Imaginal Worlds

Introduction PART I. HUMAN PERFECTION 1. Oneness of Being Divine Names and Human Perfection Incomparability and Similarity 2. Microcosm, Macrocosm, and Perfect Man The Goal of Creation The Path to Perfection 3. Ethics and Antinomianism Noble Character Traits Blameworthy Character Traits 4. Self-Knowledge and the Original Human Disposition The Nondelimitation of Wujud Imaginal Consciousness Self-Knowledge The Unknown Station Annihilation and Subsistence Becoming Human PART II. WORLDS OF IMAGINATION 5. Revelation and Poetic Imagery The Tarjuman al-Ashwaq Imagination Reason and Self-Disclosure The Revelation of Similitudes Witnessing the Loci of Vision 6. Meetings with Imaginal Men Discerning Imaginal Realities Varieties of Imaginal Perception Imaginal Men 7. Death and the Afterlife Revelation and Reason The Isthmus after Death The Unfolding of the Soul The Next World Inside/Outside The Garden and the Fire The Cooling of the Fire PART III. RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY 8. A Myth of Origins The Koranic View of Revelation The Divine Names and the Origins of Religion Chapter 66 9. Diversity of Belief The Roots of Belief The Two Commands Paths to God Equilibrium The Marks of Belief Nondelimited Belief The Circle of Religious Diversity 10. The Divine Roots of Religion Gods of Belief Rational Investigation Names and Knottings The Divine Form All and Nothing Prophecy and Guidance Providential Limitations Appreciating Knots Notes Bibliography Index of Sources Index of Koranic Verses Index of Hadiths and Sayings Index of Names and Terms