Discovering Unity
February 27 – April 10, 2018
A 7-week online course exploring human consciousness and meaning.
Course Description
An online discovering unity course for those who are unable to easily attend the courses in Turkey.
- Weekly online meetings on Tuesdays 8pm – 10pm (Turkish time) for 2 hours using Zoom.
- Zoom is free to join – participants will need to download the Zoom App to participate.
- Course material will be shared as PDF files each week to be studied together.
- 6–12 places only.
Booking & Fees
Cost:
£100, including 2 nights in Yalova, Turkey
Booking:
Contact Beshara Turkey on Facebook or Azim Looker – azimlooker@hotmail.com
Restoring the Broken Order
Learning from Ibn ‘Arabi
Saturday 20th April 2024
14:00–17:00 BST
The October Gallery, London
An exploratory seminar on some themes from the Wisdom of Breathing Out in the Word of Seth, the second chapter of Ibn ‘Arabi’s Fusus al-Hikam (The Ringstones of Wisdom).
Love and Knowledge in the Light of Unity | the Direct Path
A Beshara Foundation Course
Introductory weekend at Sutton Courtenay Abbey, Oxfordshire
16th – 18th February 2024
(Zoom attendance also available)
10 x fortnightly online sessions
29th February – 4th July 2024
Thursday evenings, 19:00–20:30 GMT/BST
This is a new foundational course in esoteric education that provides a full introduction to the principles of Beshara in terms of both knowledge and practice. Taking the metaphysics of Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi as a starting point, the course explores what it means to understand oneself and the world in the light of unity.
Contact: besharacourses3@beshara.org
The Alchemy of Human Happiness: Online Study Group
Weekly from late January 2024
Saturdays 13:30–15:30 GMT online via Zoom
An opportunity to study and explore a recent translation of an influential work of Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi.
This group is now full. If you would like to be added to a waiting list for a possible new group, please contact london@beshara.org
Addresses by Bülent Rauf
Weekly from 16th January 2024
Tuesdays: 21:00–22:00 GMT
An online study and reading of Address by Bülent Rauf. This is an existing group with a limited number of places. New participants are very welcome.
Contact: Yafiah Katherine Randall
yafiahkatherine@gmail.com
Nestled in the Womb of God
Hindu-Muslim comparative inquiry
9th December 2023
14:00–17:00 GMT
The October Gallery, London
A seminar by Hina Khalid
This seminar ventures into the relatively unexplored terrain of a Hindu-Muslim comparative inquiry into the intimate presence of the divine reality to the finite world. It offers a comparative analysis of the conception of the infinite in the worldviews of two major philosopher-poets of the Indian subcontinent – Muhammad Iqbal (1877-1938) and Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941).
Work by James Suzman: A Discussion
The history of work from the stone age to the age of robots
Sunday 3rd December 2023
15:00–16:30 GMT via Zoom
A chance to discuss the topic of Work as discussed by James Suzman in a book recently reviewed in Beshara Magazine.
“It is rather hearts, clinging to the door of the Divine Presence”
Learning from Ibn ‘Arabi
4th November 2023
14:00–17:00 GMT
The October Gallery, London
A talk and seminar by Eric Winkel
Mystic, philosopher, poet, sage, Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi (1165–1240) was one of the world’s great spiritual teachers. Since 2012, Dr Eric Winkel has dedicated his life to the first-ever translation of and commentary on the entirety of Ibn Arabī’s al-Futūḥāt al-Makkīyah (The Openings Revealed in Makkah). Ten thousand pages of the original handwritten manuscript make up 37 books of the complete work. In this seminar, he will discuss Ibn ‘Arabi’s seminal work and its significance for us now.
Drowning in the depths of Rumi’s Masnavi
‘You are not a single you, o good comrade; nay, you are the sky and the deep sea’ – Rumi
30th October – 27th November 2023
Weekly Zoom sessions
19:00–20:30 GMT
This course is an opportunity to study and explore some of Rumi’s main spiritual teachings from the Masnavi, which is considered to be his masterpiece.
How Rumi Opens the Eye of the Heart
14th October 2023
14:00–17:00 BST
The October Gallery, London
A talk and seminar by Alan Williams
The 13th century Masnavi of Jalāloddin Rumi is not a story book, yet, like the Bible and the Quran, it is full of stories. What are the secrets the Masnavi reveals? They may be summed up in the phrase ‘the opening of the eye of the heart’. The primary question of this lecture is: how does the Masnavi effect the opening of the heart?
The Mysticism and Spirituality of St. John of the Cross
2 online series of 3 Meditation Workshops
30th September, 28th October, 26th November
Saturdays, 10:00–12.30 BST/GMT
and
October 12th, November 9th, December 7th
Thursdays, 17:00–19.30 BST/GMT
Two poems by St. John of the Cross, The Dark Night and The Spiritual Canticle, will form the basis of our meditation.
Exploring the meaning of ‘Know Yourself’ according to five wisdom traditions
27th September – 6th December 2023
Fortnightly Zoom sessions
19:00–20:30 BST/GMT
This course offers the opportunity to reflect on the meaning of what it is to Know Yourself in the mirror of five Ancient Wisdom traditions and to explore their relevance to each of us and to the current modern era.
This course is now full. If you would like to join a waiting list for the next one, please contact admin@beshara.org
Ibn ‘Arabi and the Ecological Crisis: a Merciful Nemesis? Revisited
September 16th, 2023 (14:00–17:00 BST)
The October Gallery, London
A talk by Peter Coates about the ecological crisis and its deeper significance.