Name Leo Schaya Role Author | Died 1985 | |
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Books The Universal Meaning of Kabbalah | ||
Leo Schaya (1916–1985) was a Swiss author and scholar whose works focused on the Sufi tradition, the Kabbalah, and the Traditionalist School.
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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.
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