Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn 'Arabi
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Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn 'Arabi is Henry Corbin’s influential philosophical and theological study of Ibn ʿArabi’s concept of imagination as a central mode of spiritual knowledge and visionary experience in Sufism.
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| Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn 'Arabi canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical study ⓘ theological study ⓘ |
| about |
Islamic esotericism
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Sufi metaphysics ⓘ alam al-mithal NERFINISHED ⓘ doctrine of imagination ⓘ hermeneutics of symbols ⓘ imaginal world ⓘ spiritual knowledge ⓘ visionary experience ⓘ |
| author | Henry Corbin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| describes |
imaginal encounters with divine realities
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intermediate world between spirit and matter ⓘ role of visionary recitals ⓘ |
| field |
Islamic studies
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comparative religion ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
imagination as mode of knowledge
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imagination as organ of spiritual perception ⓘ ontology of images ⓘ relationship between imagination and prophecy ⓘ relationship between imagination and revelation ⓘ |
| genre |
Islamic philosophy
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mysticism studies ⓘ religious studies ⓘ |
| influenced |
Henry Corbin's later works
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Western study of Sufism ⓘ philosophy of imagination ⓘ scholarship on Islamic mysticism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ibn 'Arabi
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Sufi tradition ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
barzakh
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hierohistory ⓘ mundus imaginalis NERFINISHED ⓘ spiritual hermeneutics ⓘ symbolic exegesis ⓘ |
| language |
English
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French ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Ibn 'Arabi
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Islamic mysticism ⓘ Sufism NERFINISHED ⓘ creative imagination ⓘ |
| originalTitle | L'Imagination créatrice dans le soufisme d'Ibn 'Arabî NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
classic of Sufi studies
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influential work on Ibn 'Arabi ⓘ |
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