"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.
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