Thus Spoke Adam

Thus Spoke Adam

Author: Selected speakers September 26, 2022 Duration: 35:03
Luca Patrizi is part of the University of Turin, Italy, and research fellow at Exeter University, UK.

The Ibn 'Arabi Society podcast offers a deep and nuanced exploration into the life, work, and enduring legacy of the 13th-century Andalusian mystic and philosopher, Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi. This series presents a curated selection of talks from the Society's annual symposia, featuring a diverse range of Selected speakers including scholars, translators, and practitioners. Each episode delves into specific themes from Ibn 'Arabi's vast corpus-such as the Oneness of Being, the imagination as a creative cosmic force, and the perfect human-placing his thought in dialogue with contemporary questions in spirituality, philosophy, and culture. Listening to this podcast feels like attending a rigorous yet accessible academic gathering, where complex ideas about the nature of reality, love, and divine knowledge are unpacked with care and passion. You'll hear detailed analyses of primary texts, cross-cultural comparisons, and reflections on how these profound teachings apply to modern life and interfaith understanding. It is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to move beyond superficial summaries and engage seriously with one of history's most influential spiritual intellects. The discussions are richly layered, rewarding both newcomers and those already familiar with Sufi metaphysics, and together they build a comprehensive portrait of a thinker whose work continues to resonate across centuries and disciplines.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 181

Ibn 'Arabi Society
Podcast Episodes
Selected Readings from the poetry of Ibn 'Arabi [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 13:09
Michael Sells is Professor of Islamic History and Literature at the University of Chicago. He teaches courses on the Qur'an, Islamic love poetry, comparative mystical literature, Arabic Sufi poetry, Arabic religious text…
Life in Ibn 'Arabi's 'Ringsetting of Prophecy in the Word of Jesus' [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 30:51
Michael Sells is Professor of Islamic History and Literature at the University of Chicago. He teaches courses on the Qur'an, Islamic love poetry, comparative mystical literature, Arabic Sufi poetry, Arabic religious text…
The akbarian Jesus: the paradigm of a pilgrim in God [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:56
Jaume Flaquer is a Jesuit priest and Professor of Interreligious Dialogue in the Faculty of Theology of Catalonia in Barcelona. He holds a PhD in Islamic Studies from the Sorbonne; his thesis was on Jesus according to th…
Reviving the dead: Ibn 'Arabi as the Heir to Jesus [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:45
Stephen Hirtenstein has been editor of the Society's Journal for 30 years. He is co-founder and director of Anqa Publishing and author of The Unlimited Mercifier, a spiritual biography of Ibn 'Arabi. He has translated th…
Perception of Beauty and Ugliness According to Ruzbihan Baqli Shirazi [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 18:57
Dr. Kazuyo Murata is a lecturer in Islamic Studies at King's College London. Her ongoing work includes a study of the so-called jamal-parasti ("adoration of beauty") in the history of Sufism, also an investigation of the…