Sufism: Veil and Quintessence : a New Translation with Selected LettersWorld Wisdom, Inc, 2006 - 196 páginas "This revised and expanded edition of Frithjof Schuon's Sufism: Veil and Quintessence contains: a new translation of this classic work; previously unpublished correspondence by Frithjob Schuon; an editor's preface by James S. |
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Página viii
... knowledge of the his- torical manifestations of Sufism were almost completely confined to the Arab world , and having received a Shadhili initiation in the Maliki ambience of North Africa in a totally Arab ambience and furthermore being ...
... knowledge of the his- torical manifestations of Sufism were almost completely confined to the Arab world , and having received a Shadhili initiation in the Maliki ambience of North Africa in a totally Arab ambience and furthermore being ...
Página ix
... knowledge of Shiite gnosis and esoterism is also reflected, albeit indirectly, in this book. With the vast knowledge that Schuon had of Sufism on all levels, in this work he has analyzed linguistic characteristics, ethnic and ...
... knowledge of Shiite gnosis and esoterism is also reflected, albeit indirectly, in this book. With the vast knowledge that Schuon had of Sufism on all levels, in this work he has analyzed linguistic characteristics, ethnic and ...
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... knowledge, which in this case are revelation, inspiration, intellec- tion, and—secondarily—reflection; it is necessary to know exactly what is meant by these terms. Inspiration, like revelation, is a divine dictation, with the differ ...
... knowledge, which in this case are revelation, inspiration, intellec- tion, and—secondarily—reflection; it is necessary to know exactly what is meant by these terms. Inspiration, like revelation, is a divine dictation, with the differ ...
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... knowledge , if one may put it this way , is the inter- pretation of sacred Scriptures ; one knows that in a Semitic context scriptural interpretation , with its play of associations of ideas springing from words or images , often takes ...
... knowledge , if one may put it this way , is the inter- pretation of sacred Scriptures ; one knows that in a Semitic context scriptural interpretation , with its play of associations of ideas springing from words or images , often takes ...
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... knowledge of God is at the antipodes of kalām . All this enables us to explain the paradox of an esoterism founded less on an intellectuality conscious of its nature and rights than on a voluntaristic , individualistic , and sentimental ...
... knowledge of God is at the antipodes of kalām . All this enables us to explain the paradox of an esoterism founded less on an intellectuality conscious of its nature and rights than on a voluntaristic , individualistic , and sentimental ...
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Absolute accentuation according Advaita Vedānta ahādīth Allāh Arabic Aryan beauty believe Bhagavad Gītā Book of Keys Brahma certitude Christian contrary Dhikr divine doctrine editor's note element esoterism Essence everything evil Exo-Esoteric Symbiosis expression fact faith Faqr fideists Frithjof Schuon fundamental Ghazzali gnosis hadith hand heart hence Hindu Hinduism Holy human Hyperbolism Ibn Arabi ilāha illā immanent includes Infinite inspiration intellection intelligence Islam knowledge Koran language literally Llāh logic Manifestation Māyā means mentality Mercy metaphysical moral Muhammad Muslim mystery mystical Name nature nonetheless outward Paradise paradoxical perspective philosophy pious point of view possible practice prayer precisely Principle priori Prophet qualities question Rahmah reality reason regard religion religious remembrance sacred saint Sanskrit Semitic sense Shahadah shariah soul speaking spiritual Sufi Sufism Sunnah Surah Symbiosis symbolism theology things thou tion traditional transcendent true truth Unity universal unto vaishya Vedānta veil virtue whereas wisdom words
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