{"product_id":"shimmering-mirrors-patrick-laude-9781438466828","title":"Shimmering Mirrors: Reality and Appearance in Contemplative Metaphysics East and West","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA study of comparative metaphysics that explores the concepts of Reality and Appearance and their relevance to contemporary religious consciousness.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this pioneering work of comparative metaphysics, Patrick Laude delves into Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Islamic, and Jewish concepts of Reality and Appearance to offer a uniquely lucid exploration of metaphysical representations of reality, relativity, appearance, and illusion. Laude includes discussions of the Absolute and the Relative in Hindu \u003ci\u003eAdvaita Vedānta\u003c\/i\u003e, Kashmiri Śaivism, Sufi \u003ci\u003ewahdat al-wujūd\u003c\/i\u003e, and Madhyamaka Buddhism; the metaphysics of salvation in Buddhist and Christian traditions; and the metaphysics of evil and the distinction between Reality and Appearance in the Jewish Kabbalah, Śaivism, Christian mysticism, and the Sufi school of Ibn al-'Arabī. The book explores how a discerning and subtle apprehension of the relationship between Reality and Appearance may help contemporary readers and seekers respond to the acute predicaments of contemporary religious and spiritual consciousness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick Laude\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 143846682X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438466828\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Patrick Laude","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48449596915967,"sku":"9781438466828","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eed2f381-baaa-4672-ba60-1568c41276a3.jpg?v=1777264093","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shimmering-mirrors-patrick-laude-9781438466828","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}