Podcast episode

October 9, 2026

Episode 222: The Struggle for Esoteric Authority in Early Islām: The Shī‘a and the Ghulāt

Bibliographies to follow on Monday

 

 

Themes

Demiurgy, Divine Double, Druze, Esoteric Hermeneutics, Ghulāt, Gnosticism, Islamic Esotericism, Kaisaniyya, Metempsychosis, Shi‘ī Esotericism