tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919167141648467219.post6199385578808867892..comments2024-01-22T11:39:29.619-08:00Comments on Okar Research: Henry Corbin: Islamic Studies & Realized EschatologyOkarReviewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08409630373552801244noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919167141648467219.post-88450437414825293502013-10-17T04:29:18.614-07:002013-10-17T04:29:18.614-07:00At the risk of seeming self-serving, I'd like ...At the risk of seeming self-serving, I'd like to add what I believe is an important book to your Corbin bibliography:<br />The Voyage and the Messenger, translated by Joseph Rowe, North Atlantic Books 1998<br />Joseph Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16060800602848639949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919167141648467219.post-66193761153739734852013-10-17T04:23:05.573-07:002013-10-17T04:23:05.573-07:00For me, Corbin's greatest contribution, and th...For me, Corbin's greatest contribution, and the foundation of his vision of eschatology is twofold: 1) his coinage (actually a revival) of the word imaginal, and his notion of the imaginal realm --- not at all the same as "imaginary", and not some sort of ghostly realm, but the dynamic archetypal source of events in the physical realm; and 2) his notion of dualitude, and his critique of much "non-dualist" language as an impoverished, and even self-contradictory way of describing a process of spiritual evolution in which we must first master duality fully, before we can have any authentic realization of trans-duality (a much better term than non-duality). Joseph Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16060800602848639949noreply@blogger.com