Quest for red sulphur

Klappentext This major study is based on a detailed analysis of a range of Ibn 'Arabi's own writings as well as a vast amount of secondary literature in Arabic and Persian. The result is the first-ever attempt to reconstruct a double itinerary: the journey that took Ibn 'Arabi from his native Andalusia to Damascus, and the journey of his mystical quest.This major study is based on a detailed analysis of a range of Ibn 'Arabi's own writings as well as a vast amount of secondary literature in Arabic and Persian. The result is the first-ever attempt to reconstruct a double itinerary: the journey that took Ibn 'Arabi from his native Andalusia to Damascus, and the journey of his mystical quest. 1. Home Land; 2. Vocation; 3. Election; 4. Ibn 'Arabi and the Savants of Andalusia; 5. God's Vast Earth; 6. Fez; 7. Farewells; 8. The Great Pilgrimage; 9. 'Counsel My Servants'; 10. Damascus, 'Refuge of the Prophets'; Conclusion; Appendix I: Chronological table of Ibn 'Arabi's life; Appendix II: Ibn 'Arabi and his links with the various Sufi currents in the Muslim West; Appendix III: The teachers in traditional religious disciplines frequented by Ibn 'Arabi in the Muslim West; Appendix IV: The men of letters frequented by Ibn 'Arabi in the Muslim West; Appendix V: The four 'silsila's of the 'khirqa akbariyya'; Bibliography; Index of Names; Glossary and Index of Technical Terms.

Product details

• Authors: Claude Addas
• Assisted by: Peter Kingsley (Translation)
• Publisher: External catalogues UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.12.1993
• EAN: 9780946621453
• ISBN: 978-0-946621-45-3
• Dimensions: 158 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Golden Palm; Golden Palm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies