Enacting Mysticism in the World: Practical Sufism in the Tariqa Karkariyya and Alawiyya
Religions January 22, 2025 John C. Thibdeau
In this article, I will touch on the ethical and moral possibilities of mysticism. On the one hand, I discuss the kinds of ethical work required to open and cultivate experiences of the divine. On the other hand, I look at how those experiences of the divine create new opportunities for kinds of ethical relationships to oneself, to others, and to the divine. In doing so, I connect the practices...