Introduction to Sufi Doctrine

by Burckhardt, Titus; Chittick, William C.

• ISBN13: 9781933316505
• ISBN10: 1933316500
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-02
• Publisher: World Wisdom

Summary

Titus Burckhardt's masterpiece, Introduction to Sufi Doctrine, explores the essence of Islamic mysticism, or Sufism, presenting its central doctrines and methods to a Western audience in a highly intelligible form.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the 2008 Edition	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
The Nature of Sufism
At-Tasawwuf	p. 3
Sufism and Mysticism	p. 9
Sufism and Pantheism	p. 17
Knowledge and Love	p. 21
The Branches of the Doctrine	p. 25
Sufi Interpretation of the Qur'an	p. 31
The Doctrinal Foundations
The Aspects of Unity	p. 43
Creation	p. 49
The Archetypes	p. 53
The "Renewing of Creation at Each Instant"	p. 55
The Spirit	p. 59
Universal Man	p. 63
Union in the Doctrine of Muhyi-d-Din ibn `Arabi	p. 69
Spiritual Realization
Three Aspects of the Way: Doctrine, Virtue, and Spiritual Alchemy	p. 75
The Intellectual Faculties	p. 83
Rites	p. 89
Meditation	p. 95
Contemplation, According to Muhyi-d-Din ibn `Arabi	p. 97
Glossary and Index	p. 103
Biographical Notes	p. 117
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