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Title: Swedenborg and Esoteric Islam (Swedenborg Studies, No 4) by Henry Corbin, Leonard Fox ISBN: 0-87785-183-2 Publisher: Swedenborg Foundation Pub. Date: 01 December, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An unbelievably inspiring book.
Comment: In these strange and dark times I wish more people would get their introduction to Shi'ism from Corbin, rather than the slew of "Understanding Islam" books out there. Though that will never happen, this book would really be the one to square the view between most Christians (the one's who have an inkling for Christian gnosis) and at least Shi'ites and Sufis. Certainly neither should have any trouble at all relating to each other's symbolic 'architecture' or 'geography'. More than anything, though, this book is an excellent introduction to the spaces described by Sacred Symbolism. It will invert your understanding of the space occupied by religious motifs in general - not by drawing them together in a vulgar display of "paralellomania" that is so popular today, but by advocating for the primacy of the atemporal geography that genuine Tradition can provide access to at it's deepest levels. The result is astonishing, perhaps singular, even for Corbin. It must be mentioned that the sword cuts two ways, and so sneering anti-Christians will really have to eat it for a second... for truly, what do we make of it when when Japanese Zen master Suzuki claims Swedenborg to be a "Western Buddha"? Come on now, you think Corbin would waste his time on anything but the REAL DEAL?
Rating: 5
Summary: Very informative book
Comment: I always wondered if Swedenborg had any external influences on his esoteric approach towards the Holy Book, and this book does shed some light on that. As a student of religious studies and as a Christian, I have to come to respect the Shia esoteric aspect of moslem religion.
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Title: Spiritual Body and Celestial Earth by Henry Corbin, Nancy Pearson ISBN: 0691018839 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 August, 1989 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Voyage and the Messenger: Iran and Philosophy by Henry Corbin, Joseph H. Rowe, Jacob Needleman ISBN: 1556432690 Publisher: North Atlantic Books Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Alone with the Alone by Henry Corbin, Ralph Manheim ISBN: 0691058342 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 02 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Man of Light in Iranian Sufism by Henry Corbin, Nancy Pearson, Zia I. Khan ISBN: 0930872487 Publisher: Omega Publications Pub. Date: May, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Heart of Islamic Philosophy: The Quest for Self-Knowledge in the Teachings of Afdal Al-Din Kashani by William C. Chittick ISBN: 0195139135 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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