This unique portrait of the great Andalusian mystic uses his own writings to tell the story of his life and teachings. Chapters of biography are interwoven with chapters portraying the central elements of his thought and are supplemented with photographs and maps.

"An important contribution . . . a clear, full, and unusually comprehensible account of a thinker who is notoriously difficult to translate."  —Ralph Austin

Stephen Hirtenstein is editor of the Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi Society Journal and the co-founder of Anqa Publishing. He has been studying the works of Ibn 'Arabi since 1973.