Immortal Echoes, Mortal Words
Our podcasts: Ibn Arabi Podcast, Persian Mystical Poetry Podcast, Shiʿi Mysticism (ʿIrfān) Podcast, and Islamic and Neoplatonic Metaphysics Podcast. Hosts: Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani; Reyhaneh Davoodi-Kahaki
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Friday May 22, 2026
Friday May 22, 2026
Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani
Music: Amirmohammad Monjezi: https://www.youtube.com/@amirmohamdmonjezi
In the Wisdom of Abraham, Ibn Arabi explores how the divine reality becomes knowable through created existence while always exceeding it. Abraham, named al-Khalīl (“the intimate friend”), symbolizes "mutual indwelling" (permeation): God is manifest in creation, and creation reveals God. The chapter grapples with paradoxes of agency, knowledge, praise, and responsibility, asking how humans both depend on the Real and serve as loci in which divine Names appear. Its central concern is to show that divine transcendence and immanence are not opposites but intertwined dimensions of a single, dynamic relationship between the Real and the human knower.
My latest book: Sarayān: The Real’s Permeation: Ibn ʿArabi on the Divine Presence in the Cosmos with Neoplatonic Insights (available in both digital and print formats): https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press
Visit our Academy of Mystic Poetics and Philosophy, and check out our courses: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/courses
If you enjoy the content and wish to support our work, your generosity helps us continue creating: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/donations
Watch more from our Ibn Arabi Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HG0qkYvbH9dyTAWnncKZGLp&si=sCNGBNjB7RRRIZat
My recent publications: https://istanbul.academia.edu/RasoulRahbariGhazani
#IbnArabi #Sufism #SpiritualWisdom #FususAlHikam #Tasawwuf #MysticalTheology
Thursday May 21, 2026
Thursday May 21, 2026
🔹Host: Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani
🔹 Persian Mystical Poetry Podcast
عشقست اصل بندگی من بنده و مولای عشق
عشقست آب زندگی من بنده و مولای عشق
Love is the essence of servitude, I am the servant and love is the master,
Love is the water of life—I am the servant, and love is the master.
عشقست جان جان جان از عشق شد پیدا جهان
عشقست پیدا و نهان من بنده و مولای عشق
Love is the soul of the soul of the soul, the world appeared through love,
Love is the manifest and hidden—I am the servant, and love is the master.
کار من و تدبیر عشق سعی من و تقدیر عشق
حلق من و زنجیر عشق من بنده و مولای عشق
My affairs and the scheme of love, my effort and the destiny of love,
My neck and the chain of love—I am the servant, and love is the master.
(Fayz Kashani, Divan, ghazal 539, in The Soul-Conquering Love, pages 134-137)
My latest books:
🔹The Soul-Conquering Love in Fayz Kashani’s Poetry: Translations and Annotations (Persian and English); available for in print and digital formats: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press
🔹 Sarayān: The Real’s Permeation: Ibn ʿArabi on the Divine Presence in the Cosmos with Neoplatonic Insights (available in both digital and print formats): https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press
🔹Visit our Academy of Mystic Poetics and Philosophy, and check out our courses: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/courses.
🔹If you enjoy the content and wish to support our work, your generosity helps us continue creating: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/donations
🔹Watch more from Persian Mystical Poetry Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HHJERERmZ7fn8cYrLJOzvqy&si=m5l2JJfTOLetqpST
#Persianpoetry #PersianPoem #Sufism
Friday May 08, 2026
Friday May 08, 2026
Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani
Music: Amirmohammad Monjezi: https://www.youtube.com/@amirmohamdmonjezi
In the Wisdom of Abraham, Ibn Arabi explores how the divine reality becomes knowable through created existence while always exceeding it. Abraham, named al-Khalīl (“the intimate friend”), symbolizes "mutual indwelling" (permeation): God is manifest in creation, and creation reveals God. The chapter grapples with paradoxes of agency, knowledge, praise, and responsibility, asking how humans both depend on the Real and serve as loci in which divine Names appear. Its central concern is to show that divine transcendence and immanence are not opposites but intertwined dimensions of a single, dynamic relationship between the Real and the human knower.
My latest book: Sarayān: The Real’s Permeation: Ibn ʿArabi on the Divine Presence in the Cosmos with Neoplatonic Insights (available in both digital and print formats): https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press
Visit our Academy of Mystic Poetics and Philosophy, and check out our courses: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/courses
If you enjoy the content and wish to support our work, your generosity helps us continue creating: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/donations
Watch more from our Ibn Arabi Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HG0qkYvbH9dyTAWnncKZGLp&si=sCNGBNjB7RRRIZat
My recent publications: https://istanbul.academia.edu/RasoulRahbariGhazani
#IbnArabi #Sufism #SpiritualWisdom #FususAlHikam #Tasawwuf #MysticalTheology
Friday May 01, 2026
Friday May 01, 2026
🔹Host: Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani
🔹Consultant: Mohammad Davoodi
How does Shams Tabrizi unveil the path to divine truth? In this episode of the Persian Mystical Poetry Podcast, I examine Shams's Discourses (Maqālāt), exploring his complex identity beyond the common labels of "dervish" or "illiterate."
