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 […]
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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 […]
Dr Seyed G Safavi* University of London, UK London Academy of Iranian Studies (LAIS) The two previous papers have presented the general principles of parallelism and chiasmus, and have shown how Mawlānā used these two principles to organise his great work in such a way that if you read it linearly and sequentially you form an […]
Dr Seyed G Safavi, SOAS, University of London Philosophy@iranianstudies.org Abstract This article introduces the theoretical aspects of the practice of mysticism in Islam. It examines the nature of mysticism, the mystic and his states, the goal of the mystic and the ethics of spiritual wayfaring. The author addresses major themes that are central concerns […]
The Active Role of the Iranian Geo-strategy The Persian Gulf as a ground for Hot Debate Mahmoud Haidar Director of the Delta Center for In-Depth Research – Beirut Editor-in-chief of “Madarat Gharbiya” magazine – Beirut/Paris ©International Peace Studies Centre (IPSC) peace-ipsc.org Any talk on and about Iran, 30 years after the Iranian Revolution, […]