“For this reason each lower Presence is the image and correspondence ( mithal), the reflection and mirror of the next higher. Thus everything that exists in the sensible world is a reflection, a typification ( mithal), of what exists in… — 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
“To become a Compassionate One is to become the likeness of the Compassionate God experiencing infinite sadness over undisclosed virtualities; it is to embrace,… — Henry Corbin Copy Share Image
“In Sura 18 ayahs 59-81, Khidr figures in a mysterious episode, a thorough study of which would require an exhaustive confrontation with the earliest… — Henry Corbin Copy Share Image
“By giving objective body to intentions of the heart (himma, W6V1.111a1S), this creativity fulfils the first aspect of its function. This aspect comprises a… — 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 to have compassion with them. But the intuitive mystics [Ahl al-Kashf] ask that divine Compassion be fulfilled [come into being, exist] through them."28 In other…” quote by Henry Corbin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/13a/henry-corbin-26358_prayer_in-this-essential-point-ibn-rarabi-decla_1274231.jpg)
