| Alone with the Alone: Creative Imagination in the Sūfism of Ibn 'Arabī Revised Edition Contributor(s): Corbin, Henry (Author), Manheim, Ralph (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0691058342 ISBN-13: 9780691058344 Publisher: Princeton University Press OUR PRICE: $46.55 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1998 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Islam - Sufi |
| Dewey: 297.4 |
| LCCN: 99177431 |
| Physical Information: 1.04" H x 6.13" W x 9.17" (1.40 lbs) 440 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - Middle East - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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 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. |