What is a well-integrated spirituality? The practical wisdom of Ibn ʿArabī

September 12, 2018 (6.30pm)

Venue: Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts (SMSA), 280 Pitt St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

Event Description

A talk by Jane Clark exploring some of the practical implications of Muhyiddin Ibn ʿArabī’s teaching, and asking how can we integrate these into our lives in the 21st century?

Presented by Beshara Australia. Free. All welcome. Refreshments provided.

For further information, please contact:
Anne Tierney
Tel: +61 (0) 431 607 528
anloti@optusnet.com.au

Course / Event location

Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts (SMSA), 280 Pitt St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

A mosaic artwork depicting the original Kulin clans of the Melbourne region, i.e. the Aboriginal or First Nations People of Australia. The mosaic is inset on the ground near an ancient, sacred tree in the inner metro suburb of St Kilda.

Fusus al-Hikam Study

Weekly on Sundays from 12th October 2025
13:00 – 14:30 PDT   (21:00 – 22:30 GMT)
Duration: approx. 9 weeks

US-based online group studying the Chapter on Seth from the Fusus al-Hikam by Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi, translated by Jane Clark, Stephen Hirtenstein and Cecilia Twinch.

Note: This is an existing group with a few spaces for new participants.

Contact: Maren Gleason, marengleason@gmail.com

Kernel of the Kernel

Thursdays from 24th February 2022
16:00 – 17:30 Pacific Standard Time

Fridays from 25th February 2022
10:00 – 11:30 Australian Eastern Standard Time

 

A study of Ismail Hakki Bursevi’s translation of Ibn ‘Arabi’s exceptional treatise for those who undertake the journey with the aim of Union. All are welcome.

Contact: Mark Danley at markdanleyb@gmail.com

The Chisholme Institute

Discovering Unity: weekend retreat

8 – 10 September 2017
Chisholme Institute, Scottish Borders, UK

Explore your deeper questions with others during a weekend of group study, discussion and conversation.

Prof. George Pattison

The Beshara Lecture 2017: Nothingness and Gratitude

July 22, 2017  (3pm)
St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation & Peace, London, UK

Speaker: George Pattison, 1640 Chair of Divinity, University of Glasgow.

What is the single most important point that must be understood by a person who wants to know?

April 8 & 22, May 13 & 27
June 10 & 24, July 8
(11am – 1pm)
The Salisbury Centre, Edinburgh, UK

A series of themed explorations on the Way of Love

William James

In Defence of Mysticism: William James and Ibn ‘Arabi

June 17, 2017   (2–5pm)
The October Gallery, London, UK

A talk/seminar by Peter Coates investigating the parallels between the writings of William James and the vision of Ibn ‘Arabi.

Embracing the Opposites

October 21-29, 2017
Senopati, Jakarta

A 9-day study of the Fusus al-Hikam (Bezels of Wisdom) by Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi.

Ibn ‘Arabi Study Retreat: Prostration and Praise

August 5 – 12, 2017
Chisholme Institute, Scottish Borders, UK

Servanthood as the ultimate affirmation of the unity of being.

Silence and Study reading week: Jethro

March 2 – 9, 2019
Chisholme Institute, Scottish Borders, UK

A week of group study of The Wisdom of the Heart in the Word of Jethro, a chapter from Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi’s Fusus al-Hikam (The Bezels of Wisdom)

The Transformative Power of Beauty: Joseph and the Myth of Reconciliation

14th March, 2021
16:00 – 17:30 GMT

An online seminar exploring the Joseph myth. Joseph is understood as one of a community of prophetic figures, whose story emerges as the epic and emblematic story of divine knowledge revealed to humanity. The centrepiece here is beauty, and the focus of the presentation will be on beauty and its intimate relation to truth.

Registration via Eventbrite

Avalon art song

The Nightingale in the Garden of Love

Saturday 11th April 2026
14:00–17:00 BST
The October Gallery, London

Contemplative reading of the spiritual poems of one of the greatest Ottoman Sufi masters, Mehmed Muhyīddīn Üftade (1490-1580).

Contact: Michael Cohen  london@beshara.org

The Perennial Wisdom in Everyday Life

September 20 – 24, 2017
Chisholme Institute, Scottish Borders, UK

A four day seminar with Colin Tudge (The College for Real Farming and Food Culture) exploring the theory and practice of food production for now and the future.