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Subjects(s):
Comparative Religion
Sufism
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Price: $19.95
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ISBN: 1-933316-28-4
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Book Size: 6 x 9
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# of Pages: 208
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Language: English
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This new edition of perennial philosopher Frithjof Schuon's Sufism: Veil and Quintessence is a fully revised translation from the French original and contains an extensive Appendix with previously unpublished selections from Schuon's letters and other private writings. In seven articles Schuon makes the critical distinction between an "absolute" Islam and a "contingent" Islam, thus distinguishing between the message of Islam in itself, and the pious Arab expressions of that message, which by their style of rhetoric have a tendency to veil it.
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This new edition of perennial philosopher Frithjof Schuon’s Sufism: Veil and Quintessence is a fully revised translation from the French original and contains an extensive Appendix with previously unpublished selections from Schuon’s letters and other private writings. In seven articles Schuon makes the critical distinction between an “absolute” Islam and a “contingent” Islam, thus distinguishing between the message of Islam in itself, and the pious Arab expressions of that message, which by their style of rhetoric have a tendency to veil it.
Table of Contents:
Foreword by Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Editor’s Preface
Preface
Ellipsis and Hyperbolism in Arab Rhetoric
The Exo-Esoteric Symbiosis
Paradoxes of an Esoterism
Human Premises of a Religious Dilemma
Tracing the Notion of Philosophy
The Quintessential Esoterism of Islam
Hypostatic Dimensions of Unity
Appendix
Selections from Letters and Other Previously
Unpublished Writings
Editor’s Notes
Glossary of Foreign Terms and Phrases
Biographical Notes
Index
An excellent summary is this review of the book by the distinguished scholar of Sufism, Seyyed Hossein Nasr:
"In his Sufism: Veil and Quintessence, which is a unique work in the annals of Sufism, [Schuon] has penetrated into the writings of even the greatest masters of Sufism such as al-Ghazzali and Ibn Arabi to reveal within them a quintessential Sufism based on Unity (al-tawhid) and invocation of the Divine Name (al-dhikr) to be distinguished from a more peripheral manifestation of Sufism which displays certain characteristics most difficult for Westerners with the best of intentions to comprehend. In writing with incomparable lucidity and depth about Divine Unity, the esoteric meaning of the Quran, the spirituality of the Prophet, the early saints of Islam, the inner life of prayer, the theophanies to be contemplated in virgin nature and art, the alchemical effect of love, poetry, and music, Schuon has produced a corpus of writings on Sufism which are themselves among the most important and precious works of Sufism."
—Seyyed Hossein Nasr, George Washington University, and author of many books and articles on Sufism, Islam, and Tradition
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"In his Sufism: Veil and Quintessence, which is a unique work in the annals of Sufism, [Schuon] has penetrated into the writings of even the greatest masters of Sufism such as al-Ghazzali and Ibn Arabi to reveal within them a quintessential Sufism based on Unity (al-tawhid) and invocation of the Divine Name (al-dhikr) to be distinguished from a more peripheral manifestation of Sufism which displays certain characteristics most difficult for Westerners with the best of intentions to comprehend. In writing with incomparable lucidity and depth about Divine Unity, the esoteric meaning of the Quran, the spirituality of the Prophet, the early saints of Islam, the inner life of prayer, the theophanies to be contemplated in virgin nature and art, the alchemical effect of love, poetry, and music, Schuon has produced a corpus of writings on Sufism which are themselves among the most important and precious works of Sufism."
—Seyyed Hossein Nasr, George Washington University, and author of many books and articles on Sufism, Islam, and Tradition
"The chapter entitled 'The Quintessential Esoterism of Islam' is a most powerful and, in a deep sense, definitive summary of this subject."
—Titus Burckhardt, scholar and author of An Introduction to Sufi Doctrine
"Now in a revised and expanded edition, Sufism: Veil and Quintessence: A New Translation with Selected Letters presents a new translation from the original French of the classic theological work by philosopher Frithjof Schuon. Composed of seven articles including "Ellipsis and Hyperbolism in Arab Rhetoric" and "The Quintessential Esoterism of Islam", Sufism: Veil and Quintessence presents Schuon's crucial distinction between an "absolute" Islam and a "contingent" Islam, examining differences between the message of Islam itself and the pious Arab expressions of that message, which tend to be veiled beneath rhetorical style. Featuring an extensive appendix with previously unpublished selections from Schuon's letters and private writings, Sufism: Veil and Quintessence is an invaluable classic philosophical treatise, recommended for libraries, religious studies shelves and advanced students and theologians seeking to explore the higher aspects of Sufism."
—Midwest Book Review
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Editors' Preface
Preface to the Original Edition
Foreword by Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Ellipsis and Hyperbolism in Arab Rhetoric
The Exo-Esoteric Symbiosis
Paradoxes of an Esoterism
Human Premises of a Religious Dilemma
Tracing the Notion of Philosophy
The Quintessential Esoterism of Islam
Hypostatic Dimensions of Unity
Appendix
Selections from Letters and Other Previously Unpublished Writings
Editor’s Notes
Glossary of Foreign Terms and Phrases
Index
Biographical Notes
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"This book has a place of honor in this genre of literature. It is not only a book about Sufism, but also a Sufi book. Moreover, it is a unique work in that it peals away layer by layer contingent elements and draws aside the many veils that have conditioned and colored the exposition and practice of Sufism and also hidden its essence to one degree or another, leaving the reader at last with a vision of the naked truth of quintessential Sufism.
We must all be grateful to Professor James Cutsinger for the new edition of this work which includes his own helpful notes and to which many valuable unpublished letters and texts, not included in the original edition, have been added, and to World Wisdom for publishing the work and making it available once again."
—from the foreword by Seyyed Hossein Nasr
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