Sufi; expressions of the mystic quest
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TextSeries: (Art and Imagination)New York Thames and Hudson c1976Description: 120p.; illus.; bibliogContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0-500-81015-X
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The "why" of mystical expression. 1 The beginnings of Sufism. 2 The container and the contained. 3 Creation; the arc of descent. 4 The human soul. 5 The quest; the arc of ascent. 6 Symbolism. The 'what' of mystical expression. 7 The journey to God. 8 The journey in God. 9 The journey through God. The 'how' of mystical expression. 10 Spiritual retreat. 11 Stages of the journey. 12 Spiritual states. 13 Spiritual stations. 14 Presences. 15 Numbers and geometry. 16 Architecture and music. 17 Mystical poetry. 18 The science of letters. 19 Mystical dreams. 20 Cosmology and spiritual astronomy
'...brings to light the spiritual reality which underlies the forms and rhythms of the Islamic tradition of Sufism; with 137 illustrations, 20 in color.'
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