Saturday, November 14, 2009

Omens of Millennium by Harold Bloom


Henry Corbin's work has been brought to the attention of many people through the work of Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of Humanities at Yale. He contributed the Preface to the most recent edition of Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn 'Arabi, (re-titled Alone with the Alone).  Bloom's 1996 volume Omens of the Millennium: The Gnosis of Angels, Dreams, and Resurrection is an extended analysis of  "gnosticism," ancient and modern, and is substantially influenced by Corbin. Though I do not agree with his reading of Corbin, or gnosticism, I would be remiss not to mention this most interesting book. It is reviewed by the excellent Lee Irwin in Esoterica Volume II here.

4 comments:

  1. Hi Tom, could you summarise what it is about Bloom's reading of Corbin and gnosticism that you disagree with?

    Thanks again for your wonderful, resourceful blog. In a week I will have enough spare time to catch up on all the articles you have been posting.

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  2. i knew somebody would ask me that... i'll get to it...

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  3. well? did you ever get to it?

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  4. no, ray i didn't. but read Rothenberg from this link: http://henrycorbinproject.blogspot.com/2011/06/rothenberg-on-bloom.html

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