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S'està carregant… Spiritual Body and Celestial Earth: From Mazdean Iran to Shi'ite Irande Henry Corbin
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An analysis of interrelated themes in Iranian religion, including the angelology of Mazdaism and Islamic Shi'ite concepts of spirit-body identity. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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![]() GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)297.40955Religions Other Religions Islam, Babism, Bahai Faith Sufi, MysticismLCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana:![]()
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Corbin is a very demanding writer, and although this book is rewarding, it is no easy read. Not only is he an expert in a culture strange to most Anglophone readers (and he is unconcerned to shield us from technical specifics), he is unmistakably a mystic himself, given to delighting in the paradoxical expressions that demonstrate how the object of his interest transcends rational analysis. At the end of his essay on "Hurqalya, Earth of Resurrection," in his effort to communicate to the reader that "boundary where the boundary ceases to be a boundary and becomes a passage," he refers the reader to two pieces of music! (105) Sufficiently engrossed by this book and its messages, I dutifully tracked down recordings of Richard Strauss' "Death and Transfiguration" and the closing chorale of Mahler's Resurrection Symphony, but making those references so central to his exposition really robbed it of its communicative power in the moment of reading.
Even so, the content of this book--both the essays and the translations--is so valuable to those with genuine mystical aspirations, that I recommend it heartily. It is especially apposite for Thelemites pursuing the "Life" of Liber CL.