
Faith
Faith is the root that dreams to know The rose concealed in winter’s snow, The dawn in twilight’s fading glow, The stillness in the river’s flow. Beauty ‘above’ it sees ‘below’, Radiance only the Heart can show....
Faith is the root that dreams to know The rose concealed in winter’s snow, The dawn in twilight’s fading glow, The stillness in the river’s flow. Beauty ‘above’ it sees ‘below’, Radiance only the Heart can show....
Faith is more than mere credulity, and intellect more than mere rationality. Drawing on the metaphysical relationship between mystery and intimacy, this is a meditation on how faith and intellect can be understood within tradition.
This article aims to provide a sketch, largely through direct quotation, of a few of the key principles and doctrines which govern Schuon's understanding of the natural order.