Gustav Richter (1906-39) 1
 
Abstract
This is Gustav Richter’s third lecture on Rumi’s poetry, in which, in language clearly inspired by Rumi himself, Richter analyses the structural and metaphysical aspects of the Divan, as well as the many layers of meaning contained within the imagery. Richter compares Rumi’s poetry with that of the German Romantic poets, in order to examine whether classical and Romantic poetry is able to accommodate the spiritual dimensions of the Divan.

Karim Aghili
Manchester, UK

 
Abstract:
This paper is an attempt to critically analyse some of the versions of the oneness of existence (wahdat al-wujud)1. It seeks to argue that according to Mulla Sadra, the concept of “existence”2 is one, and its extra-mental reality, then, must also be one, because one single concept cannot be obtained from a number of “realities” “Existence” is one single “reality” compre­hending everything.3 The “reality” behind the veil of many different things is “pure existence” without even a trace of multiplicity, and the “quiddities” which are the source …

‘Mulla Sadra and the Mind Body Problem’ By Dr Abdolaziz Daftari has been published in the UK by the London Academy of Iranian Studies Press.

Soul from the perspective of Mulla Sadra’s philosophy edited by Seyed G Safavi has been published in the UK in 253 pages by the London Academy of Iranian Studies Press (LAISP).
Mulla Sadra[i] (1596-1650) the greatest Muslim Iranian philosopher who is the founder of al-Hikmah al-Muta’aliyah (transcendent philosophy), by establishing new philosophical systems in the Islamic world in regards to the soul, offered new theories which have had significant consequences.
Before Mulla Sadra there were two main philosophical viewpoints regarding the human soul. One was the Platonic …

 
 
Dr. Safavi’s expertise is in Philosophy, Islamic Mysticism, and Comparative Philosophy. His new books on philosophy and Islamic Mysticism are: New Path: A Novel Interpretation of Mathnawi; Practical Mysticism; Ethics and Perfect Human in Rumi’s Perspective; Ahl Al Bayt According to Rumi; Islamic Mysticism in the East and the West; Structure of Mathnawi Ma’navi, Mystical Interoperation of Zyarat ‘Ashura.