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Index
Title Page
Copyright Page
CONTENTS
Introduction
PART ONE: BASIC CONCEPTS
1: An Outline of Sufism
2: The Sufi Doctrine of the Nafs —A Detailed Exposition
3: The Practice of Remembrance (Dhikr)
PART TWO: THE SCIENCE OF SPIRITUAL STATES
A Paraphrase of William Blake
Preface to Part Two
4: Gathering (Jam‘) and Dispersion (Tafriqah)
5: Expansion (Bast) and Contraction (Qabd)
6: Fluctuation (Talwin) and Stability (Tamkin)
7: Intoxication (Sukr) and Sobriety (Sahw)
8: Intimacy (Uns) and Awe (Haybat)
9: Absence (Ghaybat) and Presence (Hudur)
10: Annihilation (Fana’) and Subsistence (Baqa’)
Afterword: The Shame of States; the Shame of Talking
Appendix I: The Dangers of the Strictly Intellectual Approach to the Spiritual Path
Appendix II: The Vulnerabilities and Duties of “Civic Sufism”
Bibliography
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