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What Mystical traditions really are about

December 2, 2011
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What Mystical traditions really are about

Obviously the title is a misnomer. Who can dare to speak and say with a definitive gesture that this is what a mystical tradition is for. That would be a terrible case of misappropriation. However hopefully as I get into the title you will see why I chose it. The Science of States It is…

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Sufism and the Way of Blame featured on the Ibn Arabi Society book Notices for 2011

November 27, 2011
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  I have had the chance to talk to Dr Toussulis and very rarely have I met someone as knowledgeable  about Sufism   His book has so much to offer please if you haven’t read it yet please pick it up.   Yannis Toussulis, Quest Books, Wheaton, USA, 2010. ISBN 978-0-8356-0864-0   Yannis Toussulis writes, “Over the last several…

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Reflection on Blogging about Sufism and my experiences with it

November 21, 2011
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Reflection on Blogging about Sufism and my experiences with it

We’re prisoners in the shackles of an immense passion Afflicted and tormented with manacles on our ankles we are the miserable ones in the deserts o love skilled in the field of riot and revolution. Sometimes were thunder sometimes a bolt of lightening sometimes were clouds sometimes the sea. Sometimes were intellectuals sometimes were crazy…

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Separating Mysticism from its Religious Context (2) – Looking at the Psychology of Spiritual Practice

October 26, 2011
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“Mysticism as been in the world long enough to justify us in regarding it as a fact in world history. It is no longer considered as the crazy belief of  a few fanatics of erratic mind and irresponsible action. It is recognized as  a branch of knowledge and a way of life.” -  Raymund Andrea The Mystic Way…

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Separating Mysticism from its Religious Context

October 18, 2011
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“Mysticism as been in the world long enough to justify us in regarding it as a fact in world history. It is no longer considered as the crazy belief of  a few fanatics of erratic mind and irresponsible action. It is recognized as  a branch of knowledge and a way of life.”  -  Raymund Andrea The…

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In Response to a Reader’s beautiful statement.

October 3, 2011
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In my posting Just Some thoughts, I thought to give a voice to another aspect of the path that is not discussed much if at all out in the open outside the circle of friends. There is a great pain, great longing difficulties every step of the way, but there is a great “Love” that…

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