#sufism tag - Briefly

Stephan Bodian on Our Innate Drive to Awaken

Spiritual awakening is driven by an innate, nervous-system programmed longing to reveal the mystery of reality and true being.

History

fromMedievalists.net

1 month ago

18 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Saladin - Medievalists.net

Saladin was a complex leader with deep education, personal connections, and a strong interest in religious and intellectual pursuits.

fromPhilosophynow

1 month ago

Love & Emptiness in the Sufi Tradition

Rumi argues that to love is to enter the unknown: to love is to empty the self of all self-knowledge entirely. He believes that emptiness is a paradoxical state of infinite fullness, allowing for the purest form of love and union with the divine.

Philosophy

Film

from48 hills

3 months ago

'Sirat' director Oliver Laxe: 'Cinema can penetrate the human metabolism' - 48 hills

Sirât uses Islamic eschatology, transcendental cinematic techniques, and hypnotic techno to create a visceral, metaphysical father’s search across a desert rave for his missing daughter.

fromwww.theguardian.com

6 months ago

[Ahmed]: Sama'a (Audition) review a wild, world-spanning act of musical devotion

In April 2022, the wild and inquisitively wilful British free-jazz keyboardist and composer Pat Thomas was improvising with his eyes shut in the company of his quartet [Ahmed] at Glasgow's Glue Factory. The music was dedicated to the 1950s-70s legacy of the late Art Blakey and Thelonious Monk bassist, oud player and early global-music pioneer Ahmed Abdul-Malik, the inspiration for the group's work.

Music

History

fromMedievalists.net

7 months ago

Sana'i's Sharp-Tongued Portrait of 12th-Century Ghaznavid Society - Medievalists.net

Sana'i celebrated Ghaznavid kings and mystics while mercilessly lampooning scholars, courtiers, and even the city of Ghazna.

fromwww.theguardian.com

10 months ago

As I fear for my ancestral homeland Iran, I find solace in Persian music | Dellaram Vreeland

The music of the duo Zoj, featuring Gelareh Pour, has provided solace amidst the bleakness of the world, contrasting with the pain conveyed by social media algorithms.