Frithjof Schuon Archive
Featured Books
Herbstblätter & Der Ring
The German sense poems of Frithjof Schuon form a metaphysical and spiritual whole that unites the essential teachings of this master in a form as accessible as it is immediate.
Featured Poems
Adastra and Stella Maris: Poems by Frithjof Schuon-Philosophy
Sophists were the creators of wrong
Adastra and Stella Maris: Poems by Frithjof Schuon-Ignorance
It has been taught: nothing is in the Intellect
Adastra and Stella Maris: Poems by Frithjof Schuon-Praise and Thanks
Al-hamdu li’Llâh — one praises God for what
Featured Articles
Biography of Frithjof Schuon
This biography of Frithjof Schuon by Mark Perry appears on the web site of World Wisdom, the publisher of most of Schuon’s books in English. Mark Perry was a close associate of Frithjof Schuon for many years, as were his parents, Whitall and Barbara. Mark Perry is himself a writer and metaphysician, and this biography of Schuon includes some insights that only a person very famililar with the Perennial Philosophy and with Schuon’s comprehensive perspective could pen.
An Artistic Dimension
Frithjof Schuon was also a noted artist whose paintings and sketches reflected his concern with the spiritual vocation of man, Beauty, virtue, and the reality of creation as a mirror of God. This chapter (number 18) from Michael Oren Fitzgerald’s book Frithjof Schuon: Messenger of the Perennial Philosophy covers how Schuon was led to create his works of art, his choice of subjects, and his sense of aesthetics, and includes some reproductions of his sketches and paintnings.
New Light on Black Elk and The Sacred Pipe
The American Indian Culture and Research Journal summarizes this article by Fitzgerald in this way: “This article provides new information that will oblige scholars to reassess the legacy of Black Elk (1863–1950), including excerpts from recently discovered unpublished letters written by Joseph Epes Brown while he was living with the Lakota holy man (1947–49). The author provides insights into Brown’s personal philosophy and a clearer context for the editorial role he played in recording The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk’s Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux. Brown’s letters also help to illuminate Black Elk’s role in attempting to restore the sacred “religion of the Pipe” among the Sioux and to clarify controversies that include Black Elk’s dual participation in Catholicism.” For readers of Perennialist writings, it is noteworthy that Fitzgerald’s article also includes important new insight into Frithjof Schuon’s role in the chain of events leading to the recording of Black Elk’s teachings on the Seven Rites.