Al-Hallaj, The Sophic Hydrolith, Sister Consolata, Imam Ali and Bayazid al-Bistami: On Silence
Photo: Ottoman Jerusalem, Palestine; 1900.
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Speaking tongues are the destruction of hearts.
(Al-Hallaj)
He who has the good, enjoys it in silence.
(The Sophic Hydrolith)
The greatest number of failings in a community - experience has taught me this- come from breaking the rule of silence.
(Sister Consolata)
Fear your tongue: it is an arrow that misses the mark.
The tongue is a savage beast: leave it free, and it will wound you.
(Imam Ali)
All this talk and turmoil and noise and movement and desire is outside of the veil; within the veil is silence and calm and rest.
(Bayazid al-Bistami)
(Al-Hallaj)
He who has the good, enjoys it in silence.
(The Sophic Hydrolith)
The greatest number of failings in a community - experience has taught me this- come from breaking the rule of silence.
(Sister Consolata)
Fear your tongue: it is an arrow that misses the mark.
The tongue is a savage beast: leave it free, and it will wound you.
(Imam Ali)
All this talk and turmoil and noise and movement and desire is outside of the veil; within the veil is silence and calm and rest.
(Bayazid al-Bistami)
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'Alchemy: Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul'
By Titus Burckhardt (Author), William Stoddart (Translator)
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Spiritual attainment has frequently been described as a transformation whereby a human's leaden, dull nature is returned to its golden state. This wonderfully insightful volume introduces some of the metaphors useful for establishing attitudes required for the soul's advancement: trust, confidence, hope, and detachment. It is a reminder that when any substance or entity undergoes dissolution, it must eventually be resolved or re-crystalized in a new, possibly higher and more noble form.
TITUS BURCKHARDT, a German Swiss, was born in Florence in 1908 and died in Lausanne in 1984. An eminent member of the perennialist school, he is perhaps best known to the general public as an art historian. He won much acclaim for producing and publishing the first successful full-scale facsimiles of the Book of Kells, a copy of which he presented to Pope Pius XII at his summer residence at Castel Gandolfo. He later acted as a specialist advisor to UNESCO, with particular reference to the preservation of the unique architectural heritage of Fez. Besides his studies in Islamic art, mysticism, and culture, such as Introduction to Sufi Doctrine, Fez: City of Islam, and Moorish Culture in Spain, his best known works are: Sacred Art in East and West, Siena: City of the Virgin, Chartres and the Birth of the Cathedral, and Alchemy: Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul. Two notable compendiums of his work have also been published: Mirror of the Intellect: Essays on Traditional Science and Sacred Art and The Essential Titus Burckhardt: Reflections on Sacred Art, Faiths, and Civilizations, both translated and edited by William Stoddart.
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