In which we read كِتَابُ الفُتُوحَاتِ المَكِّيَّة by أبو عبد الله محـمـد بن عربي الطائي الحاتمي.
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In which Edward begins reading كِتَابُ الفُتُوحَاتِ المَكِّيَّة by أبو عبد الله محـمـد بن عربي الطائي الحاتمي.
Once upon a time in an oasis of civilized diversity sandwiched between a crusade and a Mongol horde...
In which Edward, or maybe Gwydion, has a little wine and reads some Hafiz.
In which Gwydion attempts to set intellect aside and has a cup of coffee.
In which Gwydion joins the Cult of Emperor Akbar.
In which Gwydion invokes BT and finishes reading the introduction.
Muhammadan Christ-Consciousness Theomorphism-Reality, and Rick Sanchez.
Temporally originated Gwydion expounds upon the eternal existent, with a little help from Ibn Arabi.
Gwydion reads some light dancing in the Dust.
Gwydion reads about the seven ancient planets according to Sufism, then responds to a heckler.
In which Pymander gets in touch with his inner Zensunni Wanderer... Dune, anyone? It makes more sense if you've read the prequels.
In which BT and psychedelic stereo instructions become sweet lovers.
In which Edward has a coffee and Pymander has a cameo appearance.
In which Gwydion feebly attempts to use a green screen.
In which BT becomes The Floating Egghead of the West.
In which Edward compares and contrasts the Mahdi, from the Islamic apocalypse prophecy, and Paul "Muad'dib" Atreides, from Frank Herbert's "Dune."
In which BT proclaims the dawning of a new era for Chicken Philosophers.
In which Gwydion becomes one of Mahdi's little helpers, and I don't mean the pill. It's a... Stones reference. Never mind.
In which Edward goes panning for psychedelic fool's gold on the river banks of Sharia law.
In which Jim Morrison makes a cameo.
Kyle MacLachlan, hippies on acid, 19th century apocalypse nuts, and you.
The Islamic Messiah, Danny Elfman, and Our Lady of Shillong, Meghalaya.
In which BT suspends the ol' post-WW1 disbelief.
In which Gwydion finishes the part about The Helpers of the Mahdi.
In which Michel Chodkiewicz demonstrates 400 ways to use the word "eschatological" in a sentence.
