The Transcendent Unity of Religions The Infallibility of the Pure Intellect The purpose of dogmatic religion Metaphysical truth penetrates our whole being What every human being needs spiritually The essence of spiritual practice The importance of morals or virtue in the spiritual life Intellectual intuition and human potential Faith and intellectual intuition

slide 5 of 9 This is taken from a transcript of a 1995 interview with the eminent Perennialist thinker and writer Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998). Question: On the spiritual level, what does every human being need? Frithjof Schuon: Three things: truth, spiritual practice, morals. Pure and unveiled truth coincides with metaphysics; the religious dogmas are symbols of metaphysical truths; the deep understanding of religious symbolism is esoterism. Pure metaphysics is hidden in every religion.