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The Fortune-Teller, oil on canvas by Georges de La Tour, probably the 1630s; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. (101.9 x 123.5 cm.) (The Fortune Teller)

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Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)

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An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

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Also Known As	Robert Charles Zaehner
Born	April 8, 1913
Died	November 24, 1974 (aged 61) • Oxford • England
Subjects Of Study	Hinduism • Islam • Zoroastrianism • Zurvān • mysticism

Joachim Of Fiore

Italian theologian

Kabir

Indian mystic and poet

Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th earl of Minto

British official

Ibn al-ʿArabī

Muslim mystic

Ramakrishna

Hindu religious leader

Shaykh Aḥmad Sirhindī

Indian mystic and theologian

Mira Bai

Hindu mystic

Chaitanya

Hindu mystic

as-Suhrawardī

Persian mystic

Shirdi Sai Baba

spiritual leader

Ahmed Yesevi

Turkish author

al-Jīlī

Islamic mystic

Jāmī

Persian poet and scholar

Mullā Ṣadrā

Iranian philosopher

al-Fāsī

Islamic teacher and mystic [1530-1604]

al-Muqannaʿ

religious leader

Bonaventura Berlinghieri: St. Francis and Scenes from His Life

St. Francis of Assisi

Italian saint

St. Ignatius of Loyola

Spanish saint

Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon

French mystic

Ramon Llull

Catalan mystic

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