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Sources/Recomended Reading:
Bottéro, Jean (2004). "Religion in Ancient Mesopotamia". Translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan. University of Chicago Press.
Davisson, Zach (2020). "Yurei: The Japanese Ghost". Chin Music Press Inc.
Lebling, Robert & Tahir Shah (2014). "Legends of the Fire Spirits: Jinn and Genies from Arabia to Zanzibar. I.B. Tauris.
Morton, Lisa (2017). "Ghosts: A Haunted History". Reaktion Books.
"A History of Ghosts, Spirits and the Supernatural." 2024. DK.
#ghosts #haunting #halloween
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Sources/Recomended Reading:
Adams, Paul (2014). "Written in Blood: A Cultural History of the British Vampire". The History Press.
Barber, Paul (2010). "Vampires, Burial, and Death". Yale University Press.
Groom, Nick (2020). "The Vampire: A New History". Yale University Press.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:45 Pre-modern (ancient?) Vampires
05:53 The Origins of the (Modern) Vampire
10:31 Peter Plogojowitz
11:42 Arnold Paole
13:06 Vampires, Religion & The Enlightenment
17:48 Early vampire literature
18:29 The Vampire & Western European Literature
22:45 Dracula
26:14 The Legacy of Dracula
28:25 Conclusions
#vampire #halloween #dracula
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Sources/Recomended Reading:
Binns, John (2016). "The Orthodox Church of Ethiopia: A History". I.B. Tauris.
Samuelson, Calum (2023). "Theosis in the Ethiopian Tradition: A Preliminary Assessment". In "Transformation: An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies", Volume 40, Issue 1.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:27 Ethiopia in history
2:51 Early Christianity in Ethiopia
4:43 Kebra Nagast & Sacred History
6:44 Relationship with Coptic church
7:53 Miaphysitism & Christology (feat. ReligionForBreakfast)
12:00 Tewahedo church
12:45 Uniqueness of the Church, Art & Lalibela
14:55 The Ethiopian Bible
17:25 Judaic Character?
18:41 Churches
20:17 Tabots & The Ark of the Covenant
21:24 Liturgy & Festivals
24:59 Hierarchy & Debtara
25:30 Beliefs (Theosis?)
26:43 Monasticism
28:03 Music & Hymns
29:26 Religious diversity
30:28 Modern Ethiopia
32:47 Conclusions
#ethiopia #christianity #orthodoxy
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Sources/Recomended Reading:
Ernst, Carl W. (translated by) (2018). "Hallaj: Poems of a Sufi Martyr". Northwestern University Press.
Karamustafa, Ahmet T. (2007). "Sufism - the formative period". Edinburgh University Press.
Knysh, Alexander (2012). "Islamic Mysticism: A Short History". Brill.
Losensky, Paul (translated by) (2009). "Farid ad-Din Attrs Memorial of God's Friends: Lives and Sayings of Sufis". Paulist Press.
Massignon, Louis (1979). "The Passion of Hallaj: Mystic and Martyr of Islam". Vol. 1-4. Translated by Herbert Mason. Princeton University Press.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:16 Early life
3:37 Entering the mystical path
6:02 Mystical Illumination, Controversies & Travels
10:35 Erratic behavior & Preaching in Baghdad
14:10 Hallaj: The Muslim
19:07 The Works of al-Hallaj
21:09 Union with God
23:40 Ana al-Haqq (I am the Truth)
29:28 Shocking statements
33:51 Monism & Love
36:56 Kitab al-Tawasin & Satan
42:54 Arrest & Imprisonment
45:34 Final Hours
49:05 Legacy
56:07 Conclusions
#hallaj #sufism #islam
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Sources/Recomended Reading:
Clark, Gillian (translated by) (2000). "Porphyry: On Abstinence from Killing Animals". Bristol Classical Press.
Gerson, Loyd P. (ed.) (2019). "Plotinus: The Enneads". Cambridge University Press.
Gerson, Loyd P (2008). "Cambridge Companion to Plotinus". Cambridge University Press.
Huffman, Carl A. (ed.) (2017). "A History of Pythagoreanism". Cambridge University Press.
