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Readings from the Mystics of Islam: translations from the Arabic and Persian, together with a short account of the history and doctrines of Ṣūfism and brief biographical notes on each Ṣufī writer
"This book, containing a short account of the history and development of Islamic mysticism, followed by translations fo the sayings and writings of nearly fifty of the mystics of Islam, both Arab and Persian, may be a means of increasing the…
The ornament of the world: how Muslims, Jews, and Christians created a culture of tolerance in medieval Spain
Undoing the familiar notion of the Middle Ages as a period of religious persecution and intellectual stagnation, Menocal brings us a portrait of a medieval culture where literature, science, and tolerance flourished for 500 years. The story begins as…
Number and Time: Reflections Leading Towards a Unification of Psychology and Physics
"In Number and Time, Marie-Louise von Franz explores Jung's hypothesis. Her discussions of the theory of number draw on a wealth of material from eastern philosophy, ethnology, archaeology, and mythology, as well as natural sciences and mathematics.…
