Green Man, Earth Angel: The Prophetic Tradition and the Battle for the Soul of the World PDF
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RELIGIOUS STUDIES k c T O M C H E E T H A M a C Bl H GGrreeeenn MMaann,, EEaarrtthh AAnnggeell E Foreword by Robert Sardello 7 E 7 T 3 H GGrreeeenn MMaann,, S A M The Prophetic Tradition and the Battle for the Soul of the World M P m Tom Cheetham Cheetha Green Man, Earth Angel eFxoprleowreos rtdhe b cye nRtorabl errotl eS oafr idmeallgoination for understanding GG ◆ EEaarrtthh AAnnggeell the place of humans in the cosmos. Tom Cheetham suggests that lives can only 7 5 rr 5 be completely whole if human beings come to recognize that the human and ee 86 natural worlds are part of a vast living network and that the material and ee nn spiritual worlds are deeply interconnected. Central to this reimagining is an MM examination of the place of language in human life and art and in the worldview that the prophetic religions—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—presuppose. aa If human language is experienced only as a subset of a vastly more-than-human nn ,, whole, then it is not only humans who speak, but also God and the world with EE all its creatures. If humans’ internal poetry and creative imaginations are part aa of a greater conversation, then language can have the vital power to transform rr the human soul, and the soul of the world itself. thth “Cheetham gives a very good overview of the many problems of scientific AA rationalism as they connect to monotheism and Christian teleological thinking. nn In contrast, he offers a new interpretation of ecology that is aesthetic and gg ee soulful, based on the writings of Henry Corbin.” ll — Lee Irwin, author of Awakening to Spirit: On Life, Illumination, and Being TOM CHEETHAM has taught human ecology and is the author of The World Turned Inside Out: Henry Corbin and Islamic Mysticism. A volume in the SUNY series in Western Esoteric Traditions David Appelbaum, editor State University of New York Press www.sunypress.edu TThhee PPrroopphheettiicc TTrraaddiittiioonn S aanndd tthhee BBaattttllee ffoorr tthhee SSoouull ooff tthhee WWoorrlldd U N Y GREEN MAN, EARTH ANGEL SUNY SERIES INWESTERN ESOTERICTRADITONS David Appelbaum,editor GREEN MAN, EARTH ANGEL The Prophetic Tradition and the Battle for the Soul of the World Tom Cheetham Foreword by ROBERT SARDELLO STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS To Joan,Ben,and Amy Henry Corbin 1903–1978 Director of Studies in Islam and the Religions of Arabia, École practique des Hautes Études,Paris; Professor of Islamic Philosophy at the University of Teheran,Iran; Lecturer at the Eranos Conferences in Ascona,Switzerland; Co-founder,University of St.John of Jerusalem. Contents Foreword xi Acknowledgments xix One “We Are Now in Heaven”:The Mundus Imaginalis and the Catastrophe of Materialism 1 TWO Consuming Passions:The Poet,The Feast,and the Science of the Balance 13 THREE Black Light: Hades, Lucifer,and the Secret of the Secret 31 FOUR Within This Darkness: Incarnation,Theophany, and the Primordial Revelation 63 Five Harmonia Abrahamica:The Lost Speech and the Battle for the Soul of the World 119 Notes 127 Works Cited 147 Index 155
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