Spiritual Mutt

There are two aspects to this post, the first (as usual) a bit on the cynical side, the other a different perspective. I've writt...

I've really been reading deeply into Henry Corbin's works now for a number of years.  I find his views of mystical Islam as found i...

"I was a Treasure unknown then I desired to be known so I created a creation which to which I made Myself known, then they knew Me....

I must say that the spritual path that has been a constant curiosity to me over the past few years falls under the title of this post.  Mos...

I am reading Henry Corbin's Cyclical Time and Ismaili Gnosis again (just saw it on Amazon for $25 for a used copy...least expensive I...

You may notice if you've read through these posts that Islam takes up a lot of space.  I spend a lot of time defending it in the light ...

I was asked to offer up reflections of my article that was published in my local newspaper, to add more depth and lessons learned of the ex...

Good for Obama. He is actually doing what he said he'd do. It's gonna ruffle the feathers of some "patriots" in the U.S....

I am respectful of others' religious traditions but how do you not get upset watching this? Religious "tradition" interferes w...

I am listening to the soundtrack for the film Baraka as ripped from the DVD (seems this is heading for obsolence as the Blu-Ray is said to ...

Rather than a specifically Americanized version, there is a larger Western scholarly category called Orientalist which is basically the Wes...

Trying to further elaborate on the post on Henry Corbin's discussion on Angelology, he delves further into the gnostic idea and its tra...

Here is the link to the blog: The Legacy of Henry Corbin A new book is due in August of 2009 which looks quite adventurous and tags right al...

In Henry Corbin's densely packed book on the trajectory of "gnosticism" from Zoroastrianism through Christianity to its final...

In 1999, having been a "born again" Christian at a Oneness Pentecostal church in the heart of the inner city in Youngstown, I was...

It is a choice, certainly and I think that is the key. You might say it's a choice to choose. But then commitment to that choice is j...

As El-Zein notes, one of the major feature of the 'New Sufism' is the fact that the majority of the translations of Rumi's vers...

Religion, like most things in America, is a commodity. When someone finds a market for something, it grows and grows as others jump on the...