Examines the work of Carl Jung in relation to Eastern religion, the wisdom teachings of the Sophia, Sufi mysticism, and visionary spirituality

Henry Corbin (1903-1978) was one of the most important French philosophers and orientalists of the 20th century as well as one of the most influential scholars of Islamic mysticism. A former professor of Islam and Islamic Philosophy at the Sorbonne and the University of Tehran, Corbin was the author of several books, including Alone with the Alone: Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn’Arab.

Preface from the Editor

Henry Corbin, Philosopher of the Soul
by Michel Cazenave

PART I
CARL GUSTAV JUNG AND BUDDHISM

Publisher’s Note on Sources and Corbin’s Commentary

Introduction to Part I

1. Zen (on The Book of Great Deliverance)

2. Pure Land (on La Psychologie de la méditation orientale)

3. The Tibetan Book of the Dead (on the Bardo Thödol)

4. Taoist Alchemy (on The Secret of the Golden Flower)

5. Conclusion: The Self and Sophia

PART II
Answer to Job

1. Eternal Sophia

2. Postscript to Answer to Job

Appendices

1. Letters to Mrs. Olga Fröbe-Kapteyn

2. Sophia Æterna

3. “Eranos”

Angel Logic by Michel Cazenave

Bibliography

Index