Authors
Husayn Ilahi-Ghomshei
Dr. Hossein M. Elahi Ghomshei is a scholar, translator, editor, and writer who has worked extensively in the fields of Persian mysticism, literature and art. He graduated from the Faculty of Theology & Islamic Studies at Tehran University, and pursued Islamic traditional education with his father, Mehdi Elahi Ghomshei, and other contemporary masters of this field. Dr. Ghomshei contributed the essay “The Symphony of Rūmī” to the volume The Philosophy of Ecstasy: Rumi and the Sufi Tradition.
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Rabbi Isaac of Akko
Rabbi Isaac of Akko was a Kabbalist of the School of Segovia. He arrived in Spain, via Italy, in 1305 where he met with Rabbi Moses de Leon and learned from him the secrets of the composition of the Zohar. His writings include a Commentary on the Secrets of Rabbi Moses ben Nachman (Nachmanides) and a Commentary on the Sefer Yetzirah (Book of Creation). His contributions can be found in the World Wisdom book, Pray without Ceasing .
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Toshihiko Izutsu
Toshihiko Izutsu was Professor Emeritus at Keio University in Japan and an outstanding authority in the metaphysical and philosophical wisdom schools of Islamic Sufism, Hindu Advaita Vedanta, Mahayana Buddhism (particularly Zen), and Philosophical Taoism. Dr. Izutsu’s essay “Creation According to Ibn ‘Arabî” is one of those included in the anthology Seeing God Everywhere: Essays on Nature and the Sacred .
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