The Alchemy of Human Happiness
Ibn Arabi, Stephen Hirtenstein (tr.)
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9781905937592
Chapter 167 of Ibn Arabi's Meccan Illuminations
In this first English translation of a core chapter from the famous Meccan Illuminations (al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya), Ibn Arabi comprehensively summarises 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.
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Ibn Arabi, Stephen Hirtenstein (tr.)
Paperback
9781905937592
Chapter 167 of Ibn Arabi's Meccan Illuminations
In this first English translation of a core chapter from the famous Meccan Illuminations (al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya), Ibn Arabi comprehensively summarises 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.
