Mysticism Books
Edinburgh University Press Islam Christianity and the Mystic Journey
Book SynopsisThis distinctive comparison of Islamic and Christian mysticism focuses on the mystic journey in the two faith traditions.Trade ReviewThis innovative book explores the ways of self-abandonment and union with the Divine. It compares the perceptions of renowned Christian and Muslim mystics, relating their self-abnegating insights through common motifs, and repeatedly returning to the mysterious Qur'anic figure of al-Khi?r and the colour green he embodies. It challenges the boundaries of single religious traditions, and with striking originality it discloses the quest for union with God as the basis and climax of the highest human endeavour. -- Professor David Thomas, the University of Birmingham This innovative book explores the ways of self-abandonment and union with the Divine. It compares the perceptions of renowned Christian and Muslim mystics, relating their self-abnegating insights through common motifs, and repeatedly returning to the mysterious Qur'anic figure of al-Khi?r and the colour green he embodies. It challenges the boundaries of single religious traditions, and with striking originality it discloses the quest for union with God as the basis and climax of the highest human endeavour.Table of Contents1. Exploring the Mystical Imagination: Perfection and its Quinque Viae; 2. Caves, Clouds and Mountains: The Apophatic Tradition; 3. The Mystic Telos: The Cataphatic Tradition.
£29.45
Edinburgh University Press Sufism in the Contemporary Arabic Novel
Book SynopsisAlthough Sufi characters - saints, dervishes, wanderers - occur regularly in modern Arabic literature, a select group of novelists seeks to interrogate Sufism as a system of thought and language. In the work of writers like Naguib Mahfouz, Gamal Al-Ghitany, Tahar Ouettar, Ibrahim Al-Koni, Mahmud Al-Mas''adi and Tayeb Salih we see a strong intertextual relationship with the Sufi masters of the past, including Al-Hallaj, Ibn Arabi, Al-Niffari and Al-Suhrawardi. This relationship becomes a means of interrogating the limits of the creative self, individuality, rationality and the manifold possibilities offered by literature, seeking in a dialogue with the mystical heritage a way of preserving a self under siege from the overwhelming forces of oppression and reaction that have characterized the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.Table of ContentsAbbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Ouverture; Chapter One: Naguib Mahfouz: (En)chanting Justice; Chapter Two: Tayeb Salih: The Returns of the Saint; Chapter Three: Al-Mas'adi: Witnessing Immortality; Chapter Four: The Survival of Gamal Al-Ghitany; Chapter Five: Ibrahim Al-Koni: Writing and Sacrifice; Chapter Six: Tahar Ouettar: The Saint and the Nightmare of History; Epilogue: Bahaa Taher, Solidarity and Idealism; Bibliography.
£27.54
Running Press,U.S. Everyday Magic
Book SynopsisRecord your magical learnings—from tarot and astrology to the healing powers of plants—in this beautiful perpetual journal from bestselling author Maia Toll, with illustrations by Jon Carling. The world of magic is vast, and full of information, observations, and personal learnings to keep track of. Everyday Magic invites you to create your own enchanted reference—filled with the knowledge that's important to you, and organized by topic area so you can easily add notes when the magic strikes. Deluxe hardcover journal with ribbon marker. This 200-page hardcover journal features luxe uncoated paper, a ribbon marker for keeping track of your place, and a removable bellyband. Divided by topic area, for keeping track of all the magic that matters to you. Everyday Magic includes sections for recording observations and magic regarding: Intentions, Astrology, Tarot, Healing Systems,
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Kabbalah Secrecy Scandal and the Soul
