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A Resource On Frithjof Schuon's Life & Teachings
• Books in their original languages
• Books translated into English
• Comprehensive bibliography of all books
• Miscellaneous Articles
• Index of Articles & Chapters in English
• Chapter locations for out of print books
Books in their original languages

The single year shown below indicates the year in which the first edition was published. Further editions are listed under the section "Comprehensive bibliography of all books" found below.


  Written in French
  • De Quelques aspects de l’Islam (1935)
  • De l’Unité transcendante des religions (1948)
  • L’Oeil du cœur (1950)
  • Perspectives spirituelles et faits humains (1953)
  • Sentiers de gnose (1957)
  • Castes et races (1957)
  • Les Stations de la sagesse (1958)
  • Images de l’Esprit (1961)
  • Comprendre l’Islam (1961)
  • Regards sur les mondes anciens (1968)
  • Logique et transcendance (1970)
  • Forme et substance dans les religions (1975)
  • L’Ésotérisme comme principe et comme voie (1978)
  • Le Soufisme, voile et quintessence (1980)
  • Christianisme/Islam: visions d’oecuménisme ésotérique (1981)
  • Du Divin à l’humain (1981)
  • Sur les traces de la Religion pérenne (1982)
  • Approches du phénomène religieux (1984)
  • Résumé de métaphysique intégrale (1985)
  • Avoir un centre (1988)
  • Racines de la condition humaine (1990)
  • Les Perles du pèlerin (1991)
  • Le Jeu des Masques (1992)
  • La Transfiguration de l’Homme (1995)

Written in German

  • Das Denken des Eigentlichen (Leitgedanken zur Urbesinnung) (1935)
  • Sulamith (1947)
  • Tage-und Nächtebuch (1947)
  • Von der inneren Einheit der Religionen – author’s translation (1979)
  • Adastra & Stella Maris (2001)
  • Herbstblätter & Der Ring (2002)
  • Lieder ohne Nahmen I, II, III (2002)
  • Lieder ohne Nahmen IV, V (2003)
  • Lieder ohne Nahmen VI, VII (2003)
  • Lieder ohne Nahmen VIII, IX, X (2004)
  • Lieder ohne Nahmen XI, XII (2004)
  • Das Weltrad I, II (2004)
  • Das Weltrad III, IV, V (2005)
  • Das Weltrad VI, VII (2005)

Compiled or Written in English

  • Language of the Self (1959)
  • Treasures of Buddhism (In the Tracks of Buddhism) (1968)
  • The Feathered Sun: Plains Indians in Art and Philosophy (1990)
  • Echoes of Perennial Wisdom (1992)
  • Images of Primordial and Mystic Beauty (1992)
  • Road to the Heart: Poems (1995)

Books translated into English

Further editions are listed under the section "Comprehensive bibliography of all books" just below.

  • The Transcendent Unity of Religions (1953)
  • Spiritual Perspectives and Human Facts (1954)
  • Gnosis: Divine Wisdom (1959)
  • Language of the Self (1959)
  • Stations of Wisdom (1961)
  • Understanding Islam (1963)
  • Light on the Ancient Worlds (1965)
  • Treasures of Buddhism (In the Tracks of Buddhism) (1968)
  • Logic and Transcendence (1975)
  • Esoterism as Principle and as Way (1981)
  • Sufism: Veil and Quintessence (1981)
  • From the Divine to the Human (1982)
  • Castes and Races (1982)
  • Christianity/Islam: Perspectives on Esoteric Ecumenism (1985)
  • Survey of Metaphysics and Esoterism (1986)
  • In the Face of the Absolute (1989)
  • The Feathered Sun: Plains Indians in Art and Philosophy (1990)
  • To Have a Center (1990)
  • Roots of the Human Condition (1991)
  • Images of Primordial and Mystic Beauty: Paintings by Frithjof Schuon (1992)
  • Echoes of Perennial Wisdom (1992)
  • The Play of Masks (1992)
  • Road to the Heart: Poems (1995)
  • The Transfiguration of Man (1995)
  • The Eye of the Heart (1997)
  • Form and Substance in the Religions (2002)
  • Adastra & Stella Maris: Poems by Frithjof Schuon (bilingual edition) (2003)
  • Songs without Names, Volumes I-VI: Poems by Frithjof Schuon (2006)
  • Songs without Names, Volumes VII-XII: Poems by Frithjof Schuon (2006)
  • World Wheel, Volumes I-III: Poems by Frithjof Schuon (2006)
  • World Wheel, Volumes IV-VII: Poems by Frithjof Schuon (2006)
  • Guiding Thoughts for Meditation on the Real (2007)
  • Autumn Leaves & The Ring: Poems by Frithjof Schuon (2010)

