Henri Corbin (1903–1978) is an outstanding French Orientalist, philosopher and historian of religions, who published in French the works of Arabic-speaking and Iranian-speaking theologians and philosophers of the 9th–19th centuries, thereby opening up a huge cultural layer for European scientists. We can safely say that the activities of Henri Corbin enriched not only Western, but also Eastern science, and this was duly appreciated in the East. The Iranian ulema, who zealously protected the heritage of their spiritual teachers from outsiders, opened the doors of book depositories to him; the scientist established friendly relations with Sheikh Kirmani. The result of such close communication was a subtle knowledge of Islam from the inside, and the French professor acquired a new hypostasis - a Shiite gnostic and spiritual seeker. This publication includes works dedicated to both Shiite gnosis ("The Light of Glory and the Holy Grail", "Shiite Liturgy of the Grail") and Iranian Sufism ("Sufism and Sophia"). The Appendix contains a translation of the work of the Shia theosophist Shihab ad-Din Sohrawardi “The Language of Ants”. CONTENTS: Christopher Bamford. Esotericism today: the example of Henri Corbin 7 (Translated from English by A. Turgiev and Ts.-B. Badmazhapov) Light of Glory and the Holy Grail 531. Hermeticism and Mithraism 532. Forms of manifestation of Khvarna and the Holy Grail 723. Kai Khosrau and Parsifal 794. Orientation to the east as the completion of the heroic epic and the beginning of the mystical 965. “The Tale of the Grail” by the Khosravani mystic 119 (Translated from the French by A. Kuznetsov and S. Yablonskaya) Shiite liturgy of the Grail 131 Ritual of the Chalice 131 Personality of Abu-l-Khattab 135 Teachings of Abu-l- Khattaba 141 “Malyakuta Wine” 150 (Translated from English by A. Fomina) Sufism and Sophia 160 (Translated from English by T. Fadeeva) Musical feeling and Persian mysticism 172 (Translated from English by T. Fadeeva) Prophetic philosophy and metaphysics of being 177 (Translated from English by T. Fadeeva) Appendix: Shihab-ad-Din Sohravardi. Language of Ants 187 A few words about the author. Principles of publication 187Introductory article to the French translation 193The language of ants 200Translator's notes 211A. Corbin's comments to the French translation 214 (Translated from Farsi and French by J. Eshots)