Jan Olof Bengtsson

Schocken Books, 1975 (1914) Back cover: Quoting extensively from the great mystics of Islam, Professor Nicholson in this brief volume creates a general outline of Sufism, or the Islamic tradition of mysticism. After offering a brief historical introduction, he describes each of the essential aspects of Sufism. He begins by outlining the stages the mystic must pass through toward his ultimate goal of loss of self in union with God, or the Real. He goes on to examine the roles

I have mentioned Mark Sedgwick’s distinction between “hard” and “soft” traditionalism. In order for it to be of real value for other...

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To those who have taken the first step in meditation that I described earlier, who begin to study the Vedantic literature, and receive...