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Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious experience > Mysticism
Text in English & Arabic. If it is true, as Ibn 'Arabi claims,
that voyaging never ceases in all worlds and dimensions, the
paradigmatic voyages recounted in this remarkable book offer the
reader an inexhaustible source of reflection. As a well-known Sufi
saying puts it, 'the spiritual journey is called "voyage" (safar)
because it "unveils" (isfar) the characters of the Men of God'.
This book explores the theme of journeying and spiritual unveiling
as it plays out in the cosmos, in scripture and within the soul of
the mystic. Beginning with a series of cosmological contemplations,
Ibn 'Arabi then turns to his own selective readings of Prophetic
lore, in which he gives profound Muhammad, Adam, Enoch, Noah,
Abraham, Lot, Jacob and Joseph, and Moses. Angela Jaffray's
translation of Kitab al-Isfar 'an nata'ij al-asfar brings this
major treatise to an English-speaking audience for the first time.
It is accompanied by a new edition of the Arabic text based in a
manuscript in Ibn 'Arabi's own hand, an introduction and extensive
notes. It also includes a rich in-depth commentary that will guide
the reader through Ibn 'Arabi's subtle and allusive writing.
Johannes von Sterngassen, champion of a rigorously
scientifically-oriented Thomism and member of the circles of
mystics that formed around Meister Eckhardt, is central to the
controversy over mysticism and scholasticism. His environment,
biography and works have been reconstructed on the basis of a
precise analysis of source material, a wide selection of texts,
Latin quaestiones and German sermons. The text reveals
Sterngassen's philosophical position and verbal power.
Johannes von Sterngassen, champion of a rigorously
scientifically-oriented Thomism and member of the circles of
mystics that formed around Meister Eckhardt, is central to the
controversy over mysticism and scholasticism. His environment,
biography and works have been reconstructed on the basis of a
precise analysis of source material, a wide selection of texts,
Latin quaestiones and German sermons. The text reveals
Sterngassen's philosophical position and verbal power.
The Ecstasy Beyond Knowing offers detailed explanationsof
meditation techniques along with the principles behind them. The
Sufi process and stages of transformation are interwoven with those
of Hinduism, Buddhism, the Jewish Kabbalah, the glorification of
the Christian Mass, and the alchemical process of
self-transfiguration, integrated with the insights of psychology
and contemporary scientific discoveries. Pir Vilayat reveals the
way to develop a deep connection with the soul and spirit, and
offers advice on maintaining the awareness and integrity of that
connection through the joys and sorrows, challenges and adventures
of everyday life.
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