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Oriental Mysticism, by E.H. Palmer, [1867], at sacred-texts.com


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CONTENTS.

 

 

 

PAGE

DEDICATION (by special permission of His Majesty the Emperor of the French)

v

PREFACE

ix

INTRODUCTION

1

 

 


PART I.

 

CHAP.

I.

Of the Traveller, the Goal, the Stages, and the Road

4

II.

Of Law, Doctrine, and Truth

7

III.

Concerning the Perfect Man, and the Perfectly Free Man

11

IV.

Concerning Fellowship, and Renunciation

14

V.

Concerning Attraction, and Devotion

19

VI.

Concerning Counsel

21

 

 


PART II.

 

CHAP.

I.

Concerning the Nature of God

22

II.

Concerning the Attributes of God

27

III.

Concerning the Works of God, physically considered

29

IV.

Concerning the Works of God, metaphysically considered

33

V.

Of the four Universal Sources

38

 

 


PART III.

 

CHAP.

I.

The Saintly and Prophetic Offices defined

43

 

 

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PART IV.

 

 

 

 

PAGE

CHAP.

I.

On the Influence of Early Prejudice upon Belief

45

 

 


PART V.

 

 

 

THE STUDY OF MAN.

 

CHAP.

I.

Grounds for the Discussion

50

II.

Of the Origin and Animal Development of Man

51

III.

Of the Intellectual and Spiritual Development of Man

55

IV.

Of the Upward Progress or Ascent of Man

58

V.

Conclusion

64

APPENDIX.

Glossary of Technical and Allegorical Terms in use among the Sufi Poets

69

INDEX

82


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