Iamblichus "On the Mysteries". Tranlsated by Emma C. Clarke, John M. Dillon & Jackson P. Hershell. Writings from the Graeco-Roman World. Society of Biblical Literature.
Kirk, G.S., J.E. Raven & M. Schofield (1983). "The Presocratic Philosophers". Second Edition. Cambridge University Press.
Shaw, Gregory (2014). "Theurgy and the Soul: The Neoplatonism of Iamblichus". Angelico Press/Sophia Perennis.
Wallis, R.T. (1998). "Neoplatonism". Second Edition. Bristol Classical Paperbacks. Hackett Publishing Company.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:34 Ancient Hellenic Religion
3:34 Pythagoras & Vegetarianism
5:41 Neoplatonism
8:51 Porphyry
13:36 On Abstinence
15:18 Ascetic Vegetarianism
18:44 Ethical Vegetarianism
22:23 Metaphysics & Animal Sacrifice
28:13 Implications for Neoplatonism & Legacy
32:41 Conclusions
#vegetarian #ancient #rome
#blackmyth #journeytothewest #buddhism
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Banaras Baba & Kolkata Kid
Pawan Krishna
Sources/Recomended Reading:
Brose, Benjamin (2021). "Xuanzang: China's Legendary Pilgrim and Translator". Shambhala Publications.
Westerhoff, Jan (2009). "Nagarjuna's Madhyamaka: A Philosophical Introduction". Oxford University Press.
Wriggins, Sally Hovey (1996). "Xuanzang: A Buddhist Pilgrim On The Silk Road". Routledge.
#blackmyth #journeytothewest #buddhism
#islam #sufism #india
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Sources/Recomended Reading:
Bryant, Edwin F. (translated by) (2009). "The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali: A New Edition, Translation, and Commentary ". North Point Press.
Beck, Guy L. (2009). "Sonic Theology: Hinduism and Sacred Sound". University of South Carolina Press.
Eaton, Richard M. (2020). "India in the Persianate Age: 1000-1765". Penguin.
Ernst, Carl W. (1996). "Sufism and Yoga according to Muhammad Ghawth". University of North Carolina.
Ernst, Carl W. (2016). "Refractions of Islam in India: Situating Sufism and Yoga". SAGE YODA Press; First Edition.
Gandhi, Supriya (2020). "The Emperor who never was: Dara Shukoh in Mughal India". Belknap Press.
Kugle, Scott (ed.) (2012). "Sufi Meditation and Contemplation: Timeless Wisdom from Mughal India". Omega Publications. (Includes a translation of the "Risala-i Haqqnuma"/Compass of Truth.
Mallinson, James & Mark Singleton (2017). "Roots of Yoga". Penguin Classics.
Moovsi, Shireen (2002). "The Mughal Encounter with Vedanta: Recovering the biography of 'Jadrup'". Social scientist, Vol. 30, Nos. 7-8.
Nair, Shankar (2020). "Translating Wisdom: Hindu-Muslim Intellectual Interactions in Early Modern South Asia". University of California Press.
Samuel, Geoffrey (2008). "The Origins of Yoga and Tantra: Indic Religions to the Thirteenth Century". Cambridge University Press.
#yoga #islam #sufism
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Sources/Recomended Reading:
Lindow, John (2002). "Norse Mythology: A Guide to Gods, Heroes, Rituals, and Beliefs". Oxford University Press.
Näsström, Britt-Mari (1995). "Freyja - the great goddess of the north". Almqvist & Wiksell International.
Price, Neil (2019). "The Viking Way: Magic and Mind in Late Iron Age Scandinavia". Oxbow Books; 2nd ed. edition.
Stensland, Gro (2007). "Fornnordisk Religion". Natur Kultur Akademisk.
#seiðr #norsemythology #shamanism
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#yoga #islam #religion
#yoga #history #religion
#yoga #history #religion
#yoga #history #religion
#yoga #history #religion
#monism #ibnarabi #unity
#wallada #spain #islam
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Sources/Recomended Reading:
Bharati, Agehananda (1965). "The Tantric Tradition". B.I. Publications.
