Frithjof Schuon: Life and Teachings

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments The authors wish to express their deep gratitude to all who collaborated on the translation and editing of this book. Chapter 1 (written by Jean-Baptiste Aymard) was translated from French by Gillian Harris and William Stoddart, chapter 2 (Jean-Baptiste Aymard) was translated by John Monastra and Helen Komen, and chapter 4 (written by Patrick Laude) was translated by Deborah Casey. Appendix 1 (1939) was translated by John Monastra, Appendix 2 by William Stoddart. Special thanks to Katherine O’Brien, who edited the entire manuscript. A French version of chapter 1 appeared in French in Frithjof Schuon: Connaissance et Voie d’Intériorité, Connaissance des Religions, Numéro Hors-Série, 1999. Chapter 2 appeared in French in Frithjof Schuon, Les Dossiers H, L’Age d’Homme, Paris-Lausanne, 2002. Excerpts from chapter 3 (by Patrick Laude) appeared in Sacred Web, 4, 1999. Thanks to Ali Lakhani, editor of Sacred Web, for allowing us to include these excerpts in the current volume. A French version of chapter 4 appeared in Frithjof Schuon, Les Dossiers H, L’Age d’Homme, Paris-Lausanne, 2002. Our gratitude to Michael Fitzgerald, Lynn Pollack, Catherine Schuon, and the Schuon Estate for granting us the permission to use and quote hitherto unpublished written documents and reproductions of paintings and photographs in the text as well as the cover photograph by Michael Pollack. xiii ...