"Actually, I was just reading Suhrawardi, who was a Persian mystical philosopher from the twelfth century. I believe in Suhrawardi; a very practical outlook comes together in him between the rational intellect and the intuitive intellect and all of this. But he's basing a lot of his rational arguments in Neoplatonic philosophy, in a way. Once I was starting to try to get at the bases he was establishing, so that he could have the other half of things, which is sort of the mystical, enlightenment part of things.
Henry Corbin, who pretty much introduced Suhrawardi to the West, called him the "Hellenite magi" because he had one foot in the Hellenic world and one foot in ancient Zoroastrian mysticism. So it was that and the subsequent schools of Ishraqi schools of philosophy and doing background research on Neoplatonic philosophy that led me back to the Stoics first." Read the interview
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Thanks for posting this Tom! I'm a huge fan of Trey Spruance's music and related feats. The music is highly visionary and conceptual, comprising a huge xonephilic range of borrowings and influences, along with the spirit of Philip K Dick, Stanislaw Lem at al. Overall Trey's work is incredibly grounded despite the eclectic and diverse manifestations, and his remarks that I have read about matters personal and abstract are usually provocative and brilliant. Cheers
ReplyDeleteActually, Mr. Spruance is who led me to Monsieur Corbin. Surprised to see about Trey Spruance in this blog :)
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