Bhattacharyya, N.N. (2005). "History of the Tantric Religion". Second Revised Edition. Manohar.
Bryant, Edwin F. (translated by) (2009). "The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali: A New Edition, Translation, and Commentary ". North Point Press.
Ernst, Carl W. (1996). "Sufism and Yoga according to Muhammad Ghawth". University of North Carolina.
Mallinson, James & Mark Singleton (2017). "Roots of Yoga". Penguin Classics.
Olivelle, Patrick (translated by) (2008). "Upanisads". Oxford University Press.
Samuel, Geoffrey (2008). "The Origins of Yoga and Tantra: Indic Religions to the Thirteenth Century". Cambridge University Press.
Wallis, Christopher D. (2013). "Tantra Illuminated: The Philosophy, History and Practice of a Timeless Tradition". Mattamayura.
White, David Gordon (2000). "Tantra in Practice". Princeton University Press.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:43 Earliest mentions of Yoga
5:30 Early Asceticism & The Shramana movement
9:39 Bhagavad Gita
12:23 The Yoga Sutras & Patanjali
28:31 Hatha Yoga & Tantra
35:56 Yoga & Islam
40:26 Modern Postural Yoga
47:40 Conclusions
#yoga #history #religion
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Sources/Recomended Reading:
Addas, Claude (1993). "Quest for the Red Sulphur". The Islamic Texts Society.
Austin, R.W.J. (translated by) (1980). "The Bezels of Wisdom". Classics of Western Spirituality Series. Paulist Press.
Chittick, William (1989). "The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn 'Arabi's Metaphysics of Imagination".
Chittick, William (1998). "The Self-Disclosure of God: Principles of Ibn al-'Arabi's Cosmology". State University of New York Press.
Chittick, William (2005). "Ibn Arabi: Heir to the Prophets". OneWorld Publications.
Chodkiewicz, Michel (1993). "Seal of the Saints: Prophethood and sainthood in the doctrine of Ibn 'Arabi". Translated by Liadain Sherrard. The Islamic Texts Society.
Caner Dagli (translated by) (2004). Ibn 'Arabi - "The Ringstones of Wisdom (Fusus al-Hikam)". Great Books of the Islamic World. Kazi Pubns Inc.
Ibn Arabi - "The Universal Tree and the Four Birds (al-ittihad al-kawni). Translated by Angela Jaffray. Oxford: Anqa Publishing.
Ibn 'Arabi - "The Openings Revealed in Makkah: al-futuhat al-makkiyya". Translated by Eric Winkel. Volumes 1-4. Pir Press.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:53 Ibn 'Arabi's Life
3:52 Origins & Structure of the Fusus
11:26 Wahdat al-Wujud?
14:08 Creation & The Human Being (Adam)
21:28 The 'Ayan al-Thabita (Immutable Entities)
24:53 Similes and Metaphors
33:00 Transcendence vs. Immanence
38:31 All is One
46:40 The Reality & Nobility of Multiplicity
51:16 The Primacy of Mercy
54:19 Temporary Nature of Hell?
58:35 All is Love
1:02:09 Love Enacted (Ethics)
1:04:18 The Divinity of Beliefs
1:09:52 The Heart
1:14:35 All things are alive & praising God
1:17:16 The Faith of Pharaoh
1:20:17 The Chapter on Muhammad (Women, Prayer, Perfume)
1:27:30 Closing the Fusus
1:28:21 Legacy
1:30:56 Concluding Words
#sufism #islam #mystisicm
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Music by:
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Feras Charestan
Sources/Recomended Reading:
Lytle, Molly (2022). "“By God, I was made for Glory” -Wallada bint al-Mustakfi:
How Women Exerted Agency in the Umayyad Dynasty of Al-Andalus". Master's Thesis. University of Chicago.
Menocal, María Rosa; Raymond P. Scheindlin & Michael Sells (eds.) (2000). "The Literature of Al-Andalus". Cambridge History of Arabic Literature. Cambridge University Press.