Anthologies of Frithjof Schuon’s Writings

  • The Essential Frithjof Schuon, ed. Seyyed Hossein Nasr (1986)
  • The Feathered Sun: Plains Indians in Art and Philosophy (1990)
  • Songs for a Spiritual Traveler: Selected Poems (bilingual edition) (2002)
  • René Guénon: Some Observations, ed. William Stoddart (2004)
  • The Fullness of God: Frithjof Schuon on Christianity, ed. James S. Cutsinger (2004)
  • Prayer Fashions Man: Frithjof Schuon on the Spiritual Life, ed. James S. Cutsinger (2005)
  • Art from the Sacred to the Profane: East and West, ed. Catherine Schuon (2007)
  • Echoes of Perennial Wisdom: A New Translation with Selected Letters, ed. Patrick Casey (2012)
  • Splendor of the True: A Frithjof Schuon Reader, eds. Huston Smith and James S. Cutsinger (2013)
  • Treasures of Buddhism: A New Translation with Selected Letters, ed. Harry Oldmeadow (2018)
  • Towards the Essential: Letters of a Spiritual Master, ed. Thierry Béguelin (2021)
  • Letters of Frithjof Schuon: Reflections on the Perennial Philosophy, eds. Michael O. Fitzgerald and Catherine Schuon (2022)

Archivist’s Note:

In accordance with Schuon’s preference we have not listed either Dimensions of Islam or Islam and the Perennial Philosophy among his English-language books. “My doctrinal message is in my French books and their translations. It is only indirectly and imperfectly in the English compilations Dimensions of Islam and Islam and the Perennial Philosophy, which were produced for contingent reasons and do not correspond to my intentions” (personal paper, “Remarks on the Appendix”, quoted in Frithjof Schuon: Life and Teachings, p. 178). The contents of these two compilations can be found within one or another of Schuon’s “French books and their translations”. For further information see section below “Chapter locations for out of print books”.


Comprehensive bibliography of all books

This list is current as of June, 2023.

Exposition

  • Leitgedanken zur Urbesinnung, Zurich and Leipzig, Orell Füssli Verlag, 1935; second edition as Urbesinnung—Das Denken des Eigentlichen, Freiburg im Breisgau, Aurum Verlag, 1989.

    Translations:

    •  Translated into French as: Méditation primordiale : la conception du vrai, Sottens, Les Sept Flèches, 2008.

    •  Translated into English as: Primordial Meditation: Contemplating the Real, London, Matheson Trust, 2015.

  • De quelques aspects de l'islam, Paris, Chacornac, 1935.
  • De L’Unité transcendante des religions, Paris, Gallimard, 1948, 1958; revised edition, Paris, Le Seuil, 1979; Paris, Sulliver, 2000; Paris, L'Harmattan, 2014.

    Translations:

    •  The Transcendent Unity of Religions, London, Faber & Faber, 1953; New York, Harper & Row, 1975; Wheaton (Illinois), The Theosophical Publishing House, 1993.

    •  De la unidad transcendente de las religiones, Buenos Aires, Ediciones Anaconda, 1949; Madrid, Ediciones Heliodoro, 1980; new edition, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2004.

    •  De l’Unità trascendente delle religione, Bari, Gius, La terza & Figli, 1949 (new translation as Unita trascendente..., Rome, Editione Mediterranae, 1953).

    •  Da Unidade transcendente das religiones, Sao Paulo, Livraria MartinsEditora, 1953.

    •  Von der Inneren Einheit der Religionen, Ansata, Interlaken, 1981; Frankfurt, Hans J. Maurer, 2007.

  • L’Oeil du coeur, Paris, Gallimard, 1950; new revised edition, Paris, Dervy-Livres, 1974; Lausanne, L’Âge d’Homme, 2001; new edition with three additional chapters, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2017.

