Mysticisms from the Middle East


    Jewish Mysticism
  • Kabbalah Links
    http://www.kheper.net/topics/Kabbalah/Kabb_links.htm
    [A list of links to sites that present one or another aspect of Jewish mysticism.]
  • Hermetic Kabbalah
    http://digital-brilliance.com/kab/index.htm
    [Colin Low, who maintains this site, combines Jewish and non-Jewish resources. This reflects the longstanding practice of borrowing by others from the heritage of Judaism -- whether acknowledge or unacknowledged, whether with discernment or without understanding.]
  • Kabbalah, Mysticism, and Messianism Reading List
    http://shamash.org/lists/scj-faq/HTML/rl/mys-index.html
    [Strictly a reading list. Provided by the mega-site at shamash.org.]
  • Kabbalah Now
    http://kabbalahnow.indranet.com/
    [An interesting site that opens with these words: "Kabbalah, or received knowledge, is a method of perceiving the hidden aspects of the world according to the Jewish tradition. It is supposed to have been given to Moses on Mount Sinai, and to have been passed on, orally, until the time of the first Temple, the time of David. The first written accounts come from the first or second century, CE. So why study it now, in this age of technology? Are we not too advanced for such ancient ways?" Also refer to the Yahoo! Kabbalah directory in order to identify similar or contrasting sites.]

    Christian Mysticism

  • Shalom Place: Christian Spirituality Resources
    http://shalomplace.com/
    [Scholarly and interpretive writings by spiritual writer Philip St. Romain.]
  • Gregorian Chant Homepage
    http://www.music.princeton.edu/chant_html/index.html
    [A basic resource for a major aural component of traditional Christian spiritual life.]
  • Website of Unknowing
    http://www.anamchara.com
    [Creative work of a contributor to a modern or postmodern spirituality, Carl McColman.]
  • Inner Explorations
    http://www.innerexplorations.com/index.html
    [Jung and mystical Christianity.]
  • Monastic Orders and Monasteries
    http://www.religiousworlds.com/mystic/orders.html
    [Links to web resources and information concerning the Augustinians, Benedictines, Carmelists, Cistercians, Dominicans, Franciscans, Jesuits, and other Roman Catholic and Anglican religious orders. Also a small number of links to web sites for various monasteries. But also refer to links provided by the Catholic Mobile above.]
  • Selected Christian Sites
    http://www.religiousworlds.com/christian.html
    [Links to a representative range of Christian web sites.]
  • Thomas Merton
    http://www.religiousworlds.com/mystic/merton.html
    [Links to resources for study of one of the 20th century's most famous writers on Christian spirituality and mysticism.]

    Muslim or Islamic Mysticism

  • Islamic Mysticism: Sufism
    http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~elsegal/I_Transp/IO7_Sufism.html
    [Brief notes from the undergraduate course REL 201 at the University of Calgary.]
  • Islam and Islamic Studies Resources
    http://www.uga.edu/islam/
    [Web pages maintained by Professor Alan Godlas at the University of Georgia.]
  • Sufi Order Insternational
    http://www.sufiorder.org/
    [A Sufi organization that proceeds from the work of Pir Inayat Khan and is not restricted to Muslims.]
  • The Threshold Society
    http://www.sufism.org/
    ["The Threshold Society is a non-profit educational foundation with the purpose of facilitating the experience of Divine unity, love and wisdom in the world. The Society is the authorized representative for the Mevlevi Sufi tradition in North America, and offers training programs, seminars and retreats around the world. These are intended to provide a structure for practice and study within Sufism and spiritual psychology."]

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