Omran, Doaa (2022). "Wallāda Bint al-Mustakfi: A Muslim Princess Speaking Passionately and Persistently in the “Palimpsest” of al-Andalus". WOMEN’S STUDIES, 2022, VOL. 51, NO. 2, 120–136.
#wallada #andalucia #spain
In honor of visiting this place, I decided to read one of his poems in translation by Lourdes Maria Alvarez.
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Sources/Recomended Reading:
Athanassiadi, Polymnia (ed.) (1999). "Damascius: The Philosophical History: text with translation and notes". Apamea Cultural Association.
Gerson, Loyd P (2008). "Cambridge Companion to Plotinus". Cambridge University Press.
Gregory, John (ed.) (1998). "The Neoplatonists: a reader". Routledge.
Shaw, Gregory (2014). "Theurgy and the Soul: The Neoplatonism of Iamblichus". Angelico Press/Sophia Perennis.
Wallis, R.T. (1998). "Neoplatonism". Second Edition. Bristol Classical Paperbacks. Hackett Publishing Company.
Watts, Edward J. (2018). "Hypatia: The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher". Academic.
Socrates Scholasticus: newadvent.org/fathers/26017.htm
#hypatia #religion #antiquity
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Sources/Recomended Reading:
Alvarez, Lourdes Maria (2009). "Abu-l Hasan al-Shushtari: Songs of Love and Devotion". In the "Classics of Western Spirituality" series. Paulist Press.
Alvarez, Lourdes Maria (2005). "The Mystical Language of Everyday Life": Vernacular Sufi Poetry and the Songs of Abu Al-Hasan Al-Shustari". Exemplaria. 17:1, 1-32, DOI: 10.1179/exm.2005.17.1.1.
Casewit, Yousef (2008). "The Objective of Metaphysics in Ibn Sabʿīn’s
Answers to the Sicilian Questions". Journal of the Iqbal Academy, April 2008, Pakistan.
Casewit, Yousef (2020). "Shushtarī’s Treatise on the Limits of Theology and Sufism: Discursive Knowledge (ʿilm), Direct Recognition (maʿrifa), and Mystical Realization (taḥqīq) in al-Risāla al-Quṣāriyya". Article. Divinity School, The University of Chicago.
Casewit, Yousef (2020). "The Treatise on the Ascension (al-Risāla
al-miʿrājiyya): Cosmology and Time in the Writings of Abū l-Ḥasan al-Shushtarī (d. 668/1269)". In "Light upon Light: Essays in Islamic Thought and History in Honor of Gerhard Bowering". Edited by Jamal J. Elias & Bilal Orfali. Brill.
Ceballos, Carlos Berbil (2015). "Journeying from the Apparent to Absolute Being: Ibn Sab'in and his predecessors". Journal of the Muhyddin Ibn 'Arabi Society Vol. 58.
Cornell, Vincent J. (1997). "The Way of the Axial Intellect: The Islamic Hermeticism of Ibn Sab'in." Journal of the Muhyddin Ibn Arabi Society, Vol. XXII.
Cornell, Vincent J. (2007). "The All-Comprehensive Circle (al-Ihata): Soul, Intellect and the Oneness of Existence in the Doctrine of Ibn Sab'in". In "Sufism and Theology" (ed. Ayman Shihadeh). Edinburgh University Press.
Copenhaver, Brian P. (Translation & Introduction by) (1992). "Hermetica: The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius in a new English Translation with notes and introduction". Cambridge University Press.''
Fowden, Garth (1986). "The Egyptian Hermes: A Historical Approach to the Late Pagan Mind". Princeton University Press.
Johnson. N. Scott (1995). "Ocean and Pearls: Ibn Sab'in, Shustari and the Doctrine of Absolute Unity". In "Sufi: Journal of Sufism" Issue 25.
Van Bladel, Kevin (2009). "The Arabic Hermes: From Pagan Sage to Prophet of Science". Oxford University Press.
Westerveld, Govert (2014). "Ibn Sab'in of the Ricote Valley: the First and Last Islamic Place in Spain".
#sufism #spain #hermeticism
#occult #esotericism #islam
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Sources/Recomended Reading:
Bashir, Shahzad (2005). "Fazlallah Astarabadi and the Hurufis". Oneworld Publications.
