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Title: Advice to the Serious Seeker: Mediations on the Teaching of Frithjof Schuon (Suny Series in Western Esoteric Traditions) by James S. Cutsinger ISBN: 0-7914-3250-5 Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr Pub. Date: April, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Introduction to Perennial Metaphysics
Comment: This work is without doubt the most comprehensive introduction of metaphysics from the perspective of the religious traditions. Cutsinger writes with a pen whose ink can only be light in that every page is illuminated with the most profound of metaphysical dialectic. Cutsinger, a student of Frithjof Schuon, addresses his reader with discourse as would a spiritual master, yet he retains the humility and self-restrain so essential to the Path itself.
In this work the reader will be treated with thorough explanations of Truth, Virtue and Prayer from the perspective of the Sophia Perennis. Such topic as the categorization of religion into bakhti, karma and jnana are discussed in great detail as well as a full treatment of the epsitemology advocated by the Traditionalist school which centers objective knowledge on the experience of transcendence found in universal esoterism, but approached through a particular revealed religion.
This work is perfect for anyone seeking an Intellectual understanding of religion that doesn't collapse into relativism. Cutsinger introduces perennial metaphysics in such a cool and graceful way that one leaves the book glowing.
The most important thing about the metaphysics espoused herein can be found in this statement of Schuon: "Metaphysics cannot be taught to everyone, but if it could there would be no atheists." I'll conclude by saying that if metaphysics could be taught to everyone, then this book would certainly serve as the best introduction.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great book for the journey
Comment: I do not have anything to add to the card catalogue description of the book, available above. I only want to say that for those friends of mine who have read the book a few times, they have all been helped on a deep level to think more clearly about the nature of faith and religion. Truly it is above all a relationship with a living person (or three!).
I would also recommend "Every Branch In Me", which bulids upon the same themes found in this book. Enjoy!
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Title: Transcendent Unity of Religions by Frithjof Schuon ISBN: 0835605876 Publisher: Quest Books Pub. Date: August, 1984 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: Not of This World: A Treasury of Christian Mysticism by James Cutsinger ISBN: 0941532410 Publisher: World Wisdom Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Roots of the Human Condition by Frithjof Schuon, Patrick Laude ISBN: 0941532372 Publisher: World Wisdom Books Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Paths to the Heart: Sufism and the Christian East by James S. Cutsinger ISBN: 0941532437 Publisher: World Wisdom Books Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Fullness of God: Frithjof Schuon on Christianity (Writings of Frithjof Schuon) by Frithjof Schuon, James S. Cutsinger, Antoine Faivre ISBN: 0941532585 Publisher: World Wisdom Books Pub. Date: April, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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