Book SynopsisHarry Freedman, author of The Talmud: A Biography and The Murderous History of Bible Translations, explores the mysterious Jewish mystical tradition of Kabbalah. Kabbalah is popularly known as a fashionable system for personal and spiritual insight, a Jewish mystical tradition popularized by devoted celebrities like Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow, Demi Moore, and Britney Spears. But behind the hype and simplicity of pop-Kabbalah lies an ancient, complex and very profound system that can take a lifetime to master. Kabbalah: Secrecy, Scandal and the Soul is a short introduction that untangles the complex history and spiritual tradition behind the phenomenon. Kabbalah is difficult to define. The very phrase story of Kabbalah is as opaque and mysterious as the topic itself. This of course is its appeal. The word itself means received. For over half a millennium, individuals and movements with no attachment to Judaism havTrade ReviewWelcome to the curious but fascinating world of Harry Freedman’s Kabbalah: Secrecy, Scandal and the Soul, a cheerfully non-partisan, no-frills attempt at demystifying one of the world’s most mysterious, opaque and esoteric spiritual traditions. * Spectator *Freedman navigates the story with great skill and good judgment […] In a secular age such as our own, when popular theological literacy is at an all-time low [he] has undoubtedly done a great service by rescuing Kabbalah from the pile * Daily Telegraph *This comprehensive guide to an important religious tradition will appeal to both readers of Jewish history and general readers of spirituality * Publishers Weekly *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Introduction The Origins of Kabbalah Out of the East The Beginning of Kabbalah Radiance Christian Cabala The City of Mystics Cabala and the Occult Sciences Golem Good, Evil and the life of the Soul Critics and Crisis Decline and Revival Hasidism The Occult Revival Towards Modernity The New Age Appendix: A Very Brief Outline for the Sefirot Glossary Notes Bibliography Index A Note on the Author Plates
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Edinburgh University Press The World of Image in Islamic Philosophy
Book SynopsisOne of the most controversial issues that divided Islamic philosophers and theologians for many centuries was whether human beings would have a spiritual or bodily existence after death. Suhrawardi, a pivotal figure in the history of Islamic philosophy, made a crucial contribution to this debate, with his idea of a world of image.
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Edinburgh University Press The KizilbashAlevis in Ottoman Anatolia
Book SynopsisThis first comprehensive socio-political history of the Kizilbash/Alevi communities uses a recently surfaced corpus of sources generated within their milieu. It offers fresh answers to many questions concerning their origins and evolution from a revolutionary movement to an inward-looking religious order.
£90.25
Edinburgh University Press Seeing God in Sufi Quran Commentaries
Book SynopsisDiscusses the concept of the vision of God in Sufi Qur'an Commentaries
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Edinburgh University Press Seeing God in Sufi Quran Commentaries
Book SynopsisThe first in-depth study of the concept of the vision of God in Sufi eschatology, not only focusing on the hereafter, but also on this-worldly vision.
£27.54
Edinburgh University Press The Spiritual Vernacular of the Early Ottoman
Book SynopsisThis study follows the lives and ideas of the Yaz?c?o?lu brothers Mehmed Yaz?c?o?lu and Ahmed Bican, Sufis of the frontier city of Gelibolu and authors of the most popular religious writings in Ottoman Turkish.
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Forgotten Books Numbers: Their Occult Power and Mystic Virtues (Classic Reprint)
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Sentient Publications Free Medicine: Meditations on Nondual Awakening
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Equinox Publishing Ltd Sufism, Pluralism and Democracy
Book SynopsisThis volume provides a composite of contemporary Sufi involvement in politics using a range of approaches and disciplines. It explores the role of Sufi-related parties where they exist or are emerging. It also examines how parties that condemn Sufism have adopted aspects of Sufi organization and practice. Changes in views within the academy on politics and Sufism are discussed. Perspectives on Egypt, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia are included as are overviews of Sufism's political dimension across various regions.Contributions in the volume seek answer questions such as: Where Sufi related parties exist, what policies do they propose, and how do they differ from those of Islamist parties? How would "law" be understood? What is the relationship between secular and Sufi ideas about the role of religion in society? How do Sufi views about how to structure the state in Muslim majority space differ from alternatives? Are Sufis more likely to support democracy?Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION Sufism, Pluralism and Democracy: contexts, comparisons and critiques Clinton BennettSection One: Multi-contextual1. Sufis, Saints and Politics in Islam: an historical surveyClinton Bennett Section Two: European/Euro Asian Contexts (Kosovo/Albania & Turkey)2. Sufism as a Working Spirit in Globalization and Pluralism: The Case of the Hizmet Movement, a Turkey-oriented Global Islamic Network (Turkey)Heon C. Kim, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania 3. A Paradox of Political Mysticism: The Bektashi Sufi Order as an Islamic Esoteric Community And Factor in Albanian National History (Kosova/the Balkans)Stephen Schwartz, Center for Islamic Pluralism, Washington DCSection Three: A Middle Eastern Context (Iran)4. Sufi Politics in the Contemporary West: The Role and Definition of Sufism in the works of Javad Nurbakhsh (1926-2008) (Iran)Milad Milani, University of Western Sydney Section Four: South Asian Contexts: Bangladesh, Indonesia & Pakistan5. Anti-saint or anti-shrine? Tracing Deoband's disdain for the Sufi in PakistanCharles M. Ramsey, Forman Christian College, Lahore, Pakistan6. Sufis as shapers of pluralist political culture: the examples of Bangladesh and Indonesia.Clinton Bennett 7. In Search of God, In Search of Humanity: Vilayat-e-Mutlaqa of Hazrat Delaor Husayn Maizbhandari (Bangladesh) Sarwar AlamSection Five: Literary/Theoretical Underpinnings8. Two Beloved Sufi poets of the Punjab: A Case of "Hearing Without Listening". Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh, Colby College, Maine 9. Looking Inside the Heart: The Universal Appeal of God and Humanity as Reflected in Ibn al-'Arabi 's Fusus al-Hikam and Maulana Rumi 's Mathnawi ManawiSayed Hassan Akhlaq Hussaini, George Washington University CONCLUSION: "Corporate Islam" v Sufi Islam and the articulation of the present Sarwar Alam
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Equinox Publishing Ltd Unveiling Sufism: From Manhattan to Mecca
Book SynopsisIn contrast to most introductory texts on Sufism, this work begins not with the historical past, but with the contemporary present. Beginning with Sufism as it is lived today, each chapter further unveils the complexities of Sufism, journeying through a variety of historical, political, and cultural contexts, moving deeper into the past, and closer to the origin and heart of Sufism. This geneological framework will enable the reader to understand the patterns of connection between contemporary manifestations of Sufism and past realities. To ensure that the full range of Sufism's varied expressions is taken into account, each chapter is divided into four sections: Politics and Power, Philosophy and Metaphysics, Arts and Culture, and Overview of Historical Developments. Dividing chapters into these four broad categories enables the book to highlight some of the ways in which Sufism has influenced Muslim politics, philosophy, art, and culture in each historical period. In each category the relevant issues are illustrated through detailed case studies, whether of a particular Sufi figure, place, artistic expression, or philosophical view. This allows the reader to develop a genuinely three-dimensional appreciation of Sufism, neither reducing it to a private mystical experience divorced from social expression, nor limiting the tradition to historical names and dates.Table of ContentsIntroduction1. The Many Faces of Contemporary Sufism in North America2. Warriors, Philosophers and Poets: Sufis in the Age of Colonization3. Commanding Sultans to Wandering Dervishes: Sufism in the Later Medieval Era4. Synthesizers and Saints: Sufism in the Medieval Era5. A Reality without a Name: Early Sufis and the Formation of Tradition6. Sources of Sufism: Transmission of the Prophetic WordConclusion
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Upfront Publishing 99 Letters of Hadrat Sahib: with Anecdotes
Book SynopsisThis book comprises responses by a Sufi master, Hadrat Sahib of the Naqshbandi tradition, to letters written by students of the master. The questions posed in these letters cover a wide range of issues including, financial problems, health issues, family matters, education and bereavement. The advice given by the master reveals a deep spirituality which places the particular student's problem in context and details a specific method of offering oneself to God at all times. It is difficult to find such detail relating to spiritual practices in Sufi literature. These letters are inspirational and timeless. They provide a cure to a world dominated by materialism and all its attendant miseries.
