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Alone With The Alone: Creative Imagination In The Sufism Of Ibn Arabi

Author: Corbin, Henry

Book Description
"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 S^D-ufism for the West, but also to defend the principal Western traditions of esoteric spirituality." --From the introduction by Harold Bloom Ibn 'Arab^D-i (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 S^D-ufism. 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 'Arab^D-i'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 S^D-u fi treatises. Harold Bloom's preface links S^D-ufi mysticism with Shakespeare's visionary dramas and high tragedies, such as ^IThe Tempest^N and ^IHamlet^N. 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 S^D-ufi s, the place of soul or souls.

Synopsis
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. Here Islamic religion scholar Henry Corbin relates Islamic mysticism to mystical thought in the West, comparing Shakespeare's implied cosmology in such works as HAMLET and THE TEMPEST to the Sufi's imaginal realm or "place of souls". 5 plates, 2 in color.

Description from The Reader's Catalog
A spiritual topography of the 12th century, emphasizing the differences between exoteric and esoteric forms of Islam by the leading authority in the West on Iranian-Islamic thought. "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

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"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 S^D-ufism for the West, but also to defend the principal Western traditions of esoteric spirituality." --From the introduction by Harold BloomIbn 'Arab^D-i (1165-1240) was one of the great m


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