Patrick Laude is a

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and teacher. His works deal with the relationship between

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, symbolism and

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, as well as focusing on contemporary spiritual figures such as

Simone Weil Simone Adolphine Weil ( , ; 3 February 1909 – 24 August 1943) was a French philosopher, mystic, and political activist. Over 2,500 scholarly works have been published about her, including close analyses and readings of her work, since 1995. ...

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and

Frithjof Schuon Frithjof Schuon (, , ; 18 June 1907 – 5 May 1998) was a Swiss metaphysician of German descent, belonging to the Perennialist or Traditionalist School of thought. He was the author of more than twenty works in French on metaphysics, spiritual ...

Biography

Born in

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in 1958, he took a graduate degree in philosophy at the University of Paris IV Sorbonne while studying at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in

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. He came to the US in the early eighties and obtained his

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in 1985 from

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. He joined

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in 1991. Laude's scholarly work is primarily focused on comparative mysticism, the symbolic imagination in religion and literature, and Western interpretations of Asian contemplative traditions. He is the author of several books and numerous articles on these subjects.

Bibliography

;English * ''Keys to the Beyond:

's Cross-Traditional Language of Transcendence'' (SUNY Press, 2020) * ''Shimmering Mirrors: Reality and Appearance in Contemplative Metaphysics East and West'' (SUNY Press, 2017), * ''

: The Vow and the Oath'' (Matheson Trust, 2011), * ''Pathways to an Inner Islam: Massignon, Corbin, Guénon and Schuon'' (SUNY Press, 2010), * ''Pray Without Ceasing: The Way of the Invocation in World Religions'' (

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, 2006), * ''Divine Play, Sacred Laughter, and Spiritual Understanding'' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005)), * ''Singing the Way: Insights into Poetry & Spiritual Transformation'' (

, 2005), * ''Frithjof Schuon: Life and Teachings'' (SUNY Press, 2004), , * ''Music of the Sky: An Anthology of Spiritual Poetry'' (

, 2004), * ''The Way of Poetry: Essays on Poetics and Contemplative Transformation,'' SUNY, 2002) ;French * ''Apocalypse des religions'' (L'Harmattan, 2016), * ''Massignon intérieur'' (L'Age d'Homme, Paris-Lausanne, 2001) * ''Dossier H Frithjof Schuon'' (L'Age d'Homme, Paris-Lausanne, 2001), * ''Approches du Quiétisme'' (Biblio 17, Tübingen, 1991)Worldcat, oclc 24708090
/ref> * ''Rodenbach, les décors de silence : essai sur la poésie de Georges Rodenbach'', (Labor, Bruxelles, 1990),

References

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