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Jessica Kingsley Publishers Unclouded by Longing: Meditations on Autism and
Book SynopsisTruth waits for eyes unclouded by longing.'Lao-Tzu (poet and philosopher)In this collection of short, contemplative, enlightening reflections, spiritual teacher and Quaker Christopher Goodchild, inspired by his own experiences, guides you through his spiritual and philosophical journey to his truest and most peaceful self. Written from a 'soul' perspective, the book reveals how, by looking beyond vulnerability to see innate strength, and searching beyond pain and turmoil to find peace and serenity, anyone can affirm their true humanity despite the hardships and distractions of modern life.Christopher's compassionate route through difficulties, doubt, grief and fear is marked with dynamic tenderness and an artful embrace of abundant sources of wisdom. Spirituality, psychology and philosophy are seamlessly woven together in an inclusive Quaker context, led by the common values of love and forgiveness.In a world increasingly weighed down with the baggage of the self, this book will speak to anyone searching for a more clear-sighted, meaningful presence in the eternal universe.Trade ReviewWith a wisdom honed by transformative pain, Christopher Goodchild invites us to suffuse our lives with a spacious consciousness from which to engage with what is. A moving, beautiful and profoundly truthful book. -- Jennifer Kavanagh, author of ‘The World is our Cloister’ and ‘A Little Book of Unknowing’Table of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Unclouded By Longing. 2. Befriending Your Black Dog. 3. Healing The Wounds Of Separation. 4. The World As A Stage. 5. The Sorrowful Price Of Freedom. 6. The Second Arrow. 7. The Heart As A Lonely Hunter. 8. To Love What Is. 9. The Light Behind The Watcher. 10. Allowing Your Body To Speak Its Mind. 11. Life As A Painful Gift. 12. The Light Dressed Up As 'Self' And 'Other'. 13. What Desire Are You Using To Give Up Desire? 14. 'Being' In Uncertainty. 15. Dancing With Fear. 16. Whisper "Yes". 17. Waiting In The Light. 18. Quaker Meeting For Worship. 19. Autism As A Flower. 20. The Mystery Of Prayer. 21. Divine Play Of Father And Son. 22. Coming Home To 'Being'. 23. The Quaker Way. 24. Entrusting Yourself To The Waves. 25. The Shadowlands. 26. The Infinite Sky Within. 27. Autism And Spirituality. 28. Eating Poppies With The Dead. 29. The Ocean And The Waves. 30. The Mountain Of Truth. 31. What Is It You Truly Long For? 32. The Gift Of Not Knowing. 33. A Doorway Into Truth.34. 'Being' En Route. 35. A Wounded Tree Still Blossoms. 36. The Sacred Heart Of Jesus. 37. Autism... It's Not What You Think. 38. Nothing Special. 39. There Is Nothing New. 40. Laughter As A Doorway. 41. Being An Elder. 42. Dropping Your Anchor. 43. Allowing Messiness. 44. It's All An Open Secret. 45. Eternally Grateful. 46. Spiritual Bypassing. 47. The Seeker. 48. Autism As An Awakening. 49. ...And Then The Blackbird Sings. 50. Dancing With The Elephant In The Room. 51. The Life That Never Ends. 52. It's All Perfect. 53. Sweet Etty Hillesum. 54. Giving In But Not Giving Up. 55. You Are The Music. 56. Thought For The Day. 57. Going Underground. 58. Using Your Stories Up. 59. The Play Of Darkness And Light. 60. The End Of Words.