    Translations:

    •  The Eye of the Heart, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1997; new translation with selected letters, 2021.

    •  El ojo del corazón, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2003.

  • Perspectives spirituelles et faits humains, Paris, Les Cahiers du Sud, 1953; Paris, Maisonneuve & Larose, 1989; Lausanne, L’Âge d’Homme, 2001; Lagorce, Hozhoni, 2020 (augmentée de lettres et de manuscrits inédits).

    Translations:

    •  Spiritual Perspectives and Human Facts, London, Faber & Faber, 1954; new revised edition, Bedfont, Perennial Books, 1987; new translation with selected letters, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2007.

    •  Perspectivas espirituales y hechos humanos, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2001.

    •  Geistige Sichtweisen und menschliche Tatsachen, Hamburg, tredition, 2014.

  • Sentiers de gnose, Paris, La Colombe, 1957; Paris, La Place Royale, 1987, 1996 (revue et corrigée).

    Translations:

    •  Gnosis—Divine Wisdom, London, John Murray, 1959; London, Perennial Books, 1978, 1990; new translation with selected letters, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2006.

    •  Senderos de Gnosis, José J. de Olañeta, Mallorca, Editor, 2002.

    •  Gnosis – Göttliche Weisheit, Hamburg, tredition, 2015.

  • Castes et races, Lyon, Paul Derain, 1957; Milano, Archè, 1979.

    Translations:

    •  Castes and Races, London, Perennial Books, 1959, 1982.

    •  Castas y Razas, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 1983.

  • Les Stations de la Sagesse, Paris, Buchet/Chastel, 1958; Paris, Maisonneuve &Larose, 1992; Paris, L'Harmattan, 2011.

    Translations:

    •  Stations of Wisdom, London, John Murray, 1961; London, Perennial Books, 1978; new edition, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1995, 2003.

    •  La Stazioni della saggetta, Rome, Edizioni Mediterranae, 1981.

    •  Las estaciones de la sabiduría, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2001.

  • Language of the Self, Madras, Ganesh, 1959; Bangalore, Select Books, 1998; Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1999.
  • Images de l'esprit : shinto, bouddhisme, yoga, Paris, Flammarion, 1961; rééditions : Le Courrier du Livre, 1982 ; Paris, L'Harmattan, 2021.

    Translations:

    •  Imágenes del Espíritu: Shinto, Budismo, Yoga, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2001.

  • Comprendre l’Islam, Paris, Gallimard, 1961; Paris, Le Seuil, 1976.

    Translations:

    •  Understanding Islam, London, Allen & Unwin, 1963; Baltimore, PenguinBooks, 1972; revised translation, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1994, 1997; new translation with selected letters, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2011.

    •  Comprendere l’Islam, Milano, Archè, 1976.

    •  Comprender el Islam, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 1987.

    •  Hatta nafham al-islam, (Arabic), Beirut, 1980.

    •  Den Islam verstehen, Munich, O.W. Barth, 1991.

  • Regards sur les mondes anciens, Paris, Editions Traditionnelles, 1968; rééditions : Falicon, Nataraj, 1997; Paris, L'Harmattan, 2016, 2017.

    Translations:

    •  Light on the Ancient Worlds, London, Perennial Books, 1965; Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1984; new translation with selected letters, 2006.

    •  Miradas a los mundos antiguos, Madrid, Taurus Ediciones, 1980; new edition, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2004.

  • In the Tracks of Buddhism, London, Allen & Unwin, 1968.
  • Dimensions of Islam, London, Allen & Unwin, 1969.
  • Logique et transcendance, Paris, Editions Traditionnelles, 1970 ; réédition : Sulliver, 2007.

    Translations:

    •  Logic and Transcendence, New York, Harper & Row, 1975; London, Perennial Books, 1984; new translation with selected letters, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2009.

    •  Der Mensch und die Gewissheit, Stuttgart, Edition Axel Menges, 1996.

    •  Logica y transcendencia, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2000.

    •  Logik und Transzendenz, Hamburg, tredition, 2013.

