“To be the poet of your life means taking care and paying attention. Paying attention requires slowing down. When you slow down, the circle of your concern contracts. And in that contraction, the world opens out around you.”
– Tom Cheetham, from All the World an Icon
Leading spiritual psychologist Robert Sardello has praised Henry Corbin as the “the silent precursor to archetypal psychology.” While Corbin’s work centralizes on Islamic studies, his immeasurable influence in the contexts of a wide range of fields – from philosophy of religion and contemporary spirituality to the practice of art, writing, and poetry – has yet to be fully appreciated by mainstream audiences. In All The World an Icon, author Tom Cheetham gives an account of the neglected genius’s work and offers an in-depth discussion of the relation of his spiritual thought to the psychological works of C.G. Jung and James Hillman.
Cheetham passionately takes on the challenge of unmapping Corbin’s hugely unique opus with poetic yet informative writing, illuminating the importance of imagination in human experience. His focus on Arabic language unveils its integral role in shaping the spiritual interpretation of the Qur’an, as its poetic aspects reveal the faith’s imaginative side. He further explores the importance of language as a crucial part of artistic and spiritual practice, with the view that creative imagination is language-based in Abrahamic religions. In the process, Cheetham’s work inspires its readers to live creatively as he cohesively connects creativity to spirituality by pointing out that, as Corbin tells us, prayer is the supreme form of creative imagination.
http://www.randomhouse.com/book/217444/all-the-world-an-icon-by-tom-cheetham
http://www.amazon.com/All-World-Icon-Angelic-Function/dp/1583944559
http://tomcheetham.blogspot.com/2011/10/all-world-icon.html
Ismailimail 
Sounds wonderful! My only exposure to Muslim mystics is Ibn Arabi. This emphasis on creativity would be an alternative view.
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