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C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd Global Sufism: Boundaries, Structures and
Book SynopsisSufism is a growing and global phenomenon, far from the declining relic it was once thought to be. This book brings together the work of fourteen leading experts to explore systematically the key themes of Sufism's new global presence, from Yemen to Senegal via Chicago and Sweden. The contributors look at the global spread and stance of such major actors as the Ba 'Alawiyya, the 'Afropolitan' Tijaniyya, and the Gülen Movement. They map global Sufi culture, from Rumi to rap, and ask how global Sufism accommodates different and contradictory gender practices. They examine the contested and shifting relationship between the Islamic and the universal: is Sufism the timeless and universal essence of all religions, the key to tolerance and co-existence between Muslims and non-Muslims? Or is it the purely Islamic heart of traditional and authentic practice and belief? Finally, the book turns to politics. States and political actors in the West and in the Muslim world are using the mantle and language of Sufism to promote their objectives, while Sufis are building alliances with them against common enemies. This raises the difficult question of whether Sufis are defending Islam against extremism, supporting despotism against democracy, or perhaps doing both.Trade Review‘Highly recommended … one of the best academic treatments of contemporary Sufism.’ -- Global Intellectual History'Global Sufism is well worth the read and will no doubt be of great benefit in the classroom as we move towards more nuanced, subtle and less normative modes of studying Islam and Sufism.’ * Muslim World Book Review *'Insightful and nuanced, this engaging and informative book is a must read for those who follow contemporary Sufism, whether academically or personally. From Rumi to rap, San Francisco to Senegal--we get both backstory and analysis of the dynamics of a new global Sufism.' -- Marcia Hermansen, Professor and Director of Islamic World Studies, Loyola University Chicago'Ranging between "Afropolitanism", state-sponsored anti-Salafism and the American New Age movement, these essays chart the varied and sometimes contradictory claims to the legacy and legitimacy of traditional Islam. This is a timely survey of the complex "glocal" politics of transnational Sufism.' -- Nile Green, Professor of History, UCLA, and author of 'Sufism: A Global History''This volume shows Sufism's amazing viability and adaptability to new circumstances and challenges. It provides a comprehensive and erudite analysis of the vicissitudes of Sufism in various parts of the Muslim world and in the West.' -- Alexander Knysh, Professor of Islamic Studies, University of Michigan, and author of 'Sufism: A New History of Islamic Mysticism''This rich volume provides a selection of chapters on contemporary Sufism in its varied appearances in a global world. All chapters are thoroughly contextualised and present orders, informal groups, individuals and ritual practices as well as political dimensions and influences from present-day spirituality.' -- Catharina Raudvere, Professor of the History of Religions, University of Copenhagen‘Effectively shatters many interrelated shibboleths we still cling to in our understanding and teaching of Sufism … From radio programs to Rumi to rap music, [the book] covers with depth and concision a rich amount of ground within its pages.’
£36.00
Imprint Academic The Jaynes Legacy: Shining New Light Through the
Book SynopsisJulian Jaynes'' 1976 book, The Origins of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, continues to arouse an unsettling ambivalence. Richard Dawkins called it "either complete rubbish or a work of consummate genius, nothing in between". The present book suggests that the bicameral mind is a phantasm; the dating of the origin of consciousness contradicts archeological and literary evidence; and the theory contributes nothing toward explaining why some physical states are conscious while others are not because the nonconscious bicameral brain is neurophysiologically equivalent to the conscious brain.However, the author pays tribute to Jaynes''s work as a work of "consummate genius" because it compels us to re-evaluate the significance of humankind''s earliest traditions and texts that might shine light on the "very suspicious totem of evolutionary mythology" that consciousness has evolved continuously and gradually from worms to man.The present book suggests that the evolution of the relationship between consciousnesses, mass, energy, and spacetime radically changed nearly 6,000 years ago during the epigenetic, evolutionary degeneration of a little-known, threadlike structure originating from the center of the central nervous system called Reissner''s fiber. The earliest Egyptian, Hebrew, Indian and Chinese traditions, buried beneath the dust of fallen Babel and thousands of years of distortions and disguisings, describe this process during the origin of religion and mystical traditions.
£30.14
Wild Goose Publications Words and Wonderings: Conversations with Present
Book SynopsisWords and Wonderings is a celebration of gratitude, kindness, mindfulness, truth and the love of beauty through the gifts and giftedness of poets, artists, musicians, gardeners, bakers and many more, who discover their creativity in communion with others.
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Wild Goose Publications We Journey in Hope: Reflections on the Words from
Book SynopsisThis Easter book is not about easy answers. The words of Jesus from the Cross are difficult and challenging. And yet the fact that they emerge from a situation of human agony gives them huge relevance for our times. And the God whom Jesus addresses from the Cross remains at the heart of humanity and continues to weep with us.
