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Western Esotericism: History & Scholarship

The World Turned Inside Out

Henry Corbin and Islamic Mysticism

by Tom Cheetham

A sympathetic introduction to Corbin's thought that explains his key ideas, including the imaginal world, spiritual hermeneutics and the angel, for non-specialist readers. Cheetham presents Corbin as a philosopher whose ideas speak to modern spiritual questions.

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