Advanced Mysticism
The advanced Islamic mysticism course offers a detailed exposition of the final sections of Ibn Sina’s al-Ishārāt wa-l-tanbīhāt and its commentary by Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, thereby giving students a clear appreciation of the intricate balance and affinity between philosophy and mysticism among two classical Islamic thinkers. The course also covers a technical study of Dāwūd al-Qayṣarī’s masterpiece known as the Muqaddima, which provides a rational and philosophical prolegomenon to the thought of Muḥyī l-Dīn Ibn ʿArabī and the school that subsequently developed around his thought known as the School of the Unity of Existence.
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1. Sense Pleasures v Divine Pleasures
This class explores the inferiority of sense pleasure and the superiority of the pleasures of Divine states in comparison with the pleasures of beastial states. -
2. Obstacles to Pleasure and Pain
This class explores the obstacles to pleasure and pain, the need for experiencing pleasure and pain, the determination of pleasure by the degree of the objects perfection and the degree of the subject’s apprehension.
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1. The Conception of Being (Part 1)
This class explores the mystics conception of being. -
2. The Conception of Being (Part 2)
This class explores the mystics conception of being.
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1. The Different Orders of Reality
This class provides an introduction to the different orders of reality. -
2. The Planes of Existence
This class explores the five mystical planes of existence.
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