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Wild Goose Publications Labyrinth: Landscape of the Soul
Book SynopsisThis full-colour book offers a unique insight into labyrinths in the UK and wider, combined with Di's own stunning photography. It begins with a potted history of the labyrinth and hints for walking one, shares personal reflections and stories from the labyrinth and explores the variety of settings in which labyrinths are now to be found. It includ
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Wild Goose Publications Love for the Future: A journey
Book SynopsisIn this book David Osborne tells of a long pilgrimage on foot to the island of Iona, an ancient centre of Celtic Christianity. In telling the story he draws on the Bible, the Christian tradition and other sources of wisdom to suggest the qualities we need to develop in ourselves for the journey we face into the future.
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Wild Goose Publications Like Leaves to the Sun: Prayers from the Iona
Book SynopsisThis collection helps us to be less bothered with our uncertainties about what we should be saying when we pray. We can read a prayer and then sit quietly for a few minutes, allowing the particular words and thoughts to meet with our inner self, with our soul, which is linked to the energies and wisdom of the Creator of all things.
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Wild Goose Publications The Risen Dust: Poems and stories of passion &
Book SynopsisPowerful and moving readings, stories and poems for Easter.
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Wild Goose Publications The Cross in the Marketplace: An Easter Resource
Book SynopsisThe Cross in the Marketplace is a series of resources and complete liturgies for the major services of Holy Week. The book began life in community on Iona, and includes an Easter pilgrimage. You can use the book in your church or house group or read it on your own, to deepen your experience of Easter - and inspire action.
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Wild Goose Publications Parables of Northern Seed: Anthology from BBC's
Book SynopsisThis anthology shares the best of Alastair's Prayer and Thought for the Day pieces from nearly a decade. Here is that of God, transcendent, yet also here and now, immanent, within the day's hard news. 'O taste and see - '
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Wild Goose Publications Moments of Our Nights and Days: Liturgies and
Book SynopsisMoments of Our Nights and Days is a resource book for planning baptisms, naming ceremonies, weddings and civil partnerships and marking the many other significant moments of our nights and days. There are resources that do not assume any faith commitment, as well as resources that reflect Christian belief
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Quilliam Press Ltd Gifts for the Seeker
Book SynopsisThis work answers many of the questions often asked by seekers of inward illumination. What are the real implications of the doctrine of divine unity? How can proper concentration be achieved during spiritual exercises? And when should one avoid participating in Sufi gatherings?
£7.95
Wild Goose Publications A Heart on Fire: Living as a Mystic in Today's
Book SynopsisMysticism is not just for recluses: it is a totally practical path in the world that we all can choose. The mystic tradition teaches us that God is inherent in everything. What does this mean for the way we relate to creation with all its inhabitants and to the environment?
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Aeon Books Ltd Jesus the Sufi: The Lost Dimension of
Book SynopsisExplores concepts central to Christianity, the kingdom of Heaven, son of God, baptism, and resurrection. Jesus is seen as a representative of an ancient and continuing wisdom tradition identified with that of the Sufis. By his distinctive use of stories for teaching purposes, his sayings, and what the Sufis call 'action-teachings', including those actions known as 'miracles', Jesus is shown to have been quintessentially a Sufi master. Max Gorman shows how Sufism illuminates from within concepts central to Christianity: the kingdom of Heaven, son of God, baptism, resurrection - which can then be seen as states and stages in an evolutionary philosophy. This new edition of the classic work includes a new chapter on Gnosis.Table of ContentsPREFACE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE - The way of the Sufi CHAPTER TWO - The kingdom of heaven CHAPTER THREE - The initiatory way CHAPTER FOUR - Gnosis CHAPTER FIVE - Son of God CHAPTER SIX - The parables CHAPTER SEVEN - The sayings CHAPTER EIGHT - Jesus and the animals CHAPTER NINE - The miracles CHAPTER TEN - Jesus the individual APPENDIX - The Hymn of the Pearl The King’s Son POSTSCRIPT FURTHER READING INDEX
