"If I were asked who is the greatest writer of our time, I would say Frithjof Schuon without hesitation."--Martin Lings, author of What is Sufism? and A Sufi Saint of the 20th Century "Schuon possesses the gift of reaching the very core of the subject he is treating, of going beyond forms."--Seyyed Hossein Nasr, George Washington University, author of Knowledge and the Sacred "The man is a living wonder. . . . I know of no living thinker who begins to rival him."--Huston Smith, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley, author of The World's Religions "The object of this book is . . . to provide contemporary seekers with fundamental keys to help them rediscover their true nature: the awareness of the Real with their whole intelligence, will, and soul."--Patrick Laude, Georgetown University, author of Keys to the Beyond: Frithjof Schuon's Cross-Traditional Language of Transcendence "The Play of Masks. . . [is] characterized by a move towards a more lyrical and poetic mode of expression, and by the intention to 'essentialize' traditional teachings."--Harry Oldmeadow, Bendigo University, author of Frithjof Schuon and the Perennial Philosophy, from the editor's preface