Temple & Contemplation

Table of Contents

Editorial Note ix

1 The Realism and Symbolism of Colours in Shiitc Cosmology 1

2 The Science of the Balance and the Correspondences between Worlds in Islamic Gnosis 55

3 Sabian Temple and Ismailism 132

4 The Configuration of the Temple of the Ka'bah as the Secret of the Spiritual Life 183

5 The Imago Tempti in Confrontation with Secular Norms 263

Index 391