Sensation of Eternity - Selected Writings of Ivan Aguéli contains articles by Ivan Aguéli from L'Initiation, Il Convito, La Gnose, and L’Encyclopedie Contemporaine Illustrée. Spanning the period 1902-1913, it touches upon a wide range of topics, such as: Islam, Sufism, Feminism, and contemporary art. The articles featured are:
Notes on Islam (1902)
Feminism (1904)
Pages dedicated to Mercury (incl. Pure Art) (1911)
Pages dedicated to the Sun (1911)
Universality in Islam (1911)
Islam and Anthropomorphic Religions (1911)
Al Malamatiyyah (1911)
On the principles of Architecture and Sculpturing (1912)
The 29th Exhibition of Le Salon des Independantes (1913)
La Section d’Or – the Exhibition at Gallery La Boétie (1913)
On Western Art
On Europeans and Muslims
Statutes of Al Akbariyyah
Note in English
Background:
Ivan Aguéli or Shaykh Abdul Hâdi Aqhîli (1869-1917) was a Swedish Sufi and artist who was a pioneer in the introduction of Sufism to the West. Born in the small Swedish town of Sala in 1869, Aguéli moved to Paris in his youth where he converted to Islam in 1898.
Travelling to Ceylon and India, Aguéli finally settled in Egypt in 1902 where he was initiated into the Shadiliyyah Sufi order by the renowned Shaykh Elish el Kabir. Returning to Europe in 1909 as Elish's representative, he began teaching the universalist Sufi doctrine of Muhyeddin Ibn Arabi.
In 1910 Aguéli moved back to Paris where he learnt to know the young editor René Guénon. Becoming good friends, Aguéli received Guénon into Islam and Sufism in 1911. Shortly after, Aguéli departed for Sweden and the two never met again. During the First World War, Aguéli was exiled from Egypt to Spain, where he perished under tragic circumstances.
About the Author
Ivan Aguéli, also named Shaykh ʿAbd al-Hādī al-ʿAqīlī upon his conversion to Islam, was a Swedish wandering Sufi, painter and author. As a devotee of Ibn Arabi, his metaphysics applied to the study of Islamic esotericism and its similarities with other esoteric traditions of the world.
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