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Acknowledgements ix
1 Setting the scene 1
Sixties Britain as historical context 2
Sufism and sufi spirituality in the modern West 8
Beshara as a movement of sufi spirituality 10
Introducing Ibn 'Arabi and the Oneness of Being 14
Concerning methodology, data collection and sources 18
2 Emergence and history 23
Rauf in London: a chance meeting? 23
Coalescence: the establishment of a spiritual centre 28
Reorientations 32
Emergence, consolidation and expansion of the Beshara movement 35
3 Spiritual education: texts and contexts 45
Study texts in English 45
Inside the School of Intensive Esoteric Education 54
4 Bulent Rauf as guiding figure 69
Origins 69
Approach as adviser and guide 81
Legacy 91
5 The Beshara perspective and the teaching of Ibn 'Arabi 97
Why Ibn Arabi? 98
Ibn 'Arabi's metaphysics as exposition of Absolute Truth 99
Ibn 'Arabi's teaching as universal 102
A direct personal message 104
The spiritual evolution of man 107
Preparing for the Second Coming of Christ 116
The Second Coming as new age: 'universality' and global unity 122
6 The spiritual life: culture and practice 135
The end of religions and spiritual orders: a direct realisation of Truth 135
Spiritual practices: origins and adaptations 141
Islamic-sufi forms and interior realities 151
The cult of saints 156
An Uwaysi culture? 164
7 Projecting Ibn 'Arabi for today's world 171
Beshara and Ibn 'Arabi 171
Avenues of engagement: bringing Ibn 'Arabi into the wider culture 173
Scholarly dissemination: the Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi Society, Beshara and 'sufi academia' 177
Ibn'Arabi and his readers: spirituality for the elite? 184
Ibn 'Arabi(re-)constructed? 188
8 Beshara and Sufism in the modern world l95
Situating Beshara 195
Sufism and the shifting of the West 207
Modern Muslims, spiritual seekers and sufism 214
Epilogue 233
Notes 241
Appendices
1 Sufism and sufi spirituality in the West: a working typology 405
2 The life and thought of Ibn 'Arabi: recommended reading 406
3 A Beshara study session: Bosnevi's Commentary on the Fusus al-Hikam 408
4 A Beshara dhikr 415
5 Life stories 417
Select bibliography 451
Index 470
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