Temple & Contemplation
First published in 1986. This volume brings together five lectures which were originally delivered at different sessions of the famous Eranos Conferences in Ascona, Switzer#2;land. Henry Corbin himself had outlined the plan for this book, whose title suggests that these diverse studies converge on a common spiritual centre.
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Temple & Contemplation
First published in 1986. This volume brings together five lectures which were originally delivered at different sessions of the famous Eranos Conferences in Ascona, Switzer#2;land. Henry Corbin himself had outlined the plan for this book, whose title suggests that these diverse studies converge on a common spiritual centre.
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Temple & Contemplation

Temple & Contemplation

by Corbin
Temple & Contemplation

Temple & Contemplation

by Corbin

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First published in 1986. This volume brings together five lectures which were originally delivered at different sessions of the famous Eranos Conferences in Ascona, Switzer#2;land. Henry Corbin himself had outlined the plan for this book, whose title suggests that these diverse studies converge on a common spiritual centre.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415861700
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 09/09/2013
Series: Islamic Texts & Contexts
Edition description: Reissue
Pages: 426
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Henry Corbin

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

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