Yousef Casewit Makes the Crossing
We let the tape roll and further explore the reaches of Ibn Barrajān's thought-world. Things get metaphysical, then political, and then metaphysico-political.
Oddcast Episodes Themed "Ibn ʿArabī"
Crossing Over to the Unseen: Yousef Casewit on Ibn Barrajān
We are joined by Yousef Casewit to discuss one of the lesser-known spiritual masters of the Andalusian tradition, Ibn Barrajān. We explore his life, times, and writings, his extraordinary spiritual practice of ‘crossing over’ into the unseen, and his disquietingly-accurate prediction of the Muslim reconquest of Jerusalem.
Noah Gardiner on Aḥmad al-Būnī and Islamicate Lettrism
We introduce Aḥmad al-Būnī, master sūfī and alphanumeric speculator, but most famous in the Islamicate world as an authority on magic. We sift the wheat from the chaff and get to the bottom of who al-Būnī was, what he really wrote, and what kind of reception he has had, both within and outside of Islam.