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Eremitical Press Mysticism: Christian and Buddhist
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Monkfish Book Publishing Company When Oceans Merge: The Contemporary Sufi and
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Verlag Herder Wie Schnurt Ein Mystiker Seine Schuhe?: Die
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Verlag Herder Navigatio Sancti Brendani - Die Seereise Des
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Verlag Herder All Mein Tun Ist Nur Noch Lieben: Geistlicher
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Verlag Herder Wolke Des Nichtwissens: Eintauchen in Geistliches
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£18.00
Verlag Herder Freiheit Kommt Von Innen: In Der Lebensschule Der
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Brill U Schoningh Makarios - Ein Ostlicher Kirchenvater Im Spiegel
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Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Co KG Evangelische Mystik
Book SynopsisMystik ist katholisch. Mystik und Protestantismus passen nicht zusammen. Diese Meinung ist weit verbreitet, aber trotzdem falsch. Stattdessen stellt sich das Verhältnis von Mystik und Protestantismus als eine Problemgeschichte dar. Phasen der Hochschätzung und solche der Ablehnung wechselten einander ab. Seit der Reformation gab es Männer und Frauen, die dem Mainstream des Protestantismus angehören, deren Glaube und Theologie mystisch geprägt waren. Martin Luthers (14531546) reformatorische Erkenntnis entsprang einer mystischen Erfahrung. Seine reformatorische Theologie war mystisch orientiert. Philipp Nicolai (15561608), Paul Gerhardt (16071676), Johann Sebastian Bach (16851750), Gerhard Tersteegen (16971769) und Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (17001760) verliehen in Liedern und Musik ihren mystischen Erfahrungen klassischen Ausdruck. Selbst Leben und Werk protestantischer Zeitgenossen aus dem 20. Jh. wie Dag Hammarskjöld (19051961), Dietrich Bonhoeffer (19061945) und Dorothee Sölle (19292003) waren mehr oder weniger offensichtlich mystisch geprägt. Sölle bekannte sich klar zur Mystik als einer Angelegenheit nicht von wenigen, sondern von allen Menschen. Tatsächlich war protestantische Mystik von Anfang an keine Angelegenheit religiöser Eliten, sondern stand allen offen. Da die evangelischen Choräle mystisch geprägt waren und das Abendmahl mystisch verstanden wurde, bot gerade der lutherische Gottesdienst allen Christen Zugang zu mystischem Glauben.
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Gabriele-Verlag Das Wort GmbH This Is My Word Alpha and Omega
Book SynopsisA book of prophecy that teaches the truth about the life of Jesus directly from Christ, Himself via the prophetic word free of the Bible, theological opinions and interpretations. Jesus of Nazareth did not found a religion. He did not install any priests or pastors; nor did He teach dogmas, rituals or cults. 2000 years ago, He brought the truth from the Kingdom of God: The teaching of the love for God and neighbor toward people, nature and animals, the teaching of freedom, of peace and of unity. He spoke about the God of love, about the Free SpiritGod in us. Christ, the Co-Regent of the Kingdom of God, reveals in our time via the prophetess and emissary of God, Gabriele, the facts about His life and His works as Jesus of Nazareth. Learn the truth directly from Christ, Himselffree of theological opinions and interpretations. A reading sample:The one who considers matter to be the truth takes unlawful reflections as reality, because he lives in this illusionary light, in this world of thoughts. The soul and person who live in God do not ask: 'Who or what is God?' or 'Is there a God?' They live in God, and God is active through them.God is the cosmic ocean; God is radiation; God is light; God is energy; God is love and wisdom. God is nature, the animal world and the starry firmament. God is the alpha; He is the omega for coarse materiality for truth is eternityand eternity is fine-material.From the contents:Meaning and purpose of life on Earth; Jesus taught about the Law of Cause and Effect; Conditions for healing the body; The teaching of eternal damnation is a mockery of God; The fight of the darkness against God's plan and His just prophets; Jesus loved the animals and championed them; About death, reincarnation and life; The true meaning of the deed of Redemption of Jesus, the Christ; and much more...
