حکمت صدرایی (May 2016)
Comparative Study of The Concepts “Perfect Man” and “Alchemy” in Mysticism, by Stressing to Mystical Aspect of Transcendent Philosophy and Jaber ibn Hayyan
Abstract
In mystic thoughts the concepts of Perfect Man and Alchemy have closed relations. Achieving to the perfect man is a major goal in mysticism, but in the most of mystic thoughts, alchemy have been defined as a way towards the secrets of creation, so that perfect man cannot be achieved without deep understanding of such truths. Therefore, the main objective of alchemy and alchemist, similar to Gnostic, is the development of perfect man. However, despite to such a closed relation, there are differences and similarities in concepts, place and type of connection and the way to achieve perfect man between mystic schools. Not only evaluating of these beliefs, considering the similarities and differences, clear the complex concepts of perfect man and alchemy, but also serves as an approach to survey their origins. In this paper, various mystic opinions concerning the perfect man and alchemy are briefly reviewed and compared, especially relied in mystical reflections of transcendent philosophy and jabber-ibn-Hayyan, in order to manifest their similarities and differences. Of course, in explaining the Sadraian mysticism, we considered Ebn-e-Arabi as the source of mystic reflection in transcendent philosophy.
