Temple and Contemplation

Autorentext

Henry Corbin

Klappentext

First Published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Zusammenfassung
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.

Inhalt

1. The Realism and Symbolism of Colours in Shiite Cosmology 2. The Science of the Balance and the Correspondences between Worlds in Islamic Gnosis 3. Sabian Temple and Ismailism 4. The Configuration of the Temple of the Kac bah as the Secret of the Spiritual Life, 5. The Imago Templi in Confrontation with Secular Norms, Index