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The Self-Disclosure of God: principles of Ibn al-ʻArabī's cosmology
The Self-Disclosure of God continues the author's investigations of the world view of Ibn al-'Arabi, the greatest theoretician of Sufism and the "seal of the Muhammadan saints. The book is divided into three parts, dealing with the relation between…
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.…
The Mystery of Numbers
Why is the number seven lucky--even holy--in almost every culture? Why do we speak of the four corners of the earth? Why do cats have nine lives (except in Iran, where they have seven)? From literature to folklore to private superstitions, numbers…
Sacred Geometry: Deciphering the Code
The author shows how the beauty in nature, art, and architecture is based on an underlying geometry and reveals that there is a hidden order behind their creation.
The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and The Maya: an illustrated Dictionary of the Mesoamerican Religion
"The myths and beliefs of the great Precolumbian civilizations of Mesoamerica have baffled and fascinated outsiders ever since the Spanish Conquest. Yet, until now, no single-volume introduction has existed to act as a guide to this labyrinthine…