Meccan Revelations

In which we read كِتَابُ الفُتُوحَاتِ المَكِّيَّة by أبو عبد الله محـمـد بن عربي الطائي الحاتمي.


        



Part 1

In which Edward begins reading كِتَابُ الفُتُوحَاتِ المَكِّيَّة by أبو عبد الله محـمـد بن عربي الطائي الحاتمي.

Part 2

Once upon a time in an oasis of civilized diversity sandwiched between a crusade and a Mongol horde...



Part 3

In which Edward, or maybe Gwydion, has a little wine and reads some Hafiz.

Part 4

In which Gwydion attempts to set intellect aside and has a cup of coffee.



Part 5

In which Gwydion joins the Cult of Emperor Akbar.

Part 6

In which Gwydion invokes BT and finishes reading the introduction.



Part 7

Muhammadan Christ-Consciousness Theomorphism-Reality, and Rick Sanchez.

Part 8

Temporally originated Gwydion expounds upon the eternal existent, with a little help from Ibn Arabi.



Part 9

Gwydion reads some light dancing in the Dust.


Part 10

Gwydion reads about the seven ancient planets according to Sufism, then responds to a heckler.



Part 11

In which Pymander gets in touch with his inner Zensunni Wanderer... Dune, anyone? It makes more sense if you've read the prequels.

Part 12

In which BT and psychedelic stereo instructions become sweet lovers.





Part 13

In which Edward has a coffee and Pymander has a cameo appearance.

Part 14

In which Gwydion feebly attempts to use a green screen.



Part 15

In which BT becomes The Floating Egghead of the West.



Part 16

In which Edward compares and contrasts the Mahdi, from the Islamic apocalypse prophecy, and Paul "Muad'dib" Atreides, from Frank Herbert's "Dune."



Part 17

In which BT proclaims the dawning of a new era for Chicken Philosophers.



Part 18

In which Gwydion becomes one of Mahdi's little helpers, and I don't mean the pill. It's a... Stones reference. Never mind.



Part 19

In which Edward goes panning for psychedelic fool's gold on the river banks of Sharia law.

Part 20

In which Jim Morrison makes a cameo.





Part 21

Kyle MacLachlan, hippies on acid, 19th century apocalypse nuts, and you.

Part 22

The Islamic Messiah, Danny Elfman, and Our Lady of Shillong, Meghalaya.



Part 23

In which BT suspends the ol' post-WW1 disbelief.

Part 24

In which Gwydion finishes the part about The Helpers of the Mahdi.



Part 25

In which Michel Chodkiewicz demonstrates 400 ways to use the word "eschatological" in a sentence.

Part 26

In which Ibn Arabi talks about the Four Rivers and the Garden of Eden.




Part 27

In which Ibn Arabi explains about dying without dying so that when you do die... you don't really die.

Part 28

In which Ibn Arabi goes full Vedanta.





Part 29

In which BT suddenly finds himself ritually impure in Baghdad... again.

Part 30

In which Ibn Arabi celebrates religious diversity centuries before it was cool.



Part 31

In which Ibn Arabi comments on the commentaries of the common folk.


Part 32

In which Ibn Arabi looks God straight in the eye and says, "Let's play Master & Servant."



Part 33

In which Sufi Saints outgrow their Servanthood phase.


Part 34

In which the landlord's dog barks incessantly for the first fourteen and a half minutes.



Part 35

In which BT dons a yellow sari and dances to welcome Spring (in November).

Part 36

In which Gwydion just isn't feeling it.



Part 37

In which Edward wears a headband, and Ibn Arabi talks about Jesus.

Part 38

The one where BT goes on about rainbows, and Jesus didn't really die.



Part 39

The one where Ibn Arabi talks about the least effective method of contraception, and Gwydion reminisces about invoking Thoth and tripping out at the mall.

Part 40

In which Edward reluctantly euthanizes Santa Claus.



Part 41

In which Ibn Arabi goes full Vedanta (again).

Part 42

In which Ibn Arabi and Aldous Huxley on mescaline are on the same page.



Part 43

In which BT, Hafiz, and a Buddhist happiness-demon are all on the same page.

Part 44

In which BT and Ibn Arabi visit The Chocolate Factory (if you know what I mean).



Part 45

In which Ibn Arabi's friend's teacher pretends to be a eunuch.




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