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Bollingen Ser.: Alone with the Alone : Creative Imagination in the Sūfism of Ibn 'Arabī by Henry. Corbin (1998, Trade Paperback)

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He was uniquely equipped not only to recover Iranian Sufism for the West, but also to defend the principal Western traditions of esoteric spirituality.". Corbin begins with a kind of spiritual topography of the twelfth century, emphasizing the differences between exoteric and esoteric forms of Islam.

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PublisherPrinceton University Press

ISBN-100691058342

ISBN-139780691058344

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Number of Pages440 Pages

Publication NameAlone with the Alone : Creative Imagination in the SūFism of Ibn 'arabī

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1998

SubjectIslam / General, Islam / Sufi

FeaturesRevised

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaReligion

AuthorHenry. Corbin

SeriesBollingen Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight22 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN99-177431

Series Volume Number149

IllustratedYes

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

Table Of ContentList of Plates Preface Introduction Between Andalusia and Iran: A Brief Spiritual Topography 3 The Curve and Symbols of Ibn 'Arabi's Life 38 At Averroes' Funeral 38 The Pilgrim to the Orient 46 The Disciple of Khidr 53 His Maturity and the Completion of His Work 68 The Situation of Esoterism 77 Divine Passion and Compassion 105 The Prayer of the Heliotrope 105 The "Pathetic God" 112 Of Unio Mystica as Unio Sympathetica 120 Sophiology and Devotio Sympathetica 136 The Sophianic Poem of a Fedele d'amore 136 The Dialectic of Love 145 The Creative Feminine 157 Prologue 179 The Creation as Theophany 184 The Creative Imagination as Theophany, or the "God from Whom All Being Is Created" 184 The God Manifested by the Theophanic Imagination 190 The "God Created in the Faiths" 195 The Recurrence of Creation 200 The Twofold Dimension of Beings 207 Theophanic Imagination and Creativity of the Heart 216 The Field of the Imagination 216 The Heart as a Subtile Organ 221 The Science of the Heart 237 Man's Prayer and God's Prayer 246 The Method of Theophanic Prayer 246 Homologations 257 The Secret of the Divine Responses 262 The "Form of God" 272 The Hadith of the Vision 272 Around the Mystic Ka'aba 277 Epilogue 282 Notes and Appendices 285 List of Works Cited 391 Index 399

SynopsisA contribution to Shi'ite Sufism. It brings us to the core of this movement with an analysis of Ibn 'Arabi's life and doctrines. It begins with a spiritual topography of the twelfth century, emphasizing the differences between exoteric and esoteric forms of Islam. It also relates Islamic mysticism to mystical thought in the West., "Henry Corbin's works are the best guide to the visionary tradition.... Corbin, like Scholem and Jonas, is remembered as a scholar of genius. He was uniquely equipped not only to recover Iranian Sufism for the West, but also to defend the principal Western traditions of esoteric spirituality."--From the introduction by Harold Bloom Ibn 'Arabi (1165-1240) was one of the great mystics of all time. Through the richness of his personal experience and the constructive power of his intellect, he made a unique contribution to Shi'ite Sufism. In this book, which features a powerful new preface by Harold Bloom, Henry Corbin brings us to the very core of this movement with a penetrating analysis of Ibn 'Arabi's life and doctrines. Corbin begins with a kind of spiritual topography of the twelfth century, emphasizing the differences between exoteric and esoteric forms of Islam. He also relates Islamic mysticism to mystical thought in the West. The remainder of the book is devoted to two complementary essays: on "Sympathy and Theosophy" and "Creative Imagination and Creative Prayer." A section of notes and appendices includes original translations of numerous Su fi treatises. Harold Bloom's preface links Sufi mysticism with Shakespeare's visionary dramas and high tragedies, such as The Tempest and Hamlet . These works, he writes, intermix the empirical world with a transcendent element. Bloom shows us that this Shakespearean cosmos is analogous to Corbin's "Imaginal Realm" of the Sufis, the place of soul or souls., "Henry Corbin's works are the best guide to the visionary tradition...Corbin, like Scholem and Jonas, is remembered as a scholar of genius. He was uniquely equipped not only to recover Iranian Sufism for the West, but also to defend the principal Western traditions of esoteric spirituality."--From the introduction by Harold Bloom Ibn 'Arabi (1165-1240) was one of the great mystics of all time. Through the richness of his personal experience and the constructive power of his intellect, he made a unique contribution to Shi'ite Sufism. In this book, which features a powerful new preface by Harold Bloom, Henry Corbin brings us to the very core of this movement with a penetrating analysis of Ibn 'Arabi's life and doctrines. Corbin begins with a kind of spiritual topography of the twelfth century, emphasizing the differences between exoteric and esoteric forms of Islam. He also relates Islamic mysticism to mystical thought in the West. The remainder of the book is devoted to two complementary essays: on "Sympathy and Theosophy" and "Creative Imagination and Creative Prayer." A section of notes and appendices includes original translations of numerous Su fi treatises.Harold Bloom's preface links Sufi mysticism with Shakespeare's visionary dramas and high tragedies, such as The Tempest and Hamlet. These works, he writes, intermix the empirical world with a transcendent element. Bloom shows us that this Shakespearean cosmos is analogous to Corbin's "Imaginal Realm" of the Sufis, the place of soul or souls.

LC Classification NumberB753.I24C6713 1998