A Night’s Ascension Into Enchantment
The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization, and, above all, by the ‘disenchantment of the world.’...
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alihuss
- Nov 7, 2022
- 4 min
"The saga will end, the story lives forever": Star Wars and the Journey of Tradition
I need someone to show me my place in all of this - Rey, The Last Jedi Trust in The Force. Do not return to the Temple…that time has...
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alihuss
- Nov 7, 2022
- 3 min
The Metaphysics Of Fasting: Annihilation And Subsistence
Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (d. 1111), the famed Muslim polymath delineates, like many Muslim sages before and after him, various degrees...
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alihuss
- Aug 7, 2022
- 6 min
ON ʿĀSHŪRĀʾ, FASTING, SADNESS AND JOY
Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim, "And indeed, He is the One who makes to laugh and cry" (53:43) "Their sides turn away from their beds...
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alihuss
- Jun 9, 2021
- 5 min
Ghost of Tsushima: The Guiding Wind of Tradition
Stillness in one's mind A lone pebble alters fate Rising from the depths From the first moment that you step onto the battlefield against...
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alihuss
- Apr 3, 2021
- 4 min
Clipboard Islam: Modern Religiosity and the Aesthetic Thirst
My dear friend Ismail Alattas, a recent doctoral graduate in history/anthropology of Islam and professor of Islamic studies at New York...
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alihuss
- Apr 1, 2021
- 5 min
“Not a Penny in my Pocket!”: De-cultured Religiosity and Death of Spirituality
A powerful epiphany descended upon me today while attending a local jet-ski show named Livin’ the American Dream! … the band Pilot, whose...
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alihuss
- Mar 31, 2021
- 4 min
The Eternal Art of Pilgrimage: Finding Meaning from Mecca to the Louvre
At the Mountain of Arafat, I came to know (ʿaraftu) the One you desire, So I was not of the patient ones - Ibn al-Arabi I would like to...
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alihuss
- Mar 29, 2021
- 4 min
Sufism and Creativity: Finding your inner Christ
The contributions of the 12th century Muslim mystic, Ibn al-Arabi, to Sufism specifically, Islam and humanity more generally are...
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alihuss
- Mar 27, 2021
- 4 min
Art in Diaspora
Growing up across the East and West, I always felt intuitively that distinct cultures exhibit different aspects of the transcendent...
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alihuss
- Mar 26, 2021
- 4 min
The Medium: Light, Darkness and the Redemption in-between
"Even in darkness, there is light!" - Marianne, The Medium The last horror game I played, for quite some time, was Resident Evil IV on...
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alihuss
- Mar 26, 2021
- 4 min
Quantum Break: The Illusion of Time and Knowledge of Self
I first heard of Remedy Entertainment's Quantum Break in 2013, at E3. I had already played this company’s previous masterpiece Max Payne...
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alihuss
- Mar 25, 2021
- 4 min
Art in Memoirs: Setting Forth
What is the role of language in expressing what artistic inspiration and the creative state seek to achieve? Can human speech even allude...
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alihuss
- Mar 25, 2021
- 4 min
The Last Guardian: The Giant Power of Love
I have never played a video game that so impeccably conveys the organic and messy movement of life like The Last Guardian. Between the...
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alihuss
- Oct 1, 2019
- 5 min
Spirituality of a Modern Myth: Star Lores, Wars and Adore!
What possesses us when it comes to a contemporary cultural phenomenon such as Star Wars? Is it the revolutionary action sequences and...
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alihuss
- Sep 26, 2019
- 4 min
Sufism and Creativity: Finding Your Inner Christ
The contributions of the 12th century Muslim mystic, Muhyi al-Din Ibn al-'Arabi, to Sufism specifically, Islam and humanity more...
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