Oriental Mysticism, by E.H. Palmer, [1867]
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| 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. | |
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| 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 |