SHORT COURSE ON IBN 'ARABI THOUGHT AND SPIRITUALITY

SHORT COURSE ON IBN 'ARABI THOUGHT AND SPIRITUALITY

With Prof. James W. Morris (Department Theology of Boston College USA)

MONDAY - FRIDAY, 21 - 25 MARCH 2011

14.30 - 16.30 at Auditorium Al Musthafa The Islamic College Jakarta

 

GENERAL OUTLINE 

Day 1:   21 March 2011

The practical basis: the interrelation of spiritual life and
spiritual practice.  "The Book of the Quintessence of What the Seeker
Needs" (Kitab al-Kunh). 

Day 2: 22 March 2011

Ibn 'Arabi's own spiritual life (short anecdotes) and the obligation
of Nasiha ("good counsel", especially of rulers); spiritual "pitfalls"
and illusions and the role of spiritual intelligence.

Short dreams from IA's "Book of Good Tidings" (K. al-Mubashsharat); the importance of the Ruh al-Quds.../"Sufis of Andalusia";  translated selections from IA's K. al-Nasiha ("Book of Spiritual Advice" / "What Can't be Relied Upon")

Days 3 and 4:  23 - 24 March 2011

Learning from the divine "Calls" and the challenges of our proper response:  Chapters 519 and 520 of the Futuhat (and related Qur'an and hadith), together with selections from the beginning of the Futuhat ("How to Read the Futuhat: Ibn 'Arabi's Own Advice") 

Day 5: 25 March 2011

-  Summation additional selections from the Futuhat Al Makkiyyah

-  Final chapter of the book "The Reflective Heart" (i.e., the divine
"Shadow-theater" section, with its      resonances with Indonesia's
long shadow-theater traditions...)

ORGANIZED BY:
The Islamic College Jakarta

FURTHER INFORMATION:
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