The remainder of the book is devoted to two complementary essays: on Sympathy and Theosophy and Creative Imagination and Creative Prayer.

He also relates Islamic mysticism to mystical thought in the West. Corbin begins with a kind of spiritual topography of the twelfth century, emphasizing the differences between exoteric and esoteric forms of Islam. 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. Through the richness of his personal experience and the constructive power of his intellect, he made a unique contribution to Shi'ite Sufism. From the introduction by Harold Bloom Ibn 'Arabi (1165-1240) was one of the great mystics of all time. He was uniquely equipped not only to recover Iranian Sufism for the West, but also to defend the principal Western traditions of esoteric spirituality. Bloom shows us that this Shakespearean cosmos is analogous to Corbin's 'Imaginal Realm' of the Sufis, the place of soul or souls.Henry Corbin's works are the best guide to the visionary tradition.Corbin, like Scholem and Jonas, is remembered as a scholar of genius. These works, he writes, intermix the empirical world with a transcendent element. Harold Bloom's preface links Sufi mysticism with Shakespeare's visionary dramas and high tragedies, such as The Tempest and Hamlet. 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.

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. 'Henry Corbin's works are the best guide to the visionary tradition.Corbin, like Scholem and Jonas, is remembered as a scholar of genius.

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