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Intimate Dialogues with Reality: the writings of Al-Niffari

Apr 30, 2016 14:00
October Gallery, 24 Old Gloucester St, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 3AL

 

A seminar and discussion facilitated by Michael Cohen

Little is known of the life of the 10th century mystic Muhammad Ibn ‘Abdi-‘l Jabbar al-Niffari. He was born in the marshlands of the Euphrates and remained a solitary wanderer all his life, shunning the company of others. His visionary insights, which he wrote down on scraps of paper, were only collected into book form after his death. In his Spiritual Addresses and Stayings can be found essential intuitions about the spiritual quest, expressed in extraordinarily direct yet subtle language. Compared with other mystical writings there are few time-bound cultural references in his work and this gives to the work of Niffari a very contemporary feel.

In this seminar we shall be reading and contemplating some of Niffari’s Spiritual Addresses in English translation, and exploring their relevance to us in the present moment.

Saturday 30th April
2–5 pm
October Gallery,
24 Old Gloucester Street
London WC1N 3AL

Cost: £7 (£5 students/concessions.) Pay at the door.

Space is limited so if you are coming please book at london@beshara.org
or ring Michael Cohen: 020 8300 7928

Michael Cohen encountered the work of Niffari in 1980 while studying at the Beshara School. He is a Trustee of the Beshara Trust and has co-facilitated several London events for the Trust, most recently some study-days on Ibn 'Arabi's Secrets of Voyaging.

Sponsored by The Beshara Trust

 

A seminar and discussion facilitated by Michael Cohen

Little is known of the life of the 10th century mystic Muhammad Ibn ‘Abdi-‘l Jabbar al-Niffari. He was born in the marshlands of the Euphrates and remained a solitary wanderer all his life, shunning the company of others. His visionary insights, which he wrote down on scraps of paper, were only collected into book form after his death. In his Spiritual Addresses and Stayings can be found essential intuitions about the spiritual quest, expressed in extraordinarily direct yet subtle language. Compared with other mystical writings there are few time-bound cultural references in his work and this gives to the work of Niffari a very contemporary feel.

In this seminar we shall be reading and contemplating some of Niffari’s Spiritual Addresses in English translation, and exploring their relevance to us in the present moment.

Saturday 30th April
2–5 pm
October Gallery,
24 Old Gloucester Street
London WC1N 3AL

Cost: £7 (£5 students/concessions.) Pay at the door.

Space is limited so if you are coming please book at london@beshara.org
or ring Michael Cohen: 020 8300 7928

Michael Cohen encountered the work of Niffari in 1980 while studying at the Beshara School. He is a Trustee of the Beshara Trust and has co-facilitated several London events for the Trust, most recently some study-days on Ibn 'Arabi's Secrets of Voyaging.

Sponsored by The Beshara Trust

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