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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Divine Guide in Early Shiʻism: The Sources of Esotericism in Islam]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Imamate<br />
Shīʻah -- Doctrines -- History]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The Imam, the Divine Guide, is the central point around which the Shi&#039;ite religion turns. The power of Shi&#039;ism comes from the actions of the Imam. This title is reserved exclusively for the sucessors of the prophets in their mission. The author shows that from the beginning of Shi&#039;ite Islam until the tenth century, the Imam was primarily a master of knowledge with supernatural powers, not a jurist theologian. The Imam is the threshold through which God and the creatures communicate. He is thus a cosmic necessity, the key and the center of the universal economy of the sacred. The author presents Shi&#039;ism as a religion founded on double dimensions where the role of the leader remains constantly central: perpetual initiation into divine secrets and continued confrontation with anti-initiation forces. Without esotericism, exotericism loses its meaning. Early Imamism is an esoteric doctrine. Historically, then, at the beginning of esotericism in Islam, we find an initiatory, mystical, and occultist doctrine. This is the first book to systematically explore the immense literature attributed to the Imams themselves in order to recover the authentic original vision. It restores an essential source of esotericism in the world of Islam. -- Back cover.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[Ch. I. Introduction: Return to the Earliest Sources. Hiero-Intelligence and Reason. Esotericism and Rationalization. The Sources. The Nature and Authority of Imamite Traditions -- Ch. II. The Pre-Existence of the Imam. The Worlds Before the World. The Guide-Light. Adamic Humanity. The &quot;Voyage&quot; of the Light. Excursus: &quot;Vision with the Heart&quot; Conception and Birth -- Ch. III. The Existence of the Imam. Comments on the &quot;Political&quot; Life of the Imams. The Sacred Science. Notes on the &quot;Integral Quran&quot; The Sacred Power -- Ch. IV. The Super-Existence of the Imam. Imamite Points of View on the Ancientness of the Information. The Imam and His Occultation: Esoteric Aspects. The Return and the Rising: Esoteric Aspects. Appendix: Some Implications of the Occultation: Individual Religion and Collective Religion.]]></dcterms:tableOfContents>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Albany : State University of New York Press]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Translated by David Streight]]></dcterms:contributor>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Ismāʻı̄lı̄s: Their History and Doctrines]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Ismailites -- Doctrines<br />
Ismailites -- History]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The Isma&#039;ilis represent the second largest Shii Muslim community after the Twelvers, and are today scattered throughout more than twenty-five countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and North America. The second edition of this authoritative book traces the history and doctrinal development of the Isma&#039;ilis from their origins in the formative period of Islam to the present day, a period of more than twelve centuries. All the major phases of Isma&#039;ili history are covered, including the pre-Fatimid period, the Fatimid &#039;golden age&#039;, the Tayyibi-Mustali period and the history of the Nizari Isma&#039;ilis of Persia and Syria before the Mongol invasions. The final part traces the history of the modern Isma&#039;ilis, particularly the socio-economic progress of the Nizari communities. The new edition is a thorough revision and incorporates new material, an expanded bibliography and new illustrations. It will be invaluable reading for students of Islamic and Middle Eastern history.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Farhad Daftary]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2007]]></dcterms:date>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://humanitieshub.sdsu.edu/omeka/items/show/1271">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Ismailis: an illustrated history]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Farhad Daftary]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[ Azimuth editions in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies distributed by Thames and Hudson]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Zulfikar Hirji]]></dcterms:contributor>
</rdf:Description><rdf:Description rdf:about="https://humanitieshub.sdsu.edu/omeka/items/show/1302">
    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Poetics of Religious Experience: The Islamic Context ]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Islam -- Psychology<br />
Experience (Religion)<br />
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Aziz Esmail]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:relation><![CDATA[Series: Occasional papers (Institute of Ismaili Studies) ; 1.]]></dcterms:relation>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Wellsprings of wisdom: a study of Abū Yaʻqūb al-Sijistānī&#039;s Kitāb al-Yanābīʻ : including a complete English translation with commentary and notes on the Arabic text]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The rapid success of the early Isma&#039;ili dacwa, or religio-political mission, culminated in the establishment of the Fatimid caliphate in the year 909. Modern scholarship in Ismaʹili studies has revealed that the Ismaʹilis were also engaged from early on in their eventful history in diverse intellectual activities, some of which were unique to the Ismaʹili community. In particular, while the early Fatimid caliph-imams were still preoccupied with consolidating the power base of their dawla in North Africa, some of the Ismaʹili daʹis of the Iranian lands elaborated a distinctive Isma&#039;ili tradition of learning, amalgamating in a highly original fashion their Ismaʹili interpretation of Islam with a type of Neoplatonic philosophy then current in Khurasan and some other eastern regions of the Muslim world. -- from http://www.jstor.org (Nov. 16, 2013).]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:tableOfContents><![CDATA[The Foundations of an Epistemology -- Abu Yaqub al-Sijistani. Ismaili Literature. The Importance of al-Sijistani. His Life and Works. Some Critical Points in His Teachings -- The Book of Wellsprings. Organization and Special Features. Background and Sources. Dating The Wellsprings. Authenticity. Title. Method and Audience. State of the Arabic Text. Translating The Wellsprings. Notes and Commentary. The Diagrams -- The Book of Wellsprings: Translation.]]></dcterms:tableOfContents>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Paul E. Walker]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1994]]></dcterms:date>
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