The doctrine of evil as not indeed evil, but only an inferior kind of good, to which the Pantheist is of necessity driven, is wrought out with great skill and frequency by the Eastern Mystics—often comes out in their writings in its most offensive shapes. It is curious to notice how completely they have anticipated this view, which continually reappears in the philosophical systems of our own day, and is in them brought forward as some mighty discovery, as a key to all the perplexities of the actual world. See Tholuck’s “Saufismus,” p. 255, seq., and “Blüthensammlung &c.,” pp. 133, 145.
P. 91.
THE RIGHTEOUS OF THE WORLD.
See Eisenmenger’s “Entdeckt. Judenthum,” v. ii. p. 362.
P. 96.
THE FALCON’S REWARD.
This story, at its root so similar to that of Beth Gellert, is told in the “Calila and Dimna,” and I believe is to be found in many other quarters.
P. 101.
THE CONVERSION OF ABRAHAM.
See D’Herbelot’s “Biblioth. Orient.” s. v. Abraham.
P. 103.
SONNET.
See Eisenmenger’s “Entdeckt. Judenthum,” v. i. p. 355.