Iranian Sufism and the Quest for the Hidden Dimension
Toward a Depth Psychology of Mystic Inspiration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3896145 |
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| Authors | Ali Shariat (0000-0002-6133-1554, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 146 |
| Pages | 92-123 |
| Publication date | 1989-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Diogenes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0392-1921 • E-ISSN: 1467-7695 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/039219218903714606 |
| OpenAlex | W2020452510 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Being is an ocean in perpetual agitation,Of this ocean people perceive but the waves.On the apparent surface of the ocean, hidden in them,Look at the surging waves arising from secret depths!"One of the leitmotifs of the literature of Iranian Sufism is the "quest for the Orient" (istishraq). It is an Orient that is neither localized nor localizable in the realm of positive geography. It escapes our normal perception; it is the mystic Orient, point of Origin and of Return, located at the "heavenly pole" of the cosmic North. It figures in that geographia imaginalis that is perceived only by the power of the imagination. It is located, then, beyond the devastated lands of this sensible world, lands that incarnate troubled and dispersed hearts for Iranian Sufism
Epistemology · Islam · Pure mathematics · Sufism · Theology · Education and Islamic Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Mathematics · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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