By Seyyed Hossein Nasr,Frithjof Schuon,James Cutsinger,James S. Cutsinger

This re-creation of Frithjof Schuon's very important paintings, Sufism: Veil and Quintessence, is a completely revised translation from the French unique and has an intensive Appendix containing formerly unpublished letters and different inner most writings.

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