From the Forward:
"'The Wind of the Spirit,' that is blowing over the
world, tumultuous, cold and biting as it seems to our sensitive lives, is
nevertheless the 'Wind of the Spirit'" --this is the theme of an address given
by Gottfried de Purucker in 1940 and used as the title and opening chapter of
the present book. He urges us to penetrate appearances and discern the eternal
beyond the temporal, for...
For the first time in the history of Orientals’, a thorough study of ibn al- 'Arabi's thought is now available. William Chittick has given us a translation of numerous passages from the work of the Magister Magnus and placed them in their theological context, thus removing many misunderstandings that have prevailed both among Muslim and in the West when interpreting ibn al-Arabi's mystical worldview. Chittick has done this with admirable clarity, and his book will always remain a most...