My latest books:
🔹The Soul-Conquering Love in Fayz Kashani’s Poetry: Translations and Annotations (Persian and English); available for in print and digital formats: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press
🔹 Sarayān: The Real’s Permeation: Ibn ʿArabi on the Divine Presence in the Cosmos with Neoplatonic Insights (available in both digital and print formats): https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press
🔹Visit our Academy of Mystic Poetics and Philosophy, and check out our courses: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/courses
🔹If you enjoy the content and wish to support our work, your generosity helps us continue creating: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/donations
🔹Watch more from Persian Mystical Poetry Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HHJERERmZ7fn8cYrLJOzvqy&si=m5l2JJfTOLetqpST
🔻 Guiding questions:
1. How does Shams challenge the authority of formal religious knowledge in his Discourses?
2. What role does paradox play in Shams’s teaching style?
3. Is your perspective toward Shams the same after watching this video?
5. Which idea from this episode moved you the most—and why?
#ShamsTabrizi #Shams_Tabrizi #shams #Discourses #Maqalat #iran #Rumi #Persianpoetry
Tuesday Apr 28, 2026
Tuesday Apr 28, 2026
Part of Spirituality in War Documentary (coming soon)
Producer and host: Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani
Consultant: Mohammad Davoodi
Who is the main enemy in #war? Do people surprise themselves in war?
My latest books:
Sarayān: The Real’s Permeation: Ibn ʿArabi on the Divine Presence in the Cosmos with Neoplatonic Insights (available in both digital and print formats): https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press
The Soul-Conquering Love in Fayz Kashani’s Poetry: Translations and Annotations (Persian and English); available for in print and digital formats: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press
Visit our Academy of Mystic Poetics and Philosophy, and check out our courses: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/courses
If you enjoy the content and wish to support our work, your generosity helps us continue creating: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/donations
Watch more from Persian Mystical Poetry Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HHJERERmZ7fn8cYrLJOzvqy&si=m5l2JJfTOLetqpST
Watch more from our Ibn Arabi Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HG0qkYvbH9dyTAWnncKZGLp&si=sCNGBNjB7RRRIZat
My recent publications: https://istanbul.academia.edu/RasoulRahbariGhazani
#IranWar #iranvsisrael #iranvsusa #Rumi #Suffering #War #Mysticism #Sufism #SpiritualWisdom #iran #InnerGrowth #Resilience #Perspective
Monday Apr 27, 2026
Monday Apr 27, 2026
Part of Spirituality in War Documentary (coming soon)
Producer and host: Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani
Consultant: Mohammad Davoodi
During #war, how should anger and compassion be calibrated? When is anger good?
My latest books:
Sarayān: The Real’s Permeation: Ibn ʿArabi on the Divine Presence in the Cosmos with Neoplatonic Insights (available in both digital and print formats): https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press
The Soul-Conquering Love in Fayz Kashani’s Poetry: Translations and Annotations (Persian and English); available for in print and digital formats: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press
Visit our Academy of Mystic Poetics and Philosophy, and check out our courses: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/courses
If you enjoy the content and wish to support our work, your generosity helps us continue creating: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/donations
Watch more from Persian Mystical Poetry Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HHJERERmZ7fn8cYrLJOzvqy&si=m5l2JJfTOLetqpST
Watch more from our Ibn Arabi Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HG0qkYvbH9dyTAWnncKZGLp&si=sCNGBNjB7RRRIZat
My recent publications: https://istanbul.academia.edu/RasoulRahbariGhazani
#IranWar #iranvsisrael #iranvsusa #Rumi #Suffering #War #Mysticism #Sufism #SpiritualWisdom #iran #InnerGrowth #Resilience #Perspective
Sunday Apr 26, 2026
Sunday Apr 26, 2026
Part of Spirituality in War Documentary (Coming soon)
Producer and host: Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani
Consultant: Mohammad Davoodi
What role does mourning play through memories of loss? In this episode, I answer these questions from a #Shii #Islam perspective.
