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Suhrawardi - Book of Oriental Theosophy - The number of levels and what they contain
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002791
Type of Spiritual Experience
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A description of the experience
Suhrawardi – Oriental Theosophy [12th century, Iran]
On each of these levels species exists analogous to those of our world, but they are infinite. Some are peopled by angels and the human elect, others are peopled by angels and genii; others by demons. God alone knows the number of these levels and what they contain. The pilgrim rising from one degree to another discovers on each higher level a subtler state, a more entrancing beauty, a more intense spirituality, a more overflowing delight. The highest of these degrees borders on that of the intelligible pure entities of light and very closely resembles it