Henry Corbin

Henry Corbin (1903-1978) was professor of Islamic Studies at the Sorbonne in Paris.  His areas of expertise included Islamic Philosophy and theology.

Books
  • Avicenna and the Visionary Recital (1960)
  • Histoire de la philosophie Islamique (1964; reissued in 1993 as History of Islamic Philosophy)
  • Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn ‘Arabi (1969; reissued in 1998 as Alone with the Alone)
  • En Islam Iranien: Aspects spirituels et philosophiques (4 vols.) (1971-3)
  • Spiritual Body & Celestial Earth: From Mazdean Iran to Shi’ite Iran (1977)
  • Le Paradoxe du Monothéisme (1981)
  • Cyclical Time & Ismaili Gnosis (1983)
  • L’Homme et Son Ange: Initiation et Chevalerie Spirituelle. Fayard (1983)
  • Face de Dieu, Face de l’homme: Hermeneutique et soufisme (1983)
  • Temple and Contemplation (1986)
  • The Man of Light in Iranian Sufism (1994)
  • Swedenborg and Esoteric Islam (1995)