Leo Schaya

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

[edit] 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 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).

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

“	“The essential principles of the various orthodox revelations are identical, a fact which can be discovered by metaphysical penetration of dogmas and symbols.”	”
—Schaya on the Perennial Philosophy”^[1]

In English

Sufism: Love and Wisdom (World Wisdom. 2006) ISBN 978-0941532754
The Universal Meaning of Kabbalah (Fons Vitae; Tra edition, 2004) ISBN 978-1887752602
Seeing God Everywhere (contributed essay) (World Wisdom, 2004) ISBN 978-0941532426

In French

L'Homme et l'Absolu selon la kabbale (Dervy, 1999) ISBN 978-2850769665
Naissance a l'esprit (Collection "Mystiques et religions") (Dervy-Livres, 1987) ISBN 978-2850760440
La doctrina sufí de la unidad (José J. de Olañeta, 1985) ISBN 978-8476510001
La creation en Dieu: A la lumiere du judaisme, du christianisme et de l'islam (Dervy-Livres, 1983) ISBN 978-2850761621
La doctrine Soufique de l'unite (Initiation a l'Islam) (A.-Maisonneuve, 1981) ISBN 978-2720010033

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