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Title

Introduction to Sufi doctrine / Titus Burckhardt ; foreword by William C. Chittick.

Author

Burckhardt, Titus

Publication

Bloomington, Ind. : World Wisdom, c2008.

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Details

Description

xv, 118 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"This masterpiece by Titus Burkhardt examines the essence of Islamic mysticism, or Sufism, presenting its central doctrines and methods to a Western audience in a highly intelligible form. This edition contains a new foreword by William C. Chittick and an extensive glossary/index."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Library of perennial philosophy. Spiritual classics series

Uniform Title

• Du soufisme. English
• Library of perennial philosophy. Spiritual classics series.

Alternative Title

Du soufisme.

Subject

Sufism > Doctrines

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. 1. nature of Sufism -- 1. At-tasawwuf -- 2. Sufism and mysticism -- 3. Sufism and pantheism -- 4. Knowledge and love -- 5. branches of the doctrine -- 6. Sufi interpretation of the Qur'an -- pt. 2. doctrinal foundations -- 7. aspects of unity -- 8. Creation -- 9. archetypes -- 10. "renewing of creation at each instant" -- 11. spirit -- 12. Universal man -- 13. Union in the doctrine of Muhyi-d-Din ibn Arabi -- pt. 3. Spiritual realization -- 14. Three aspects of the way : doctrine, virtue, and spiritual alchemy -- 15. intellectual faculties -- 16. Rites -- 17. Mediation -- 18. Contemplation, according to Muhyi-d-Din ibn Arabi.

ISBN

• 9781933316505 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1933316500 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2008002905

OCLC

179813917

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library