Burrill, Kathleen R. F. (1972). "The Quatrains of Nesimî Fourteenth-Century Turkic Hurufi". De Gruyter.
#occult #esotericism #islam
#cordoba #islam #religion
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Music by:
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Jose Barrios
Jon Algar
Sources/Recomended Reading:
Dan, Joseph (1986). "The Early Kabbalah". Classics of Western Spirituality Series. Paulist Press.
Fine, Lawrence (2003). "Physician of the Soul, Healer of the Cosmos: Isaac Luria and His Kabbalistic Fellowship". Stanford University Press.
Idel, Moshe (1987). "The Mystical Experience in Abraham Abulafia". State University of New York Press.
Idel, Moshe (1988). "Studies in Ecstatic Kabbalah". State University of New York Press.
Idel, Moshe (1990). "Kabbalah: New Perspectives". Yale University Press.
Idel, Moshe (1995). "Hasidism: Between Ecstacy and Magic". SUNY Press.
Kaplan, Aryeh (translated by) (1990). "The Bahir: Illumination". Red Wheel/Weiser; Revised ed. edition.
Kraemer, Joel L. (2010). "Maimonides: The Life and World of one of Civilization's Greatest Minds". Doubleday & Co Inc.
Krassen, Mosheh Aaron. “Introduction: Rabbi Israel Ba’al Shem Tov: Prophet of a New Paradigm.” In Israel ben Eliezer. Pillar of Prayer. Translated by Menachem Kallus. Louisville, KY: Fons Vitae, 2010.
Lobel, Diana (2021). "Moses and Abraham Maimonides: Encountering the Divine". Academic Studies Press.
Miller, Moshe (translated by) (1994). "The Palm Tree of Devorah". Targum.
Russ-Fishbane, Elisha (2015). "Judaism, Sufism, and the Pietists of Medieval Egypt: A study of Abraham Maimonides and his times". Oxford University Press
Scholem, Gershom (1995). "Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism". Schocken Books; Revised edition.
Scholem, Gershom (1996). "On the Kabbalah and its Symbolism". Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group; Revised ed. edition.
Wolfson, Elliot R. (1997). “Jewish mysticism: A Philosophical Overview,” in History of Jewish Philosophy, Daniel Frank, Oliver Leaman (eds.).
Wolfson, Eliot R. (2011). “Abraham ben Samuel Abulafia and the Prophetic Kabbalah”. In Jewish Mysticism & Kabbalah (ed. Frederick E. Greenspahn). New York University Press.
#kabbalah #girona #spain
Taken from my full video on Ibn Sina: youtu.be/XH0YwsOSuxY
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Source:
Inati, Shams (translated by) (2014). "Ibn Sina's Remarks and Admonitions: Physics and Metaphysics: An Analysis and Annotated Translation". Columbia University Press.
Marmura, Michael E. (translated by) (2005). "Avicenna: The Metaphysics of The Healing". University of Chicago Press.
#god #philosophy #islam
#islam #alcohol #religion
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Sources/Recomended Reading:
Adamson, Peter (ed.) (2011). "The Cambridge Companion to Arabic Philosophy". Cambridge University Press.
Gohlman, William E. (translated by) (1974). "The Life of Ibn Sina: A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation". State University of New York Press.
Inati, Shams (translated by) (1984). "Remarks and Admonitions: Part One - Logic". Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.
Inati, Shams (1996). "Ibn Sina & Mysticism: Remarks and Admonitions (Part 4 - Sufism)". Routledge.
Inati, Shams (translated by) (2014). "Ibn Sina's Remarks and Admonitions: Physics and Metaphysics: An Analysis and Annotated Translation". Columbia University Press.
Marmura, Michael E. (translated by) (2005). "Avicenna: The Metaphysics of The Healing". University of Chicago Press.
McGinnis, Jon (translated by) (2010). "Avicenna: The Physics of The Healing – A Parallel English–Arabic Text". University of Chicago Press.
Morewedge, Parviz (1992). "Neoplatonism and Islamic Thought". State University of New York Press.