  • Das Ewige im Verganglichen, Weilheim, Oberbayern, Otto Wilhelm BarthVerlag, 1970.
  • Tidols Besinning I besinninglos Tid-ur Frithjof Schuon Werk, ed. K. Almquist, Stockholm, Natur och Kultur, 1973.
  • Forme et substance dans les religions, Paris, Dervy-Livres, 1975 ; réédition : Paris, L'Harmattan, 2012.

    Translations:

    •  Form and Substance in the Religions, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2002.

    •  Forma y substancia en las religiones, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor,1998.

    •  Form und Gehalt in den Religionen, Hamburg, tredition, 2017.

  • Islam and the Perennial Philosophy, London, World of Islam Publishing Co., 1976.
  • L’Esotérisme comme principe et comme voie, Paris, Dervy-Livres, 1978, 1997.

    Translations:

    •  Esoterism as Principle and as Way, London, Perennial Books, 1981; new translation with selected letters, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2020.

    •  El esoterismo como principio y como vía, Madrid, Taurus Ediciones, 1982; new edition, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2003.

    •  Esoterik als Grundsatz und als Weg, Hamburg, tredition, 2015.

  • Le Soufisme voile et quintessence, Paris, Dervy-Livres, 1980, 2007.

    Translations:

    •  Sufism, Veil and Quintessence, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1981; new translation with selected letters, 2006.

    •  El sufismo, velo y quintaesencia, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2000, 2002.

  • Du Divin à l’humain, Paris, Le Courrier du Livre, 1981; réédition : Paris, L'Harmattan, 2018.

    Translations:

    •  From the Divine to the Human, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1982; new translation with selected letters, 2014.

    •  De lo Divino a lo humano, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 1982.

    •  Vom Göttlichen zum Menschlichen, Hamburg, tredition, 2015.

  • Christianisme/Islam: visions d’oecuménisme ésotérique, Milan, Archè, 1981.

    Translations:

    •  Christianity/Islam—Essays on Esoteric Ecumenism, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1985; new translation with selected letters, 2008.

    •  Cristianismo—Islam. Visiones de ecumenismo esotérico, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2003.

    •  Christentum - Islam: Ausblicke auf eine esoterisch Ökumene, Hamburg, tredition, 2018.

  • Sur les traces de la Religion pérenne, Paris, Le Courrier du Livre, 1982.

    Translations:

    •  Tras las huellas de la religión perenne, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 1982.

  • Approches du phénomène religieux, Paris, Le Courrier du Livre, 1982; 1984 ; réédition : Lagorce, Hozhoni, 2020.

    Translations:

    •  In the Face of the Absolute, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1989; new translation with selected letters, 2014.

    •  Aproximaciones al fenómeno religioso, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2000.

  • Resumé de métaphysique intégrale, Paris, Le Courrier du Livre, 1985.

    Translations:

    •  Survey of Metaphysics and Esoterism, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1986. (including Sur les traces de la Religion pérenne.)

    •  Resumen de metafísica integral, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2000.

    •  Metaphysik und Esoterik im Überblick, Hamburg, tredition, 2013.

  • Avoir un centre, Paris, Maisonneuve, 1988; réédition : Paris, L'Harmattan, 2010.

    Translations:

    •  To Have a Center, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1990; new translation with selected letters, 2015.

    •  Tener un centro, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2001.

  • Racines de la condition humaine, Paris, La Table Ronde, 1990; réédition : Paris, L'Harmattan, 2020.

    Translations:

    •  Roots of the Human Condition, Bloomington, World WisdomBooks, 1991; second edition, 2002.

    •  Raíces de la condición humana, Madrid, Grupo Libro, 1995; new edition,Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2002.

  • The Feathered Sun—Plains Indians in Art and Philosophy, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1990, 2003.

    Translations:

    •  El sol emplumado. Los indios de las Praderas a través del arte y la filosofía, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 1992.

    •  Il Sole Piumato: Religione e Arte degli Indiani delle Praterie, Roma, Edizione Mediterranee, 2000.

    •  Le Soleil de Plumes - Art, Symbolisme et Philosophie chez les Indiens des Plaines, Lagorce, Hozhoni, 2021.

  • Les Perles du pèlerin, Paris, Le Seuil, 1991.

    Translations:

    •  Echoes of Perennial Wisdom, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1992; new translation with selected letters, ed. Patrick Casey, 2012.

