Leo Schaya

Leo Schaya (1916–1985) was a Swiss author and scholar whose works focused on the Sufi tradition, the Kabbalah, and the Traditionalist School.

Biography Born in Switzerland, Schaya lived much of his adult life in Nancy, France. He grew up in a traditional Jewish household and from his early youth he was interested in the works of neo-Platonism, Sufism and Advaita Vedanta.

He published several articles on the Kabbalah. He also wrote a book on the Sufi doctrine of unity. He is the founder of the journal Connaissance des religions (Knowledge of Religions).

Traditionalism Schaya was a friend and frequent correspondent of prominent Traditionalist Frithjof Schuon.

(fr)Léo Schaya, "L'homme et l'absolu selon la Kabbale" "Pray Without Ceasing: The Way of the Invocation in World Religions", Patrick Laude "Seeing God Everywhere: Essays on Nature and the Sacred" Barry McDonald, p. 241 "La onzième heure: la crise spirituelle du monde moderne à la lumière ...", Martin Lings, Pages 92, 93, 94 (fr) "Le monde à l'envers: essais critiques sur la civilisation moderne", Jean Hani Universal Aspects of the Kabbalah & Judaism, Leo Schaya (fr)"Réceptions de la cabale", Pierre GISEL, Lucie KAENNEL

Bibliography In English Sufism: Love and Wisdom (World Wisdom. 2006) The Universal Meaning of Kabbalah (Fons Vitae; Tra edition, 2004) Seeing God Everywhere (contributed essay) (World Wisdom, 2004)

In French L'Homme et l'Absolu selon la kabbale (Dervy, 1999) Naissance a l'esprit (Collection "Mystiques et religions") (Dervy-Livres, 1987) La doctrina sufí de la unidad (José J. de Olañeta, 1985) La creation en Dieu: A la lumiere du judaisme, du christianisme et de l'islam (Dervy-Livres, 1983) La doctrine Soufique de l'unite (Initiation a l'Islam) (A.-Maisonneuve, 1981)

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