Alone with the Alone: Creative Imagination in the Sūfism of Ibn 'Arabī

by Henry Corbin

Book Overview

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

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691058342
• ISBN13: 9780691058344
• Release Date: March 1998
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"