Advice for the Masses

You’ve been reading this weblog for awhile, you say, and it’s left you wondering what advice I might be able or willing to give, if any, to those who aren’t necessarily “serious seekers”—to those who don’t have, or don’t...

God-Forsakeness

I disagree with your claim that an experience of “God-forsakeness” or “divine abandonment” is something everyone must expect to encounter in following a spiritual path. It’s rather like glossalalia: no doubt some people receive the gift...

Splendor of the True

I’m very happy to report that I’ve just submitted the final manuscript of a new book to SUNY Press. Several years in the making, Splendor of the True: A Frithjof Schuon Reader is the most ambitious and comprehensive of my Schuonian titles to date. Here are...

Alexandria and Antioch

There’s a problem with your proposed dialogue, and it may be insurmountable. You think, for the various reasons you’ve sketched, that I’m wrong about the “transcendent unity of religions”, and you wish to argue me out of my silliness. But...

Ghosts and “Spirits”

What, you ask, do Christians say about ghosts and spirits? Obviously, there would be a variety of answers to this rather large question, depending on which Christians you talk to and what exactly you mean by “spirits”. It seems there are at least three...