Suhrawardi (1187). "The Philosophy of Illumination". Translated by John Walbridge & Hossein Ziai. Islamic Translation Series. University of Chicago Press.
Winter, Tim (ed.) (2008). "The Cambridge Companion to Islamic Theology". Cambridge University Press.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:45 Early Life & Studies
7:24 Ibn Sina & Wine?
11:00 Intellectual & Political Career
13:02 Islamic(ate) Philosophy
15:51 Ibn Sina's Works
20:53 Islam, Religion & Philosophy?
27:54 Essence vs. Existence
29:54 Proof of God & Theology
45:01 Eternity of the world
48:59 Cosmology & Neoplatonism
51:26 Epistemology
53:50 Psychology, The Soul & The Floating Man
56:33 God's knowledge of particulars
58:46 Ibn Sina & Mysticism/Sufism
1:09:33 The Eastern Wisdom
1:11:12 Legacy
1:15:06 Conclusions
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Sources/Recomended Reading:
Amir-Moezzi, Mohammad Ali (1994). "The Divine Guide in Early Shi'ism: The Sources of Esotericism in Islam". Translated by David Streight. State University of New York Press.
Amir-Moezzi, Mohammad Ali (2011). "The Spirituality of Shi'i Islam: Beliefs and Practices". I.B. Tauris.
Chittick, William (1989). "The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn 'Arabi's Metaphysics of Imagination".
Chittick, William (1998). "The Self-Disclosure of God: Principles of Ibn al-'Arabi's Cosmology". State University of New York Press.
Corbin, Henry (1998). "Alone with the Alone - Creative Imagination in the Sūfism of Ibn 'Arabī". Princeton University Press; Revised edition.
McNelly, Willis E. (1987). "The Dune Encyclopedia". Berkley.
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Sources/Recomended Reading:
Dahlén, Ashk (2004). "The Holy Fool in Medieval Islam: The Qalandariyat of Fakhr al-din Araqi". Orientalia Suecana, vol.52.
De Bruijn, J.T.P (1999). "The Qalandariyyat in Persian Mystical Poetry, from Sana'i Onwards". In "The Heritage of Sufism, Vol. 2" (Edited by Leonard Lewisohn). Oneworld Publicaions.
Karamustafa, Ahmet T. (2006). "Gods Unruly Friends: Dervish Groups in the Islamic Later Middle Period, 1200-1550". Oneworld Publications.
Sviri, Sara (1999). "Hakim Tirmidhi and the Malamati Movement in Early Sufism". In The Heritage of Sufism, Vol. 1 (Edited by Leonard Lewisohn).Oneworld Publications.
Toussulis, Yannis (2011). "Sufism and the Way of Blame: Hidden Sources of a Sacred Psychology". Quest Books, U.S.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:53 The Nafs (Ego) in Islamic Mysticism
3:40 The Malamatiyya (People of Blame)
8:57 The birth of the Qalandari movement
11:22 Jamal al-din Savi
12:04 Extreme Asceticism & Antinomianism
16:30 "Die before you die"
17:41 The Principle of Wandering & 'Araqi
19:39 Qalandariyya in Sufi poetry
23:22 Dervish Groups in the Ottoman Empire
26:27 Conclusions
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Sources/Recomended Reading:
Amir-Moezzi, Mohammad Ali (1994). "The Divine Guide in Early Shi'ism: The Sources of Esotericism in Islam". Translated by David Streight. State University of New York Press.
Amir-Moezzi, Mohammad Ali (2011). "The Spirituality of Shi'i Islam: Beliefs and Practices". I.B. Tauris.
Daftary, Farhad (2007). "The Isma'ilis: Their history and doctrines". Cambridge University Press.
Haider, Najam (2012). "The Origins of the Shi'ia: Identity, Ritual, and Sacred Space in Eighth-Century Kufa". Cambridge University Press.
Haider, Najam (2014). "Shi'i Islam: An Introduction". Cambridge University Press.
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#Zoroastrianism #Persia #religion
#Zoroastrianism #Persia #religion
#Zoroastrianism #Persia #religion
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#abdelkader #islam #sufism