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Oxford University Press A Maid with a Dragon
Book SynopsisThis is the first comprehensive interdisciplinary study of the cult of St Margaret of Antioch in medieval England. Margaret was one of the most famous female saints of both the Catholic world and of Eastern Christianity (where she was known as St Marina). Her legend is remembered for her confrontation with a dragon-shaped devil, who allegedly swallowed Margaret and then burst asunder. This episode became firmly established in iconography, making her one of the most frequently represented saints. Margaret was supposedly martyred in the late 3rd century, but apart from the historically problematic legend there is no evidence concerning her in other contemporary sources. The sudden appearance of her name in liturgical manuscripts in the late 8th century is connected with the dispersal of her relics at that time. The cult grew in England from Anglo-Saxon times, with over 200 churches dedicated to Margaret (second only to Mary among female saints), and hundreds of images and copies of her lTrade ReviewA Maid with a Dragon deserves great praise. Its carefully researched survey presents a fascinating wealth of material * Helen Phillips, Cardiff University, Folklore *
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The University of Chicago Press The Mystic Fable Volume One The Sixteenth and
Book SynopsisThis volume provides an analysis of Christian mysticism during the 16th and 17th centuries, along with an application of the author's transdisciplinary historiography. It aims to reveal the "mystical" aspect of postmodernism's movement of perpetual departure.
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The University of Chicago Press Sensible Ecstasy Mysticism Sexual Difference and
Book SynopsisThis text investigates the attraction to excessive forms of mysticism among 20th-century French intellectuals, demonstrates the work the figure of the mystic does for these thinkers, and asks why resolutely secular intellectuals are drawn to affective, bodily, and denigrated forms of mysticism.
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The University of Chicago Press Gershom Scholem An Intellectual Biography
Book SynopsisGershom Scholem (1897 1982) was ostensibly a scholar of Jewish mysticism, yet he occupies a powerful role in today's intellectual imagination, having an influential contact with an extraordinary cast of thinkers, including Hans Jonas, Martin Buber, Walter Benjamin, Hannah Arendt, and Theodor Adorno. In this first biography of Scholem, Amir Engel shows how Scholem grew from a scholar of an esoteric discipline to a thinker wrestling with problems that reach to the very foundations of the modern human experience. As Engel shows, in his search for the truth of Jewish mysticism Scholem molded the vast literature of Jewish mystical lore into a rich assortment of stories that unveiled new truths about the modern condition. Positioning Scholem's work and life within early twentieth-century Germany, Palestine, and later the state of Israel, Engel intertwines Scholem's biography with his historiographical work, which stretches back to the Spanish expulsion of Jews in 1492, through the lives of Rabbi Isaac Luria and Sabbatai Zevi, and up to Hasidism and the dawn of the Zionist movement. Through parallel narratives, Engel touches on a wide array of important topics including immigration, exile, Zionism, World War One, and the creation of the state of Israel, ultimately telling the story of the realizations and failures of a dream for a modern Jewish existence.
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The University of Chicago Press Kalis Child The Mystical and the Erotic in the
Book SynopsisHow can Ramakrishna's saintly status be reconciled with his eroticized language and actions? This book argues that the key to understanding him lies in Tantra and its equation of the mystical and the erotic, and that his homosexulity is linked to every aspect of his life and teachings.
£34.20
The University of Chicago Press Roads of Excess Palaces of Wisdom Eroticism and
Book SynopsisAddresses the 20th-century study of mysticism as a kind of mystical tradition in its own right, with its own unique histories, discourses, sociological dynamics, and rhetorics of secrecy. Jeffrey J. Kripal examines the lives and works of five historians of mysticism.
£30.40
The University of Chicago Press In the Company of Demons
Book SynopsisIn its interpretation of Latin and Greek culture, Christianity contends that Satan is behind all deities, demigods, and spiritual creatures, including the gods of the household, the lares and penates. This book says that the thinkers of the Italian Renaissance had a more nuanced and perhaps less sinister interpretation of these creatures.Trade Review"Maggi gives us an original and penetrating interpretation of Renaissance demonology, with a brilliant analysis and with a challenge to the reader for deeper thoughts on a theme that attracts scholars, but has still some new views." - Michaela Valente, Renaissance Quarterly "In his new and fascinating book, Armando Maggi tries to understand the strange world of Renaissance demonology without dwelling on its obvious absurdities.... His aim is not to psychoanalyse but to sympathize, and his method is to enter into the spirit (so to speak) of this strange world." - Neil Forsyth, Times Literary Supplement"
£28.00
