Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. Part I. The Cycle of Avicennan Recitals
5. I. Avicennan Cosmos and Visionary Recital 3
6. II. Avicennism and Angelology 46
7. III. The Recital of Hayy ibn Yaqzan 123
8. IV. The Recital of the Bird 165
9. V. The Recital of Saldman and Absal 204
10. Epilogue; or, Avicennan Perspectives 242
11. Postscript. Recent Studies on Avicenna's "Oriental Philosophy" 271
12. Part II. Translation of the Persian Commentary on the Rrecital of Hayy Ibn Yaqzan
13. In the Name of God the Clement, the Merciful 281
14. 1. Prologue 282
15. 2. The Encounter with the Angel 283
16. 3. The Salutation 289
17. 4. Beginning of the Initiation: The Name and Person of the Angel 292
18. 5. Physiognomy 295
19. 6. The Two Ways for the Soul 297
20. 7. The Soul's Three Evil Companions 299
21. 8. How to Treat the Three Companions 305
22. 9. The Conditions of the Journey 308
23. 10. The Orient and Occident of the Universe 319
24. 11. The Spring of Life 321
25. 12. The Darkness About the Pole 324
26. 13. The Occident of the World 327
27. 14. The Clime of Terrestrial Matter 331
28. 15. The Clime of Celestial Matter 333
29. 16. The Celestial Spheres 336
30. 17. Toward the Orient: The Clime of Elementary Forms and the Forms of Species 343
31. 18. The Kingdom of the Soul 346
32. 19. The Demons of the Soul 353
33. 20. The Genii of the Soul 355
34. 21. The Terrestrial Angels 357
35. 22. Angels-Souls of the Spheres and Angels-Cherubs 362
36. 23. The Beauty of the King Who Is Like unto None Other 372
37. 24. Those Who Emigrate Toward the Kingdom 374
38. 25. If "Thou Wilt, Follow Me" 379
39. List if Works Cited 383
40. Index 395
41. Backmatter 424