MindMatters: Ibn Arabi, the Unlimited Mercifier: Interview with Stephen Hirtenstein
June 3, 20201h 46m
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Show Notes
For many in the West, their first encounter with the 13th-century sufi mystic Ibn Arabi will be in the Turkish drama Resurrection: Ertugrul, available on Netflix and YouTube, where he is portrayed as a wandering spiritual master and adviser, always ready to dispense with the perfect wisdom in any given situation. But who was Ibn Arabi in real life? And why is he called the "Greatest Master"? Today on MindMatters, we interview Stephen Hirtenstein, editor of the Journal of the Ibn Arabi...