond form. Prophets are also wise men, Yet about the highest Truth they speak softly; To the sage, holiness bestows light. God and our heart are united in eternity. 1 (Frithjof Schuon) There have been a few controversies in the last decade about the teaching and personality of the 20th century Perennialist author and founder of the Maryamiyyah Sufi order, Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998), 1 Frithjof Schuon, Songs without Names XII / XVI (Bloomington: World Wisdom, 2007). also known under the name of Sheikh Isa Nur Ad-Din Ahmad. These controversies have been reflected to various degrees in articles published by traditionalist journals as well as in recent scholarly publications. In the following paper, it will be argued that Frithjof Schuon is best understood neither as the founder of a new religion (a prophet in the classical sense of the word) nor as a Muslim saint, but as a universal sage, a spokesman for the religio perennis whose connection with Islam, although providential, remains secondary in the context of his message of esoterism, universality and primordiality. Before we engage in an attempt at defining a sage, we will need to refute two types of criticisms against Schuon. -
French Sufi Theopolitics on the Appropriation of the Akbarian Concepts of God’S Unity, Law and Perfect Man by French Modern Perennialists
French Sufi Theopolitics On the Appropriation of the Akbarian Concepts of God’s Unity, Law and Perfect Man by French Modern Perennialists. Philipp Valentini (Français) Thèse de doctorat présentée à la Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines de l’Université de Fribourg (Suisse) Approuvée par la Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines sur proposition des professeurs François Gauthier (premier rapporteur) Gil Anidjar (deuxième rapporteur) Marcia Hermansen (troisième rapporteur.e) Ian Almond (quatrième rapporteur) Fribourg, le 7 Septembre 2020 La Doyenne, Prof. Bernadette Charlier 1 2 Je remercie le Prof. François Gauthier pour m'avoir permis de finir cette thèse à l'université de Fribourg et pour m'avoir enseigné à discriminer entre ce qui était utile à celle-ci et ce qui pouvait être transformé en article. Toute ma gratitude va à mon co-directeur, le Prof. Gil Anidjar pour m'avoir invité à l'université de Columbia, New York, en 2016 grâce à l'octroi d'une bourse Doc.Mobility du Fonds National Suisse. Cette expérience intellectuelle, que je dois à sa bienveillance constante, a été déterminante pour mon travail académique. Je tiens aussi à remercier tout particulièrement la Prof. et Doyenne Bernadette Charlier pour m'avoir accompagné dans la dernière phase de cette recherche. Je remercie la Prof. Marcia Hermansen de m'avoir assisté patiemment dans l'écriture de cette dernière version de la thèse et de m'avoir encouragé avec force à chercher au plus vite à publier les résultats de mes travaux. Je remercie le Prof. Ian Almond pour la précision de son rapport qui a été très utile pour cette dernière version de ma thèse. -
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The Esoteric Deviation in Islam The Esoteric Deviation in Islam Umar Ibrahim Vadillo Madinah Press Cape Town South Africa © Umar Ibrahim Vadillo 2003 No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical or other means, not known or hereafter invented, including photocopying or recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Umar Ibrahim Vadillo asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work. 5 Contents PREFACE 1 INTRODUCTION 21 PART 1 WHAT IS ESOTERICISM? 