    •  Las Perlas del Peregrino, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 1990.

  • Images of Primordial and Mystic Beauty, Bloomington (Indiana), Abodes, 1992.
  • Le Jeu des Masques, Lausanne, L’Âge d’Homme, 1992.

    Translations:

    •  The Play of Masks, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1992.

    •  El juego de las máscaras, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2003.

    •  Das Spiel der Masken, Hamburg, tredition, 2018.

  • Treasures of Buddhism, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1993; new translation with selected letters, 2018.

    Translations:

    •  Trésors du Bouddhisme, Falicon, Nataraj, 1997, 1999.

    •  Tesoros del budismo, Barcelona, Paidós, 1998.

  • La Transfiguration de l’ Homme, Paris, Maisonneuve Larose, 1995.

    Translations:

    •  The Transfiguration of Man, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1995.

    •  La transfiguración del hombre, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2003.

Poetry

  • Sulamith (in the original German), Bern: Urs Graf Verlag, 1947.
  • Tage- und Nächtebuch (in the original German), Bern: Urs Graf Verlag, 1947.
  • The Garland, Bloomington, Abodes Inc., 1994.
  • Road to the Heart, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1995.
  • Liebe / Leben / Glück / Sinn (in the original German), 4 vol., Freiburg, Verlag Herder, 1997.
  • Poésies didactiques (in the original German with French translations) (vol 1-10), Sottens, Les Sept Flèches, 2001.
  • Songs for a Spiritual Traveler: Selected Poems, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2002.
  • Adastra & Stella Maris: Poems by Frithjof Schuon, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2003.
  • Songs without Names, Volumes I-VI, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2006.
  • Songs without Names, Volumes VII-XII, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2006.
  • World Wheel, Volumes I-III, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2006.
  • World Wheel, Volumes IV-VII, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2006.

Edited Writings of Frithjof Schuon (published after 1998)

  • The Essential Writings of Frithjof Schuon, ed. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, New York, Amity House, 1986.
  • The Fullness of God: Frithjof Schuon on Christianity, ed. James S. Cutsinger, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2004.

    Translations:

    •  La plénitude de Dieu : christianisme et sagesse pérenne, ed. James Cutsinger, Lagorce, Hozhoni, 2020.

  • Prayer Fashions Man: Frithjof Schuon on the Spiritual Life, ed. James S. Cutsinger, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2005.
  • Art from the Sacred to the Profane: East and West, ed. Catherine Schuon, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2007.
  • Vers l'Essentiel : lettres d'un maître spirituel, ed. Thierry Béguelin, Les Sept Flèches, 2013.

    Translations:

    •  Towards the Essential: Letters of a Spiritual Master, ed. Thierry Béguelin, London, Matheson Trust, 2021.

  • De tout cœur et en l'esprit : choix de lettres d'un maître spirituel, ed. Ghislain Chetan, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2015.
  • La conscience de l'Absolu : aphorismes et enseignements spirituels, ed. Thierry Béguelin, Lagorce, Hozhoni, 2016.
  • Par “l'amour qui meut le soleil et les autres étoiles” : méditations et notes de voyage, ed. Ghislain Chetan, Lagorce, Hozhoni, 2018.
  • Letters of Frithjof Schuon: Reflections on the Perennial Philosophy,ed. Michael Oren Fitzgerald and Catherine Schuon, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2022.
  • En route vers l'autre rive: La vieillesse, la mort et les états posthumes, ed. Ghislain Chetan, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2023.

Miscellaneous Articles

Frithjof Schuon published in the range of 170 articles in various journals. The great majority of these articles were later incorporated by Schuon into his published books. Most articles were incorporated in their entirety as a chapter in a book, at times under a new title and/or with minor modifications; others articles were partially incorporated into one or more book chapters.[1] Using approximate figures, out of 170 articles, only 20 were not incorporated into Schuon’s published books; those few unincorporated articles are identified below.

It is important, however, to stress that in the author’s view it is his books that constitute his message, and not his journal articles that he never incorporated into his books, nor his articles as they existed before they were incorporated into his books. The following unincorporated articles may be of some incidental interest to the reader who is already well versed in Schuon’s essential oeuvre, but they are in no way needed for an appreciation of his message.

