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Title: |
The Alchemy of Human Happiness |
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| By (author): |
Stephen Hirtenstein |
| ISBN10-13: |
1905937598 : 9781905937592 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
210x148mm |
| Pages: |
188 |
| Weight: |
.334 Kg. |
| Published: |
Anqa Publishing - August 2018 |
| List Price: |
25.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 55 |
| Subjects: |
Sufism & Islamic mysticism |
| The quest for happiness and fulfilment lies as the very heart of human life, but for Ibn Arabi there is a realm beyond our ordinary understanding of happiness, where the human stands truly fulfilled, in vision of Reality. This is a goal within the potential of every person. Not everyone who has found happiness is accorded perfection, for while all who are perfect are happy, not every happy one is perfect. Perfection means reaching and joining with the highest degree, and that is assuming the likeness of the Source. In this first English translation of the core chapter 167 from the famous Meccan Illuminations (al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya), Ibn Arabi comprehensively summaries all his major teachings on human perfectibility and true happiness. Using the imagery of alchemy and ascension, he gives the reader an extraordinary insight into the spiritual journey by contrasting two ways of acquiring knowledge: the rational and the mystical. With an introduction to Islamic alchemy, the Hermetic tradition and the mysterious elixir, this is an important text for anyone interested in Sufism, Islamic spirituality or alchemy. |
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“One of the most challenging chapters of the entire Futuhat, it constantly intertwines complex allusions to the Qur’an and hadith, alchemy, medicince, Ptolemaic cosmology, embryology, and classical Sufi discussions of spiritual psychology and guidance. Yet Stephen Hirtenstein’s clear, polished English translation of this key section and his careful, essential annotation make this on eof the most accessible, readable and lastingly important gate-ways to Ibn ‘Arabi’s masterwork.” – Professor Winston Morris, Boston College
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