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Alone with the Alone: Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn ‘Arabī

By: Henry Corbin

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Ibn ‘Arabi (1165-1240) was one of the great mystics of all time. Through the richness of his personal experience and the constructive power of his intellect, he made a unique contribution to Shi’ite Sufism.

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Ibn ‘Arabi (1165-1240) was one of the great mystics of all time. Through the richness of his personal experience and the constructive power of his intellect, he made a unique contribution to Shi’ite Sufism. 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.

Corbin begins with a kind of spiritual topography of the twelfth century, emphasizing the differences between exoteric and esoteric forms of Islam. He also relates Islamic mysticism to mystical thought in the West. 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.

Harold Bloom’s preface links Sufi mysticism with Shakespeare’s visionary dramas and high tragedies, such as The Tempest and Hamlet. These works, he writes, intermix the empirical world with a transcendent element. Bloom shows us that this Shakespearean cosmos is analogous to Corbin’s Imaginal Realm of the Sufis, the place of soul or souls.

Publisher:Princeton University Press
Binding:Paperback
Volume(s):1
About the Author:Henry Corbin was Professor of Islamic Religion at the Sorbonne and was the leading authority in the West on Iranian-Islamic thought.
Product Dimensions:6.5 x 1 x 9.2 inches
Translator:Ralph Manheim
Pages:440
Publication Date:March 2, 1998