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| Elia e al Khidr. L'archetipo del maestro invisibile |
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| Editor(s): | Alessandro Grossato |
| Publisher(s): | Edizioni Medusa |
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Edited by Alessandro Grossato, this book is dedicated to the figure of Elijah (Elias) as the invisible master, studied through his various metamorphoses in the spiritual traditions which have adopted him: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism.
The essays in the book cast light from various points of view on the aspect shared most by the convergent prophetic figures forming a fundamental but hitherto little explored theme in the history of religions: the theme of the “invisible master”. The earliest form of this figure is found in Hinduism, going back to Central Asian and Siberian shamanism. Giuseppe Laras illustrates the crucial prophetic role Elijah plays in Judaism, while Giancarlo Lacerenza explores the initiatory function of the figure in the Kabbalah. Celestino Corsato provides an introduction to the Christian theological re-elaboration of the figure of Elijah by the first Fathers of the Church. Flavio Cuniberto dwells on the Elijah motifs in the Carmelite tradition and their permanence in Christian theosophy since the 17th century. Carlo Saccone examines the twofold ambivalent figure of Elijah and al Khidr in Islam, in which the latter is at times only Elijah’s alter ego, whereas in other cases he is an independent prophetic figure. He also plays an extremely important role in the Tasawwuf, Islamic esotericism, as the initiator outside the turuq – the regular confraternities. Lastly, Alessandro Grossato tackles the final link in this long historical and spiritual chain which at its extremes can join up the two apparently very remote traditions of Judaism and Hinduism.
CONTENTS
Introduction
Alessandro Grossato
L'Archetipo dell'uomo invisibile
Rav. Giuseppe Laras
Il profeta Elia
Giancarlo Lacerenza
Il divenire di Elia nella Qabbalah
Celestino Corsato
Elia nella tradizione patristica prenicena
Flavio Cuniberto
L'Ordine di Elia, "Disciplina profetica" e tradizione carmelitana
Carlo Saccone
Un profeta e santo-iniziatore: Elia-al Khidr nella tradizione musulmana
Alessandro Grossato
Elia-al Khidr al crocevia fra Islam e Induismo
Appendice iconografica a cura di Alessandro Grossato e Flavio Cuniberto. |
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