Quest for the Red Sulphur - The Life of Ibn 'Arabi

Title: Quest for the Red Sulphur - The Life of Ibn 'Arabi
Author: Claude Addas (Author)/Peter Kingsley (Translator)
ISBN: 9780946621453
Publishing House: The Islamic Texts Society (UK)

"Distinguished by its meticulous care for details and full of trustworthy information taken from manuscripts and printed sources . . . more than a translation." —Journal of Islamic Studies
"The first serious biography of the most influential figure in the history of Islamic mysticism. It is based on an enormous amount of documentary evidence." —The Times Literary Supplement
This first-ever attempt to reconstruct the journey that took Ibn 'Arabi from Andalusia to Damascus outlines his spiritual path from asceticism to full realization.