Podcasts and Videos
“Word and Letter, Book and Speech”
Online Talks, May 2021
The Three Great Books: Letters, Elements and Prime Matter in Ibn ‘Arabi’s Cosmogony 40:06
“A Noble Letter with Multiple Aspects”. The letter wāw according to Ibn ‘Arabi, in poetry and prose 51:58
Stephen Hirtenstein
Stephen Hirtenstein has been editor of the Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society since its inception in 1982, and is a co-founder of Anqa Publishing [/].
He read History at King’s College, Cambridge, and then studied at the Beshara School of Intensive Esoteric Education in Gloucestershire and Scotland. After a teaching career, he began writing and giving talks on Ibn Arabi’s thought at conferences across the world.
In addition to lecturing and writing, he organises and leads tours "in the footsteps of Ibn Arabi".
He currently works as a Senior Editor for the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London, and lives near Oxford.
Articles by Stephen Hirtenstein
The Image of Guidance – Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi as Hadith Commentator
“I entrust to you a bequest” – Ibn Sawdakin | Translation
Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi: The Treasure of Compassion
Selected Major Works of Ibn Arabi
Seleção das maiores obras de Ibn Arabi (Portuguese)
De Volta a Deus (Ibn Arabī 1182–1184) – Capítulo 5 de O Compassivo Ilimitado (Portuguese)
Some Preliminary Notes on al-Diwan al-kabir
The Brotherhood of Milk – Perspectives of Knowledge in the Adamic Clay
“O Marvel!” – A Paradigm Shift towards Integration
The Mystic’s Kaaba – The Cubic Wisdom of the Heart According to Ibn Arabi
Malatyan Soil, Akbarian Fruit: From Ibn Arabi to Nyazi Misri
Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi’s al-Nusus | with Hülya Küçük
Names and Titles of Ibn [al-]‘Arabi
Kitâb al-fâna' fi-l mushâhadah, by Ibn 'Arabi | with Layla Shamash
The Great Dīwān and its offspring: The collection and dispersion of Ibn 'Arabī's poetry | with Julian Cook
The library list of Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī | with Julian Cook
Malik MS 4263: A Manuscript Case-study
Translations by Stephen Hirtenstein
Kitâb al-fâna’ fi-l mushâhadah by Ibn ‘Arabi
Podcasts and Videos by Stephen Hirtenstein
The Healer of Wounds: Interpreting Human Existence in the Light of Alchemy and Ascension
Reviving the Dead: Ibn Arabi as the Heir to Jesus
Introduction to the “Light & Knowledge” Conference
The Mystic’s Kaaba – The Wisdom of the Heart According to Ibn Arabi
“O Marvel!” – A Paradigm Shift towards Integration
Spiritual Life, Living Spirit – Ibn Arabi’s Meeting with Jesus and John
“Ibn ‘Arabi’s alphabet of prophets: the spirit and form of the Fuṣūṣ 33:42
Todd Lawson
Todd Lawson is Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Dept. of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations. He has published widely on Quran commentary (tafsir), the Quran as literature, Sufism, Shi’i Islam and the Babi and Bahai traditions. His book Jesus in Islamic thought, The Crucifixion and the Quran was published in 2009 (Oneworld), his Gnostic Apocalypse and Islam in 2011 (Routledge). This and other of his publications are listed at www.toddlawson.ca [/].
Podcasts and Videos by Todd Lawson
Water, Light, Knowledge: Towards an Ecology of Imagination
The Mark of Friendship and the Structure of Sanctity in the Teachings of Ibn Arabi
Selected Readings from the Poetry of Ibn Arabi
Being Human According to the Quran
Consciousness, Imagination and Gratitude: The Inexhaustible Sources of the Self