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| | Encyclopedia: Sufi |
 | | The Sufi cosmology is not a uniform and coherent doctrine. | | | Sufis believe that their teachings are the essence of every religion, and indeed of the evolution of humanity as a whole. | | | Although philosophies vary between different Sufi sects, Sufism as a whole is primarily concerned with direct personal experience, and as such is often compared to Zen Buddhism and Gnosticism. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Sufi
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| | A Journey To The Truth |
| | Although there is no consensus with regard to Sufi cosmology, one can disentangle various threads that led to the crystallization of more or less coherent mythic cosmological doctrines. | | | However, some of the modern non-Islamic and liberal Sufi movements do things which are beyond the pale of traditional Islam, and that has caused differences of opinions inside Islam itself. | | | On the other hand, it is surrounded by another realm known as Alam-e-Araf or Barzakh (Astral plane), where humans stay after they die (when the connection of soul breaks with the physical body). |
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http://www.ajourneytothetruth.com/Sufism.htm
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| | Sufi - definition of Sufi in Encyclopedia |
| | The Sufi cosmology is not a uniform and coherent doctrine. | | | Sufis believe that their teachings are the essence of every religion, and indeed of the evolution of humanity as a whole. | | | Although philosophies vary between different Sufi sects, Sufism as a whole is primarily concerned with direct personal experience, and as such is often compared to Zen Buddhism and Gnosticism. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Sufi
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| | Sufism Journal: Sufism Bookstore |
| | Here Islamic religion scholar Henry Corbin relates Islamic mysticism to mystical thought in the West, comparing Shakespeare's cosmology in such works as HAMLET and THE TEMPEST to the Sufi's imaginal "place of souls". | | | Ingram: Sufism, the name given to Islamic mysticism, has been the subject of many studies, but the orders through the organizational aspect of the Sufi spirit was expressed has been neglected. | | | A good introduction to Islamic history is hard to find, and readers interested in the world's second-largest religion can rejoice at finding this one....A particular virtue of the book is its extension of Islmaic history into the present day, with articles focusing on colonialism, American and European Muslims and 20th-century Islamic revivalism. |
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http://sufismjournal.org/bookstore/bookstore.html
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| | IslamOnline - Contemporary Section |
| | The recent special issue on ‘Islam and Science’ of the prestigious journal Islamic Studies, for example, is devoted almost exclusively to the notions of time and space in mystical thought, the cosmology of certain Sufi groups, mystical principles in natural theology and other similar topics. | | | The issue is guest edited by Muzaffar Iqbal, a Pakistani mystical (al)chemist, who has recently established a Centre for Islam and Science, in Sherwood Park, Canada. | | | Iqbal’s institution, supported by the Berkeley based Centre for Theology and Natural Sciences, exclusively promotes Nasr and his accolades. |
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http://www.islamonline.net/english/Contemporary/2002/05/Article21.shtml
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| | The Radha Soami (Sant Mat) doctrine of chakras |
| | The Indian yogi Huzur Swamiji Maharaj (Seth Shiv Dayal Singh) (1818-1878) drew from Tantric, Hindu, Sikh, and Sufi traditions to formulate his own cosmology and spiritual path. | | | Later his teachings were to form the basis of a new religion, called Sant Mat ("Teaching of the Saints") or Radha Soami ("Lord of the Soul"), which currently has several million followers in Northern India. | | | The Radha Soami (Sant Mat) doctrine of chakras |
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http://www.kheper.net/topics/chakras/chakras-SantMat.htm
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| | HOME ALONE |
| | Here Islamic religion scholar Henry Corbin relates Islamic mysticism to mystical thought in the West, comparing Shakespeare's implied cosmology in such works as HAMLET and THE TEMPEST to the Sufi's imaginal realm or "place of souls." | | | Through the richness of his personal experience and the constructive power of his intellect, he made a unique contribution to Shi'ite Sufism. | | | This work, incorporating previously unpublished interviews and articles, retraces the quest of Henry Corbin into the imaginal realm of the unseen real, the domains of angels and numinous beings. |
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http://victorian.fortunecity.com/lion/488/cor.html
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| | Sufism - Free Encyclopedia |
| | Although there is no consent with regard to Sufi cosmology, one can disentangle various threads that led to the crystallization of more or less coherent mythic cosmological doctrines. | | | (Add links & info to other orders: such as Bektashi, Nimatalahi, Quaddiri, Rufi, Noori,... |
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http://www.wacklepedia.com/s/su/sufism.html
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