Jean-Louis Michon
Jean-Louis Michon (born April 13, 1924 in Nancy , † February 22, 2013 in Geneva ) was a French author , Islamic scholar and UNESCO expert.
biography
After gaining a degree in law and English literature , he left Paris and began studying political science . After reading René Guénon , he felt a need to deal with perpetual philosophy . He was fascinated by Hinduism and Buddhism , especially the writings on Zen by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki , and would have liked to see a Zen master in Japan , but Japan was at war at the time.
In 1945 he became GI , returned to France to take his exams, and converted to Islam with the later Shādhilīya master Michel Vaslan . In 1946 he taught English in Damascus and then traveled to Lausanne in July , where he and Martin Lings were instructed in religious philosophy by Frithjof Schuon . In 1949 he began an apprenticeship with an architect as a technical draftsman . With his wife, whom he married in 1953, he was accepted as a member of the Crows by medicine man Thomas Yellowtail . He then became a permanent translator at the World Health Organization and received his doctorate in Islamic studies with a dissertation on the Moroccan Sufi Ahmad ibn 'Ajiba . From 1970 to 1973 he taught at the Ticino University Institute ( Istituto ticinese di alti studi ) in Lugano .
He was one of the 138 signatories of the open letter a common word between us and you ( Engl. A Common Word Between Us and You ), the personalities of Islam to "leaders of Christian churches everywhere" (English: "Leaders of Christian Churches, everywhere ... ") On October 13, 2007.
Web links
- saphirnews.com: Le savant soufi Jean-Louis Michon est décédé
- worldwisdom.com: Biography of Jean-Louis Michon
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Michon, Jean-Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author, Islamic scholar, architect and UNESCO expert |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nancy |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 2013 |
| Place of death | Geneva |