Method and Mysticism: Cosmos, Nature and Environment in Islamic Mysticism (Paperback)

Seyyed Shahabeddin Mesbahi

ISBN 10: 1891785869 / ISBN 13: 9781891785863

Published by Fons Vitae, 2012

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Paperback. In this pioneering work, Seyyed Shahabeddin Mesbahi offers a new methodology for approaching Islamic mystical concepts by examining the importance, place, and manifestation of the concepts of cosmos, nature, and environment in Islamic mysticism. The study presents a framework for understanding the exoteric and esoteric dimensions of these concepts, within selected stations (maqamat of the mystical path tariqa), and how, in a reciprocal interaction, they weave a "symbiotic whole." This work also reexamines the concept of "mystical experience" with regards to the Islamic mystics' approach toward the concepts of cosmos, nature, and environment, especially in the thoughts of great masters, such as Hallaj, Bayazid Bastami, Ghazali, Ruzbihan Baqli Shirazi, Ibn 'Arabi, Rumi, and Mulla Sadra. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781891785863

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Title: Method and Mysticism: Cosmos, Nature and ...

Publisher: Fons Vitae

Publication Date: 2012

Binding: Paperback

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Synopsis:

In this pioneering work, Seyyed Shahabeddin Mesbahi offers a new methodology for approaching Islamic mystical concepts by examining the importance, place, and manifestation of the concepts of cosmos, nature, and environment in Islamic mysticism. The study presents a framework for understanding the exoteric and esoteric dimensions of these concepts, within selected stations (maqamat of the mystical path tariqa), and how, in a reciprocal interaction, they weave a "symbiotic whole." This work also reexamines the concept of "mystical experience" with regards to the Islamic mystics' approach toward the concepts of cosmos, nature, and environment, especially in the thoughts of great masters, such as Hallaj, Bayazid Bastami, Ghazali, Ruzbihan Baqli Shirazi, Ibn 'Arabi, Rumi, and Mulla Sadra.

About the Author:

Seyyed Shahabeddin Mesbahi is currently a visiting fellow at the Oxford Center for Islamic Studies. He is the author of Muqaddama-yi Piramun-i Ravish Shinasi dar‘Irfan (An Introduction to Methodology in Islamic Mysticism).