Contemporary heteronormative and LGBTQ readers can still enjoy these beautiful translations and sense some of that divine presence.

Thus, when rightly guided, our soul’s thirst for beauty serves a transcendent purpose: it leads us to a deeper knowledge of God.If this is the first time you used this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your Dropbox account. Unfortunately, the author spends hundreds of pages doing just that - and in the dryest, most boring way imaginable. To top it all off, God the Creator filled the natural world with wonders, from galaxies to glistening dragonfly wings.

While God won’t be fooled by appearances, He knows that beauty can enhance an experience and its spiritual im­­pact.By charting unexplored connections between Islamic philosophy and mysticism, obscene verses and courtly ideals of love, Ingenito approaches Sa‘di’s literary genius from the perspective of sacred homoeroticism and the psychology of performative lyricism in their historical context. Here you will find options to view and activate subscriptions, manage institutional settings and access options, access usage statistics, and more.

The second volume to the Beholding Beauty series sets out to discover the ancient traditions of body adornment and beautification of Central Asia, where the ‘East’ and ‘West’ have converged, and where great civilisations of the past have fused to create the societies and cultures today. This is partially because a photograph can transform even something normally plain into something exotic. Please list any fees and grants from, employment by, consultancy for, shared ownership in or any close relationship with, at any time over the preceding 36 months, any organisation whose interests may be affected by the publication of the response. Since the dawn of civilisation, the vision and appreciation of beauty has gripped man’s imagination.

Crashing waves on the rocks in winter storms were always loud, and in spring the air was fresh with shore flowers.

Access to content on Oxford Academic is often provided through institutional subscriptions and purchases. They are meant to lead us to Him, whose beauty is so vast that it fills the universe and our souls along with it.

It included golden furniture, richly embroidered scarlet, blue and purple curtains, musicians and incense—truly arresting the senses. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions.