Temple & Contemplation / Edition 1

by Henry Corbin

Overview

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:	9780710301291
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/04/1986
Series:	Islamic Texts and Contexts Series
Pages:	426
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

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