by Jawid Mojaddedi
It is well known from both his own writings as well as his biographical tradition that the most important contemporary Sufi in Rumi’s eyes was his mentor, Shams-e Tabriz.
Archives 88 – Women on the Rooftop
by Safoura Nourbakhsh
Among other things, the hagiographies of Abu Sa’id shed some light on the segregation of the sexes in the Sufi lodges (khaneqahs)
Archives 88 – Sufi Practice and Contemporary Psychoanalysis
by Michele Rousseau
Fundamental to Sufism is the unity of all of creation. Traditionally, this has been referred to as absolute reality and absolute being.
Archives 88 – Boot Camp of Collapsing Forms
by Jan Shoemaker
It’s hard to keep your foothold in a world where structures are constantly collapsing, where boundaries erode and old forms fall away—from cells to civilizations.
Archives 88 – The Theatre of Peter Brook
by Joe Martin
CultureWatch: Making the “invisible visible” is one of a few simple ideas with huge ramifications upon which Peter Brook would build over the decades.
Andy Goldsworthy
Photo Essay: Shaking Hands with Nature
– Introduction by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Andy Goldsworthy makes sense-luscious sculptures entirely out of things he finds in nature—