Lux Esoterica (Nifiluz)

In the great desert cities of the medieval Islamic world — Baghdad, Cordoba, Cairo, Nishapur — there flourished a tradition of mystical practice so profound, so beautiful, and so radically centered on love that it transformed not just Islam but the spiritual vocabulary of the entire human race. It produced some of the greatest poetry ever written, some of the most sophisticated philosophical theology ever developed, and a vision of the relationship between the human soul and the Divine that still speaks directly to the deepest hunger of contemporary seekers. This is Sufism ( Tasawwuf in Arabic) — and it is, at its heart, a science of the heart. What is Sufism? Sufism is the mystical dimension of Islam — the tradition within Islamic spirituality that emphasizes direct, personal experience of the Divine rather than (or in addition to) external religious observance. Where conventional Islamic practice focuses on law ( Sharia ), theology ( Kalam ), and community duties, Sufism focuse...