Consider the idea of a God who is essentially sadness and longing, yearning to reveal himself, to know himself through a being… — Henry Corbin Copy Share Image
“And the ritual of Prayer embraces all these movements: (a) There is the ascending, vertical movement which corre- sponds to the faithful's erect stance.… — Henry Corbin Copy Share Image
“The "field" encompassed in the "science of the Imagination" is so vast that it is difficult to enumerate all its sectors.” — Henry Corbin Copy Share Image
“The authentic mystic wisdom ( mafrifa) is that of the soul which knows itself as a theophany, an individual form in which are epiphanized… — Henry Corbin Copy Share Image
“What explanation does Ibn Arabi give for these phenomena ? A first explanation invokes the hierarchical planes of being, the Hadarat, or "Presences." There… — Henry Corbin Copy Share Image
“On both sides we encounter the idea that the Godhead possesses the power of Imagination, and that by imagining the universe God created it;… — Henry Corbin Copy Share Image
“The theosophy of Light suggests the metaphor of the mirror and the shadow. But "shadow" must not be taken to imply a dimension of… — Henry Corbin Copy Share Image
Prayer is the highest form, the supreme act of the Creative Imagination. ... For prayer is not a request for something: it is the… — Henry Corbin Copy Share Image
“But again we must be careful to bear in mind that for Ibn Arabi fana is never absolute annihilation ( the failure to do… — Henry Corbin Copy Share Image
“To begin with, let us recall the /J,adltlt which all our mysticr of Islam untiringly meditate, the �adltlt in which the Godhead reveals the… — Henry Corbin Copy Share Image
“In this essential point Ibn rArabi declares concisely: "Those to whom God remains veiled pray the God who in their belief is their Lord… — Henry Corbin Copy Share Image
“Prayer is the highest form, the supreme act of the Creative Imagination.” — Henry Corbin Copy Share Image
