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Divine Guide in Early Shi'ism: The Sources of Esotericism in Islam: The Sources of Esotericism in Islam »

Authors: Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi, David Streight
ISBN-13: 9780791421215, ISBN-10: 079142121X
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Date Published: October 1994
Edition: (Non-applicable)

	Abbreviations
	Preface	1
Ch. I	Introduction: Return to the Earliest Sources	5
	Hiero-Intelligence and Reason	6
	Esotericism and Rationalization	13
	The Sources	19
	The Nature and Authority of Imamite Traditions	22
Ch. II	The Pre-Existence of the Imam	29
	The Worlds Before the World. The Guide-Light	29
	Adamic Humanity. The "Voyage" of the Light	38
	Excursus: "Vision with the Heart"	44
	Conception and Birth	56
Ch. III	The Existence of the Imam	61
	Comments on the "Political" Life of the Imams	61
	The Sacred Science	69
	Notes on the "Integral Quran"	79
	The Sacred Power	91
Ch. IV	The Super-Existence of the Imam	99
	Imamite Points of View on the Ancientness of the Information	99
	The Imam and His Occultation: Esoteric Aspects	108
	The Return and the Rising: Esoteric Aspects	115
	Conclusions	125
	Appendix: Some Implications of the Occultation: Individual Religion and Collective Religion	133
	Notes	141
	Bibliography	239
	General Index	263