The Book of Illumination
May 21, 2005
In this age of conspicuous consumption and capitalist greed, a translation of the Book of Illumination has special value. It upholds the spiritual value of work while urging readers to simplify their reliance on material means and question their obsession with possessing and craving. It argues for a spirituality of living in the world without relying on the world, a spirituality that is more relevant now than ever.
— Publisher’s Description
Title: The Book of Illumination
Author: Ibn Ata’ Illah al-Iskandari
Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern
May 18, 2005
Al Qaeda sees itself as an alternative to the modern world, but the ideas on which it draws are quintessentially modern. As Karl Kraus said of psychoanalysis: radical Islam is a symptom of the disease of which it pretends to be the cure.
