| Description |
120 pages : illustrations (some color), plans, portraits (chiefly color) ; 26 cm |
| Series |
Art and imagination |
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Art and imagination.
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| Contents |
pt. 1. The 'why' of mystical expression: The beginnings of Sufism -- The container and the contained -- Creation -- the arc of descent -- The human soul -- The quest -- the arc of ascent -- Symbolism -- pt. 2. The 'what' of mystical expression: The journey to God -- The journey in God -- The journey through God -- pt. 3. The 'how' of mystical expression: Spiritual retreat -- Stages of the journey -- Spiritual states -- Spiritual stations -- Presences -- Numbers and geometry -- Architecture and music -- Mystical poetry -- The science of letters -- Mystical dreams -- Cosmology and spiritual astronomy -- Sources, further reading and acknowledgments |
| Notes |
(Art and imagination) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 120) |
| Subject |
Islamic art and symbolism.
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Sufism.
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| LC no. |
76377195 |
| ISBN |
050081015X |
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9780500810156 |
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