According to the writer Jorge Luis Borges, the idea of the Zahir - TopicsExpress



          

According to the writer Jorge Luis Borges, the idea of the Zahir comes from Islamic tradition and is thought to have arisen at some point in the eighteenth century. Zahir in Arabic, means visible, present, incapable of going unnoticed. It is someone or something which, once we have come into contact with them or it, gradually occupies every thought until we can think of nothing else. This can be considered either state of holiness or madness. Faubourg Saint-pères Encyclopaedia of the Fantastic (1953)
Posted on: Sat, 10 May 2014 13:57:09 +0000

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