Spiritual Body and Celestial Earth: From Mazdean Iran to Shi'ite Iran"This is a translation of 11 traditional texts of Iranian Islam from the 12th century to the present, with 100 pages of introduction by Professor Corbin. . . . Reading this book is an adventure in a beautiful alien land, again and again experiencing sudden pangs of recognition of the deeply familiar among the totally exotic".--"The Journal of Analytical Psychology". *Lightning Print On Demand Title |
Contents
The Mystical Earth of Hūrqalyā | 51 |
The Texts and Their Authors | 109 |
Shihabuddin Yaḥyà Suhrawardi d 5871191 | 118 |
Muhyiddin ibn Arabī d 6381240 | 135 |
Dāūd Qayṣarī d 7511350 | 144 |
Shamsuddin Muhammad Lähīji d 8691465 | 160 |
Abd alRazzaq Lāhīji d 10721662 | 171 |
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active Imagination al-A'raf Angel apparition Archangel archetypal body archetypal Images astral body Avesta barzakh become body jasad body jism Bundahishn called celestial Earth celestial Spheres corresponds creatures Daēnā dawn dimension divine Earth of Hūrqalyā earthly Elements epiphany Ērān-Vēj eschatology esoteric essential eternal existence faithful Fățima feminine flesh Fravartis gnosis ḥadīth Heaven heavenly holy Imāms human Ibn Arabi Imām Intelligence intermediate world interworld Iran Iranian Islam Jābalqā Jābarṣā jism keshvars manifested material body matter Mazdean meaning meditation mirror mountain mundus archetypus mystical Ohrmazd Oriental Theosophy Pahlavi Paradise perceived perception perfect Persian person philosophers pleroma Prophet pure Qur'an reality referred resurrection body Ṣadrā Saoshyant sense sensory Shaikh Shaikh Aḥmad Shi'ite Sophianity soul Spenta Armaiti Spheres spiritual body substance subtle body Sufism Suhrawardi symbol terrestrial theme theophany theosophy things tion traditions Transfiguration translated universe verse visible vision visionary Xvarnah Yasht Zarathustra Zoroastrian