59 PART 2 THE ESOTERIC PHENOMENON 127 PART 3 THE RELIGIOUS REFORMS 201 PART 4 FREEMASONRY 231 PART 5 ISLAM 283 PART 6 THE TANZIMAT: THE ESOTERIC PREPARATION 325 PART 7 POLITICAL DEVIATIONS IN ISLAM 337 PART 8 THE ESOTERICISATION OF TASAWWUF 377 PART 9 THE ESOTERICISATION OF THE SHARI‘AH 473 PART 10 THE HUMANIST STAGE 489 PART 11 THE UTILITARIAN STAGE 521 PART 12 THE ASSIMILATION STAGE: ESOTERIC NIHILISM 605 PART 13 THE POLITICS OF THE ESOTERIC DEVIATION 705 PART 14 THE OPENING OF ISLAM 727 PART 15 CONCLUSION 743 APPENDICES 751 APPENDIX 1 IBN KHALDUN’S “ON THE MATTER OF THE MAHDI” 753 APPENDIX 2 IBN TAYMIYYA: THE SCHOOL OF MADINAH 771 APPENDIX 3 ESOTERIC DATES 778 APPENDIX 4 POLITICAL DATES 797 APPENDIX 5 THE ESOTERIC JARGON 830 APPENDIX 6 GLOSSARY OF SPECIAL TERMS 847 APPENDIX 7 GLOSSARY OF ISLAMIC TERMS 856 APPENDIX 8 GLOSSARY OF ARABIC EXPRESSIONS 863 BIBLIOGRAPHY 865 NOTES 883 INDEX 948 Preface All Praise is due to Allah, the most Compassionate, the most Merciful, the Lord of all the worlds, the King of the Day of Judgment, Who has gathered all knowledge in His Essence and Who is the Creator of all knowledge for eternity. -
Frithjof Schuon – the Transcendent Unity of Religions.Pdf " (Pdfy Mirror) See Other Formats (None)
Full text of " Frithjof Schuon – The Transcendent Unity of Religions.pdf " (PDFy mirror) See other formats (None) The Transcendent Unity of Religions … introduction by Huston Smith -001- A Swiss Scholar … All Originals are in French Frithjof Schuon Quest BOOKS Theosophical Publishing House Wkeaton, ill mois ♦ CHennai (Madras la Copyright © 1984 Frithjof Schuon Second Quest edition 1993 Second printing 2005 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without written permission except for quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For additional information write to Quest Books Theosophical Publishing House PO Box 270 Wheaton, IL 60189-0270 www. questbooks. net Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Schuon, Frithjof. The transcendent unity of religions. (A Quest book) Translation of: De l'unite transcendante des religions. Includes index. 1. Religion — philosophy. 2. Christianity and other religions. 3. Religions. I. Title. ISBN-13: 978-0-8356-0587-8 ISBN-10: 0-8356-0587-6 BL51.S4643 1984 291'. 01 84-239 Printed in the United States of America Spiritus ubi vult spirat: et vocum eius audis, sed nescis unde veniat, aut quo vadat: sic est omnis, qui natus est ex spiritu. The wind blowest where it listeth, and thou nearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit (John 3:8) T.H. (Reformatted) Some Corrections to English are made; BUT TEXT remains Integral !!! Contents Introduction to the Revised Edition by Huston Smith ix -002- Preface xxix 1. Conceptual Dimensions 1 -013- 2. -
René Guénon and Traditionalism
Chapter 25 René Guénon and Traditionalism William Rory Dickson 1 Introduction René Guénon’s (1886–1951) Traditionalist school of thought has played a sig- nificant role in the transmission of Islam within Europe and North America. Like Guénon, most of his followers became Muslim and pursued the practice of Ṣūfism within several Traditionalist Ṣūfi orders, making Traditionalism a largely Islamic movement. Several of Guénon’s followers were accomplished academics whose writings on Islam have shaped its reception in the West more broadly, particularly among intellectuals and Ṣūfis. This chapter will first of all outline Guénon’s life and thought, before considering the broader Traditionalist movement and its role in the development of Islam in the West in the twentieth century. Initiated into a Ṣūfi order in 1910, Guénon sought to recover humanity’s ‘Primordial Tradition’ (la Tradition Primordiale), whose metaphysical truths he believed were still preserved within Eastern religions. Although Guénon held that Hinduism’s non-dual Advaita Vedanta school was the most authoritative expression of the Primordial Tradition, he did not think Hinduism suitable for Westerners, and saw in Islam a more recent and accessible expression of the Primordial Tradition. Guénon’s emphasis on orthodox religion as the neces- sary container of esoteric truth, alongside his trenchant critique of modernity, led to his school of thought being referred to as Traditionalism. His initiation into Ṣūfism, and later devout practice of Islam, would prove to have historical significance for Islam in the West, as several of his followers and associates would become Muslims, establish their own branches of Ṣūfi orders in Europe and North America, and further write influential interpretations of Islam for Westerners.