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Western Esotericism: History & Scholarship

The Man of Light in Iranian Sufism

by Henry Corbin · Nancy Pearson (trans.)

A study of the symbolism of light, colour and the inner guide in Persian Sufism, especially in Najm al-Din Kubra and his school. Corbin relates these visionary experiences of coloured lights to Iranian angelology and to wider themes of spiritual orientation.

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