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Quest for the Red Sulphur: The Life of Ibn Arabi
Quest for the Red Sulphur: The Life of Ibn Arabi is undoubtedly a landmark in Ibn Arabi studies. Until the publication of this book, anyone who wanted to learn about the life of Ibn Arabi has had little choice of material to work from. This major…
The Orchard: The Bostan of Saadi of Shiraz
Saadi of Shiraz
Cosmology and Architecture in Premodern Islam: an Architectural Reading of Mystical Ideas
"This interdisciplinary study reveals connections between architecture, cosmology, and mysticism. Samer Akkach demonstrates how space ordering in premodern Islamic architecture reflects the transcendental and the sublime. The book features many new…
Blake
"Born in 1757, the son of a London hosier, William Blake - poet, painter, and engraver - possessed one of the most original and fertile creative geniuses of his age. Yet his strange aloofness and claims of supernatural visions caused many in his own…
Pandora's Box: the Changing Aspects of Mythical Symbol
Study of the myth of Pandora, its representation in art, and its mythological and religious significance.