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The World of Image in Islamic Philosophy: Ibn Sina, Suhrawardi, Shahrazuri and Beyond
Traces the medieval Islamic notion of a world of image from its conception until today. One of the most controversial issues that divided Islamic philosophers and theologians during the Middle Ages was whether human beings would have a spiritual or…
The World of Persian Literary Humanism
Humanism has mostly considered the question "What does it mean to be human?" from a Western perspective. Dabashi asks it anew from a non-European perspective, in a groundbreaking study of 1,400 years of Persian literary humanism. He presents the…
The World-Mystery: Four Comparative Studies in General Theosophy
2d ed. entirely rev. and largely augm.
The Yellow Cross: the Story of the Last Cathars, 1290 - 1329
Provides an in-depth study of the medieval Cathar community, which, during the thirteenth century became the focus of systematic repression by the Catholic Church, were branded as heretics, and suffered successive waves of persecution and execution.
The Yoga Tradition: Its History, Literature, Philosophy and Practice
"From the foremost living authority on Yoga comes the most comprehensive and reliable treatment of the subject available today. This is a work of impeccable scholarship by a person who has dedicated his life to the understanding and practice of yoga.…