NOTES
[1] An example is the article “De l’Alliance” (Études Traditionnelles, June, 1940), which is partially incorporated into the chapters “Christianity and Islam” and “Limits of Religious Expansion” in The Transcendent Unity of Religions, and into the chapter “The Impossible Convergence” in The Transfiguration of Man.


Articles Schuon did not incorporate into his books and that remain unpublished:

1) "Réflexions sur le symbolisme de la pyramide", Voile d’Isis, February, 1933.
2) "La démonstration des voies" (notice explicative), Voile d’Isis, August-September, 1934.
3) "Poèmes soufis de Mohyiddin Ibn Arabi", translation and notes by Frithjof Schuon, Voile d’Isis, August-September, 1934.
4) "Ed-Din", Études Traditionnelles, March, 1936.
5) "Il n’y a pas de droit sacré à l’absurdité", Études Traditionnelles, April-June, 1978.
6) "A Belated but Still Timely Word about the Encycical ‘Populorum Progresio’", Studies in Comparative Religion, Vol. 12, Nos. 1 &2, Winter-Spring, 1978.
7) "A propos de quelques critiques", (de l’œuvre de René Guénon), Études Traditionnelles, October-December, 1984 (feuillet complémentaire).
8) "A propos d’une image" (de René Guénon), Études Traditionnelles, October-December, 1984 (feuillet complémentaire).



Articles Schuon did not incorporate into his books but have been published, partially or entirely, by others:

1) "Rahima-hu ’Llah" (on the Shaikh a1-‘Alawi), Cahiers du Sud, (Paris) (Marseille), August-September, 1935; partially published in A Moslem Saint of the Twentieth Century (George Allen & Unwin, 1961) /A Sufi Saint of the Twentieth Century (University of California Press, 1971).
2) "Considérations générales sur les fonctions spirituelles", Études Traditionnelles, November-December, 1939; published as "General Considerations on Spiritual Functions" in Frithjof Schuon: Life and Teachings, SUNY, 2004.
3) "Communion et Invocation", Études Traditionnelles, May, 1940; published as "Communion and Invocation" in Pray Without Ceasing, World Wisdom, 2006.
4) "La Vierge noire de Czenstochowa", Études Traditionnelles, May, 1940; published in the Appendix to Esoterism as Principle and as Way, World Wisdom, 2012.
5) "L’Oeuvre" (de René Guénon), Études Traditionnelles, July-November, 1951; also published as "Définitions (en ce qui concerne René Guénon)", France-Asie (Saïgon), January, 1953; "René Guénon: Definitions", Sophia, Vol. 1, No.2, Winter, 1995; and as "René Guénon: definitions" in René Guénon: Some Observations, Sophia Perennis, 2004.
6) "Invocation of the Divine Name", Kalyana-Kalpataru, Vol. XXV, no.10, October 1961; published in the Appendix to Prayer Fashions Man, pp. 187-188, World Wisdom, 2005.
7) "The Three Dimensions of Sufism", Studies in Comparative Religion, Vol. 10, No.1, Winter, 1976; to be published in the Appendix to Understanding Islam, World Wisdom, 2011. 8) "Travel Meditations", Studies in Comparative Religion, Vol. 12, Nos. 1 & 2, Winter-Spring, 1978; partially published in the Appendix to Prayer Fashion Man, World Wisdom, 2005.
9) "Quelques critiques", (de l’œuvre de René Guénon), in Les Dossiers H: "René Guénon", L’Age d’Homme, Lausanne, 1984; published as "René Guénon: some observations" in René Guénon: Some Observations, Sophia Perennis, 2004.
10) "Note sur René Guénon", in René Guénon, Les Cahiers de l’Herne, Paris, 1985; published as "René Guénon: a note" in René Guénon: Some Observations, Sophia Perennis, 2004.


Articles Schuon published in his English books that he did not publish in his French books:

These articles were published in book form in English during the life of Frithjof Schuon, but were not published in book form in French during his life.

1) "Les vertus spirituelles selon Saint François d’Assise", Études Traditionnelles, April-May, 1953; published as "The Spiritual Virtues according to Saint Francis of Assisi" in Christianity/Islam, World Wisdom, 1985.
2) “Self Knowledge and the Western Seeker”, unpublished in article form; published in Language of the Self, Ganesh, 1959.

