Frithjof Schuon Archive

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The Frithjof Schuon Archive constitutes the most comprehensive repository of material pertaining to Schuon’s life and work, including published articles, personal correspondence, private papers, poems, photographs, and works of art. This site also contains archival information related to the "Perennialist School", of which Schuon was the preeminent exponent. Various summaries of information and different archives allow readers to view the depth and breadth of Schuon’s life and corpus from different points of view.

And, no one translation is adequate to convey the nuance and depth of meaning in the original languages. Reasonable minds often differ regarding the best translation, yet it is not possible to print the same material in multiple translations. This archive therefore preserves multiple translations of the same document in several instances, thus allowing readers to form their own opinions.

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Abbreviations

TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS FOR SCHUON’S ENGLISH LANGUAGE PUBLICATIONS

Archivist’s Note:
Different archives throughout the site use either a short or medium length abbreviation. This table notes the different editions of each book. References to different editions of the same book are cited if a document appears in only one of the editions.

Short	Medium	Full Title & Different Editions
A/SM	Adastra	Adastra & Stella Maris: Poems by Frithjof Schuon (bilingual edition) (2003)
ASP	Art from Sacred	Art from the Sacred to the Profane: East and West, ed. Catherine Schuon (2007)
AL&R	Autumn Leaves	Autumn Leaves & The Ring: Poems by Frithjof Schuon
CR	Castes & Races	Castes and Races (1982)
CI	Christianity/Islam	Christianity/Islam: Perspectives on Esoteric Ecumenism (1985, 2007)
DI	Dimensions	Dimensions of Islam (1970)
EchPW	Echoes	Echoes of Perennial Wisdom (1992)
EPW	Esoterism	Esoterism as Principle and as Way (1981, 1990)
EFS	Essential FS	Essential Frithjof Schuon, The, ed. Seyyed Hossein Nasr (1986, 2005)
EH	Eye of the Heart	Eye of the Heart, The (1997)
FS	Feathered Sun	Feathered Sun, The: Plains Indians in Art and Philosophy (1990)
FSR	Form / Substance	Form and Substance in the Religions (2002)
FDH	Divine to Human	From the Divine to the Human (1982)
FG	Fullness of God	Fullness of God, The: Frithjof Schuon on Christianity, ed. J. Cutsinger (2004)
GDW	Gnosis	Gnosis: Divine Wisdom (1959, 1978, 1990, 2006)
GT	Guiding Thoughts	Guiding Thoughts for Meditation on the Real (2007)
IMPB	Images	Images of Primordial and Mystic Beauty: Paintings by Frithjof Schuon (1992)
IFA	Face of Absolute	In the Face of the Absolute (1989, 1994)
LS	Language of Self	Language of the Self (1959, 1999)
LAW	Light on Worlds	Light on the Ancient Worlds (1965, 1984, 2006)
LT	Logic &Transc	Logic and Transcendence (1975, 1984)
PM	Play of Masks	Play of Masks, The (1992)
PFM	Prayer Fashions	Prayer Fashions Man: FS on the Spiritual Life, ed. J. Cutsinger (2005)
RGO	RG: Observations	René Guénon: Some Observations, ed. William Stoddart (2004)
RH	Road to Heart	Road to the Heart: Poems (1995)
RHC	Roots	Roots of the Human Condition (1991, 2002)
SPHF	SP & HF	Spiritual Perspectives and Human Facts (1954, 1970, 1987, 2007)
SW	Stations	Stations of Wisdom (1961, 1980, 1995)
SCR	Studies	Studies in Comparative Religion
SVQ	Sufism: VQ	Sufism: Veil and Quintessence (1981, 2006)
SME	Survey M & E	Survey of Metaphysics and Esoterism (1986, 2000)
SG	Sword	Sword of Gnosis (1974)
THC	Have a Center	To Have a Center (1990)
TUR	Transc Unity	Transcendent Unity of Religions, The (1953, 1984)
TM	Transfiguration	Transfiguration of Man, The (1995)
TB	Treas of Buddh	Treasures of Buddhism (In the Tracks of Buddhism) (1968, 1989, 1993)
SST	Songs for ST	Songs for a Spiritual Traveler: Selected Poems (bilingual edition) (2002)
SWN	Songs I-VI	Songs without Names, Volumes I-VI: Poems by Frithjof Schuon (2006)
SWN	Songs VII-XII	Songs without Names, Volumes VII-XII: Poems by Frithjof Schuon (2006)
SJ	Sophia	Sophia: The Jurnal of Traditional Studies
UI	Underst Islam	Understanding Islam (1963, 1972, 1986, 1998)
UT	Unan Trad	Unanimous Tradition, ed. By Ranjit Fernando (1991)
WW	WW I-III	World Wheel, Volumes I-III: Poems by Frithjof Schuon (2006)
WW	WW IV-VII	World Wheel, Volumes IV-VII: Poems by Frithjof Schuon (2006)

TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE PUBLISHERS:

A&U	Allen & Unwin	AH	Amity House
Asia	Journal of Asian Studies	AVL	Avaloka
AW	Arab World	CMS	Cosmology and Modern Science
Crssrd	Crossroad Press	F&F	Faber & Faber
FTS	Foundation for Traditional Studies	GAN	Ganesh
H&R	Harper & Row	IPQ	International Philosophical Quarterly
ITS	Institute of Traditional Studies	IQ	Islamic Quarterly
JM	John Murray	JOR	Journal of Oriental Research
KK	Kalyana Kalpatoru	Luzac	George Luzac & Co.
MuW	Muslim World	MiW	The Middle Way
PB	Perennial Books	PNGN	Penguin
PRBL	Parabola	Quest	Quest Books
RST	Religious Studies & Theology	SS	Shankara and Shanmata
Studies	Studies in Comparative Religion	SUNY	State University of New York Press
TMR	Tomorrow	TRVN	Triveni
WIFP	World of Islam Festival Publishing Co.
WW	World Wisdom

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