My latest books:
Sarayān: The Real’s Permeation: Ibn ʿArabi on the Divine Presence in the Cosmos with Neoplatonic Insights (available in both digital and print formats): https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press
The Soul-Conquering Love in Fayz Kashani’s Poetry: Translations and Annotations (Persian and English); available for in print and digital formats: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press
Visit our Academy of Mystic Poetics and Philosophy, and check out our courses: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/courses
If you enjoy the content and wish to support our work, your generosity helps us continue creating: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/donations
Watch more from Persian Mystical Poetry Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HHJERERmZ7fn8cYrLJOzvqy&si=m5l2JJfTOLetqpST
Watch more from our Ibn Arabi Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HG0qkYvbH9dyTAWnncKZGLp&si=sCNGBNjB7RRRIZat
My recent publications: https://istanbul.academia.edu/RasoulRahbariGhazani
#IranWar #IranNews #IranCulture #Shiism #Iranvsusa Iranvsisrael
Saturday Apr 25, 2026
Saturday Apr 25, 2026
Persian Mystical Poetry Podcast
Producer and host: Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani
Co-host: Reyhaneh Davoodi-Kahaki
Consultant: Mohammad Davoodi
Music: Amirmohammad Monjezi: https://www.youtube.com/@amirmohamdmonjezi
Ghazal 1631 from Rumi's Divan is an invitation to divine intoxication, where logic drowns, and love reigns supreme. The wine of the soul flows freely, awakening those who are asleep to the secrets of existence. Rumi calls on the cupbearer to pour the sacred wine, a drink not of this world but of pure awakening. He mocks philosophers who cling to logic, declaring that true lovers have drowned in the sea of love. For them, even the vast ocean is but a single cup.
My latest books:
Sarayān: The Real’s Permeation: Ibn ʿArabi on the Divine Presence in the Cosmos with Neoplatonic Insights (available in both digital and print formats): https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press
The Soul-Conquering Love in Fayz Kashani’s Poetry: Translations and Annotations (Persian and English); available for in print and digital formats: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press
Visit our Academy of Mystic Poetics and Philosophy, and check out our courses: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/courses
If you enjoy the content and wish to support our work, your generosity helps us continue creating: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/donations
Watch more from Persian Mystical Poetry Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HHJERERmZ7fn8cYrLJOzvqy&si=m5l2JJfTOLetqpST
Watch more from our Ibn Arabi Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HG0qkYvbH9dyTAWnncKZGLp&si=sCNGBNjB7RRRIZat
My recent publications: https://istanbul.academia.edu/RasoulRahbariGhazani
#sufism #Islamic_mysticism #mysticism #Rumi #persianpoetry #persian_poem
Friday Apr 24, 2026
Friday Apr 24, 2026
Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani
Music: Amirmohammad Monjezi: https://www.youtube.com/@amirmohamdmonjezi
In the Wisdom of Abraham, Ibn Arabi explores how the divine reality becomes knowable through created existence while always exceeding it. Abraham, named al-Khalīl (“the intimate friend”), symbolizes "mutual indwelling" (permeation): God is manifest in creation, and creation reveals God. The chapter grapples with paradoxes of agency, knowledge, praise, and responsibility, asking how humans both depend on the Real and serve as loci in which divine Names appear. Its central concern is to show that divine transcendence and immanence are not opposites but intertwined dimensions of a single, dynamic relationship between the Real and the human knower.
My latest book: Sarayān: The Real’s Permeation: Ibn ʿArabi on the Divine Presence in the Cosmos with Neoplatonic Insights (available in both digital and print formats): https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press
Visit our Academy of Mystic Poetics and Philosophy, and check out our courses: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/courses
If you enjoy the content and wish to support our work, your generosity helps us continue creating: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/donations
Watch more from our Ibn Arabi Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HG0qkYvbH9dyTAWnncKZGLp&si=sCNGBNjB7RRRIZat
My recent publications: https://istanbul.academia.edu/RasoulRahbariGhazani
#IbnArabi #Sufism #SpiritualWisdom #FususAlHikam #Tasawwuf #MysticalTheology
Thursday Apr 23, 2026
Thursday Apr 23, 2026
Spirituality in War
Producer and host: Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani
Consultant: Mohammad Davoodi
In this video, I explore how suffering—especially in severe situations like war—can lead to elevation. Drawing on Rumi’s teachings, I show how certain forms of intense suffering, when approached with the right perspective, can become constructive rather than destructive.
My latest books:
Sarayān: The Real’s Permeation: Ibn ʿArabi on the Divine Presence in the Cosmos with Neoplatonic Insights (available in both digital and print formats): https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press
The Soul-Conquering Love in Fayz Kashani’s Poetry: Translations and Annotations (Persian and English); available for in print and digital formats: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press
Visit our Academy of Mystic Poetics and Philosophy, and check out our courses: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/courses
If you enjoy the content and wish to support our work, your generosity helps us continue creating: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/donations
Watch more from Persian Mystical Poetry Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HHJERERmZ7fn8cYrLJOzvqy&si=m5l2JJfTOLetqpST
Watch more from our Ibn Arabi Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HG0qkYvbH9dyTAWnncKZGLp&si=sCNGBNjB7RRRIZat
My recent publications: https://istanbul.academia.edu/RasoulRahbariGhazani
#IranWar #iranvsisrael #iranvsusa #Rumi #Suffering #War #Mysticism #Sufism #SpiritualWisdom #iran #InnerGrowth #Resilience #Perspective