Index of Articles & Chapters in English Holdings: 568 citations    

This index cites all articles published in English, both during Schuon’s lifetime and after his death, thus allowing readers to search for publication information concerning each article / chapter.

Click on the column headers to sort the list of articles. X = Extract see Tables of Abbreviations
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z All
Book/PeriodicalXArticle TitlePageYearPublisher
Triveni (Madras) - Vol. 8 Christianity and Islam 1935Trvn
AW - Vol. 1 No. 3 Christianity and Islam 1945AW
Art and Thought Concerning Forms in Art 1947Luzac
Asia - Vol .3 No. 12 Sacred Pipe of the Red Indians, The 1953Asia
Asia - Vol. 3 No. 10 Stations of Wisdom, The 1953Asia
Transc Unity Christianity and Islam 1953F&F
Transc Unity Conceptual Dimensions 1953F&F
Transc Unity Concerning Forms in Art 1953F&F
Transc Unity Limitations of Exoterism, The 1953F&F
Transc Unity Limits of Religious Expansion 1953F&F
Transc Unity Of the Christ-Given Initiation 1953F&F
Transc Unity Ternary Aspect of Monotheism, The 1953F&F
Transc Unity To Be Man is to Know 1953F&F
Transc Unity Transcendence and Universality of Esoterism 1953F&F
Transc Unity Universality and Particular Nature of the Christian Religion 1953F&F
Asia - Vol. 4 No. 15 Yoga as a Spiritual Principle 1954Asia
SP & HF Aesthetics and Symbolism in Art and Nature 1954PB
SP & HF Contours of the Spirit 1954PB
SP & HF Love and Knowledge 1954PB
SP & HF Spiritual Virtues, The 1954PB
SP & HF Thought and Civilization 1954PB
SP & HF Vedanta, The 1954PB
IQ - Vol.2 No.3 Nature and Arguments of Faith, The1951955IQ
Castes & Races Meaning of Caste, The 1959PB
Castes & Races Meaning of Race, The 1959PB
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Chapter locations for out of print books

In accordance with Schuon’s stated preference, the books Islam and the Perennial Philosophy and Dimensions of Islam will remain out of print and the chapters that originally appeared in those books now appear in other books. This section lists the titles of the original chapters in each book, the current location in a different book and notes whether the original chapter now appears under a different title.

Islam and the Perennial Philosophy

Chapter titleCurrent location (& new title)
Truth and PresenceChristianity / Islam
Form and Substance in the ReligionsChristianity / Islam
The Human MarginFace of Absolute and Form & Substance
Paradoxes of Spiritual ExpressionForm & Substance
Seeds of a DivergenceChristianity / Islam (Images of Islam)
The Sunnah(has been integrated into Understanding Islam)
Dilemmas within Ash‘arite TheologyChristianity / Islam (Dilemmas of Moslem Scholasticism)
The Problem of PossibilityDivine to Human
The Problem of TheodiciesForm & Substance (The Question of Theodicies)
The Sufi ParadiseChristianity / Islam (Paradise as Theophany)
The Forbidden Fruit Esoterism (The Primordial Tree)
The Two ParadisesFace of Absolute and Form & Substance


Dimensions of Islam

Chapter titleCurrent location (& new title)
The Use of Hyperbole in Arab RhetoricSufism, VQ (Ellipsis & Hyperbole in Arab Rhetoric)
Dimensions of the Universe in the …Form & Substance (The Cross of Space & Time in Koranic…)
The Servant and UnionLogic & Transcendence
Some Difficulties in the QoranForm & Substance (Some Difficulties found in Sacred Scriptures)
Concerning the Phenomenon of MuhammadForm & Substance (Insights into the Muhammadan Phenomenon)
The Qoranic Message of Sayyidnâ ‘IsaForm & Substance
The Wisdom of Sayyidatnâ Maryam Form & Substance (The Virginal Doctrines)
An-NurEye of the Heart
Earthly concomitances of the Love of GodLogic & Transcend (Concerning the Love of God)
Observations on a problem of the AfterlifeForm & Substance (Comments on an Eschatological Problem)
The Five Divine PresencesForm & Substance



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