On Mysticism
By: Jorge Luis Borges ; edited with an introduction by Maria Kodama ; general editor, Suzanne Jill Levine.
Contributors: Kodama, María.; Levine, Suzanne Jill.
Series: Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Translated from: spa
Number of pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9780143105695
Subjects: Borges, Jorge Luis, -- 1899-1986 -- Translations into English; Borges, Jorge Luis, -- 1899-1986 -- Knowledge -- Mysticism; Borges, Jorge Luis, -- 1899-1986 -- Philosophy
Genres: Translations into English
Work titles: Selections.
Description: On Mysticism is a collection of Borges' essays, fiction and poetry that explores the role of the mysterious and spiritual in Borges' life and writing. Borges had profound knowledge of eastern religions and was raised by a philosophically astute father. As a result he was preoccupied with a metaphysical uneasiness that infiltrated his work. This book is a unique collection of Borges' meditations on the mystical realm that fascinated him so much.
Notes: A translated collection of Borges' essays, fiction, and poetry.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: I. Borges the mystic; title: The circular ruins; title: The Library of Babel; title: Funes the memorious; title: The aleph; title: The zahir; title: The writing of the god; title: The simurgh and the eagle; title: A new refutation of time; title: paradiso XXXI, 108; title: Epilogue to Dreamtigers; title: Poem of the gifts; title: Matthew XXV: 30; title: On salvation by deeds; title: Patio; title: II. Through the looking glass; title: George Santayana; title: Thomas Mann on Schopenhauer; title: Berkeley's crossroads; title: "The tragic everyday, the blind pilot, words and blood"; title: Do you believe in God?