@BrianZahnd 2/ Seems to me a key bridge involves embracing the imamite third side of the vital triangle. The tripartite prototype who fits the bill is Elijah (or Khezr as he’s known in Islam) who represents divine revelation of the mystery and promise of reconciliation. Divinity spreading.
@WeilFan420 @rosekhawal @nubianscribes @GabrielSaidR 1/ I hadn't encountered the Rabbinic connection though it certainly resonates with Khezr's Eliatic function as a trans-historical, prophetic prototype heralding a fundamentally *reconciliatory* dimension of experience coalescing, ultimately, as a planetary-saving arrival.
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Copy of tweet: 1/ The green prophetic prototype is an ancient one. The core, transcultural 'transmitter', combining several Quranic, Biblical and ancient mythical heroes, is reckoned to be Khezr, the 'Islamic' prototype of Elijah, the prophetic Green Man of Islam...