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Henry Corbin (Author), Leonard Fox (Translator)
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Swedenborg Studies December 1, 1995

This volume makes two essays by Henry Corbin, the eminent French scholar of Islam, available in English for the first time. Although his primary interest was the esoteric tradition of Islam, Corbin was also a lifelong student of the theological works of Emanuel Swedenborg. The first essay, "Mundus Imaginalis, or The Imaginary and the Imaginal," clarifies Corbin's use of the term he coined, mundus imaginalis, or "the imaginal world." This important concept appears in both Swedenborgian and esoteric Islamic spirituality. The second piece, "Comparative Spiritual Hermeneutics," compares the revelation of the internal sense of the sacred boks of two distinct religions, Christianity and Islam.

 


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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

About the Author

Henry Corbin (1903-1978) held the chair in Islam at the Sorbonne from 1954 to 1974. He also organized and was director of the department of Iranic studies at the Institut franco-iranien in Teheran. Corbin wrote many books and articles, and edited numerous works in Persian of important Sufi and Isma'ili authors

Translator Leonard Fox has published books on Albanian grammar and customary law and Malagasy poetry. For many years he edited the journal Arcana: Inner Dimensions of Spirituality.


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  • Paperback: 172 pages
  • Publisher: Swedenborg Foundation Publishers; 1st Edition edition (December 1, 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0877851832
  • ISBN-13: 978-0877851837
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 9.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #247,728 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars An unbelievably inspiring book., April 18, 2003
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In these strange and dark times I wish more people would get their introduction to Shi'ism from Corbin, rather than the slew of "Understanding Islam" books out there. Though that will never happen, this book would really be the one to square the view between most Christians (the one's who have an inkling for Christian gnosis) and at least Shi'ites and Sufis. Certainly neither should have any trouble at all relating to each other's symbolic 'architecture' or 'geography'. More than anything, though, this book is an excellent introduction to the spaces described by Sacred Symbolism. It will invert your understanding of the space occupied by religious motifs in general - not by drawing them together in a vulgar display of "paralellomania" that is so popular today, but by advocating for the primacy of the atemporal geography that genuine Tradition can provide access to at it's deepest levels. The result is astonishing, perhaps singular, even for Corbin. It must be mentioned that the sword cuts two ways, and so sneering anti-Christians will really have to eat it for a second... for truly, what do we make of it when when Japanese Zen master Suzuki claims Swedenborg to be a "Western Buddha"? Come on now, you think Corbin would waste his time on anything but the REAL DEAL?
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very informative book, July 24, 1999
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I always wondered if Swedenborg had any external influences on his esoteric approach towards the Holy Book, and this book does shed some light on that. As a student of religious studies and as a Christian, I have to come to respect the Shia esoteric aspect of moslem religion.
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First Sentence:
In offering the two Latin words mundus imaginalis as the title of this discussion, I intend to treat a precise order of reality corresponding to a precise mode of perception, because Latin terminology gives the advantage of providing us with a technical and fixed point of reference, to which we can compare the various more-or-less irresolute equivalents that our modern Western languages suggest to us. Read the first page
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suprasensory things, eighth climate, celestial humanity, spiritual hermeneutics, celestial person, mundus imaginalis, astronomical sky, arcana coelestia, profound accord, celestial man, internal respiration, esoteric sense, internal person, internal man, celestial things, imaginative perception, intermediate world
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Antiquissima Ecclesia, Green Island, Hidden Imam, Sacred Book, Imam of the Resurrection, Sadrá Shirázi, Twelfth Imam, True Christian Religion, Cyclical Time, Divine Revelations, Emanuel Swedenborg, Nasir-e Khosraw, Antiqua Ecclesia, Bibliothèque Iranienne, New York, Sadra Shirazi, Antigua Ecclesia, Most Ancient Church, Princeton University Press, Prophet Muhammad, Swedenborg Foundation, Tree of Life, Twelve-Imam Shi'ism, Fourteen Pure Ones, Imago Dei
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