Seyyed Hossein Nasr explains why reading books on metaphysics, including Schuon’s, can be difficult

Seyyed Hossein Nasr explains why some readers have difficulty in reading books on metaphysics in general and Frithjof Schuon’s (1907 - 1998) books in particular.
Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr is a renowned philosopher, educator, scholar, author and editor, with a remarkable range of expertise in philosophy, metaphysics, art, comparative religion, esoterism, and Islamic Studies. Besides studying his works, Dr. Nasr was personally close to Schuon for many decades. He is the editor of the definitive compendium of Schuon's selected writings, “The Essential Frithjof Schuon” (World Wisdom, 2005). In that volume, Professor Nasr's introduction of 60 pages is an excellent introduction to Schuon and his body of work.