Kitab Hall ar-Rumuz / Book of the Explanation of Symbols. Psychological Commentary

This second commentary on Muhammed ibn Umail’s Hall ar-rumuz (See CALA I) gives important additions and clarifications that had become possible in the light of other texts of Ibn Umail and authors quoted by him, which at the time when Dr von Franz wrote her first commentary (see CALA I A) were either poorly translated into Latin or not yet available in any European language. That allowed an enlarged understanding of this text, based on Ibn Umail’s own reflections. The text is accompanied by 100 illustrations that help the reader better to understand the symbolic world of Ibn Umail. Foreword 7 Part I: The Great Vision of Muhammad ibn Umail 13 1. The Need for an Introduction to the Hall ar-Rumüz 15 2. Was the Vision Really a Vision? 21 3. The Picture of the Vision of Ibn Umail 25 a The Right Half of the Picture: The Antechamber 25 b The Left Half of the Picture: The Sanctuary 29 c Reflections on the Right Half of the Stone Tablet 32 d Reflections on the Left Half of the Stone Tablet 50 e Summary 58 4. The Transmission of Ibn Umail’s Vision to the Occident 59 Part II: Commentary on Ihn UmaiPs Hall ar-Rumüz 65 1. Ibn Umail’s Introduction to His Hall ar-Rumüz 67 2. Symbols of the First and the Second Stone 77 3. Symbols of the Worked-upon Stone 97 4. From the First to the Second Part of the Work 107 5. The Eros-quality of the Stone 123 6. The Dyer and the Dyed 141 7. The Container and the Contained 157 This second commentary on Muhammed ibn Umail's Hall ar-rumuz (See CALA I) gives important additions and clarifications that had become possible in the light of other texts of Ibn Umail and authors quoted by him, which at the time when Dr. von Franz wrote her first commentary (see CALA I A), were either poorly translated into Latin or not yet available in any European language. That allowed an enlarged understanding of this text, based on Ibn Umail's own reflections. The text is accompanied by one hundred illustrations that help the reader better to understand the symbolic world of Ibn Umail. Bevat Ook De Tekst Van Muḥammad Ibn Umail. Psychological Commentary By Theodor Abt.