Seek Knowledge

Explores various facets of the Islamic search for knowledge, with essays on aspects of Thought or Travel. Section One THOUGHT; Chapter 1 THE MYSTERIES OF ISLAM; Chapter 2 FOREIGN INFLUENCES AND RECURRING ISM?‘?L? MOTIFS IN THE RAS?‘IL OF THE BRETHREN OF PURITY; Chapter 3 THE NEOPLATONIC SUBSTRATE OF SUHRAWARD?‘S PHILOSOPHY OF ILLUMINATION; Chapter 4 THEOPHANY AS PARADOX; Chapter 5 THE BREATH OF FELICITY; Section Two TRAVEL; Chapter 6 IBN JUBAYR; Chapter 7 MYTH, MIRACLE AND MAGIC IN THE RI?LA OF IBN BA????A; Chapter 8 ARABIA AND THE PILGRIM PARADIGM OF IBN BA????A; Chapter 9 BASIC STRUCTURES AND SIGNS OF ALIENATION IN THE RI?LA OF IBN JUBAYR; Chapter 10 TOURIST ADAB AND CAIRENE ARCHITECTURE Index;