The Horizons of Islamic Mysticism
by
Mohammad Fanaei Eshkevari,
Imam Khomeini Educational and Research Institute, Iran, Qom, 2023
This book has three parts and fifteen chapters in 813 pages.
First part: The philosophy of mysticism
First chapter: Islamic mysticism; What it is, its Dimensions and History
Second chapter: Religious Experience
Third chapter: Mystical Experience and Inner Intuition
Fourth chapter: Mysticism and Religion
Fifth chapter: Mysticism and Reason
Second part: Theoretical mysticism
Sixth chapter: The Philosophy of Theoretical Mysticism
Seventh chapter: Mystical Ontology (examination of the theory of personal unity of existence)
Eighth chapter: Mystical Theology
Ninth chapter: Mystical Cosmology (Manifestation and Emergence)
Tenth chapter: Mystical Anthropology
The third part: practical mysticism
Chapter 11: Philosophy of Practical Mysticism
Chapter 12: Mystical Knowledge of Self
Chapter 13: The Pillars of Solook
Chapter 14: Stages of Solook
Chapter 15: Positions of Solook
Despite the valuable works in the field of Islamic mysticism, what made the author to write this work is to provide a text that is comprehensive to some extent and includes various aspects of Islamic mysticism; Secondly, to provide a rational explanation compatible with Islamic teachings of the principles of Islamic mysticism; Thirdly, to discuss mystical topics as much as possible in today’s understandable language and referring to common discussions in the field of mysticism in the contemporary world; Fourthly, its discussions should aim at dispelling doubts and misunderstandings about mysticism and criticizing rival mystical and pseudo-mystical currents.