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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherRoutledge
ISBN-100710301294
ISBN-139780710301291
eBay Product ID (ePID)1116003
Product Key Features
Number of Pages426 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameTemple and Contemplation
SubjectReligious, Regional Studies, General, Anthropology / General, Islam / Shi'a
Publication Year1986
TypeTextbook
AuthorCorbin
Subject AreaReligion, Philosophy, Social Science
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight33.7 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
IllustratedYes
Table Of Content1. 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
SynopsisFirst 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.