The Alchemy of Human Happiness

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Ibn Arabi, Stephen Hirtenstein (tr.) Paperback 9781905937592 Chapter 167 of Ibn Arabi's Meccan Illuminations In this first English translation of a core chapter from the famous Mec can Illuminations (al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya), Ibn Arabi comprehensively summarises all his major teachings on human perfectibility and true happiness. Using the imagery of alchemy and ascension, he gives the reader an extraordinary insight into the spiritual journey by contrasting two ways of acquiring knowledge: the rational and the mystical. Show more