Blake & the Visionary Recital

Peter O'Leary discusses William Blake and Henry Corbin in 

BLAKE 

at The Cultural Society

William Blake - 

photo of a life mask made in 1823

Joanna Kane from Somnambulists

"The recovery of occulted meaning"

Regular readers will recall this earlier post on Corbin, Robert Duncan and H.D. I strongly recommend the interview with Michael Boughn, co-editor of The HD Book on, Cross-Cultural Poetics Episode 234, that can be had via mp3 here.

Suhrawardi, Walbridge, Azal

THE DEVOTIONAL AND OCCULT WORKS OF SUHRAWARDĪ THE ILLUMINATIONIST

by John Walbridge

some commentary & critique by N. Wahid Azal

L'Herne - Henry Corbin

Publiés à L'Herne :

Cahier Henry Corbin

Le Paradoxe du Monothéisme (Essais)

Le Livre des sept Statues (Essais)

L'Imam Caché (Essais)


ici!

En Islam Iranien

Henry Corbin présente en 1973 son entreprise monumentale, En islam iranien, aujourd'hui disponible en quatre tomes au format poche, dans la collection Tel de Gallimard.

Thanks again to Aymeric Chaïb

Martha Nussbaum on Religious Intolerance

The New Religious Intolerance

Overcoming the Politics of Fear in an Anxious Age

Martha C. Nussbaum

from the publisher: "What impulse prompted some newspapers to attribute the murder of 77 Norwegians to Islamic extremists, until it became evident that a right-wing Norwegian terrorist was the perpetrator? Why did Switzerland, a country of four minarets, vote to ban those structures? How did a proposed Muslim cultural center in lower Manhattan ignite a fevered political debate across the United States? In The New Religious Intolerance, Martha C. Nussbaum surveys such developments and identifies the fear behind these reactions. Drawing inspiration from philosophy, history, and literature, she suggests a route past this limiting response and toward a more equitable, imaginative, and free society.

Fear, Nussbaum writes, is “more narcissistic than other emotions.” Legitimate anxieties become distorted and displaced, driving laws and policies biased against those different from us. Overcoming intolerance requires consistent application of universal principles of respect for conscience. Just as important, it requires greater understanding. Nussbaum challenges us to embrace freedom of religious observance for all, extending to others what we demand for ourselves. She encourages us to expand our capacity for empathetic imagination by cultivating our curiosity, seeking friendship across religious lines, and establishing a consistent ethic of decency and civility. With this greater understanding and respect, Nussbaum argues, we can rise above the politics of fear and toward a more open and inclusive future."

Hear an interview with Nussbaum here.

Catharisme et manichéisme par Henry Corbin

Henry Corbin évoque le catharisme et le manichéisme, notamment à travers l'hérésiographie islamique et en rapport avec le soufisme, dans cet extrait d'une radiodiffusion d'avril 1962.


Thanks to Aymeric Chaïb for this.

Bulletin IISMM Juin 2012

Bulletin Juin IISMM

Rare Audio of Gershom Scholem

"In this 1975 lecture at Boston College the preeminent scholar in Jewish mysticism Gershom Scholem speaks of the Kabbalistic doctrine of the tselem, the astral body. The word “tselem” first appears in Genesis 1:26 when God creates man and says “let us make man in our image (tselem) and in our likeness.” In Hebrew “tselem” means “plastic image” and describes the individual essence of each human being. It constitutes an independent entity mediating between body and spirit. In mystical experience, the tselem could manifest as the perception of one’s own double, which revealed the deepest spiritual essence within man. Professor Scholem retraces the historical development of the doctrine of the tselem in Jewish mysticism and tells us how it is related to the principle of individuation in man."

& some useful commentary here.

ASE 2012 Conference Schedule

 

ASE Conference Schedule

Esotericism, Religion, and Culture
University of California, Davis
July 19th-22nd 2012

 

Gnosticism in Philip K. Dick & much much more...

full schedule HERE

 

 

In Teheran

Photo: Roxanne Varzi

 

On Materialism

In Sufism, matter is precious because it stands, it “thinks,” silently it traces everything. Consequently, while in “materialist” philosophy matter can be considered distant from metaphysics, in Sufism it is mysticism itself; matter is its secret identity. - Murat Efe Balikçioglu  

from “Godless Sufism,” as the Structure of Matter in the Turkish Poetry of Our Day in  Eda: A Contemporary Anthology of 20th Century Turkish Poetry edited by Murat Nemet-Nejat.

La mystique amoureuse mazdéenne par Henry Corbin

Henry Corbin évoque la mystique amoureuse mazdéenne et la figure centrale du fravarti dans cet extrait d'une radiodiffusion de 1959.

Thanks to Aymeric Chaïb for bringing this to our attention.

Portals

Portals: Opening Doorways to Other Realities Through the Senses

Lynne Hume, Berg 2006
(with scattered references to Corbin)
From the excellent Berg SENSES SERIES

Samir Mahmoud on Henry Corbin

I'm actually not sure that I have ever pointed out all three of these excellent essays at amiscorbin.com 

(all PDF files)

From ‘Heidegger to Suhrawardi’: An Introduction to the thought of Henry Corbin

‘Alam al-mithal or Mundus Imaginalis

Ta'wil and the Angel