Chicken Philosophy: Meccan Revelations
Chicken Philosophy 91 episodes Nov 14, 2023
Chicken Philosophy: Meccan Revelations is a podcast devoted to reading and discussing Ibn Arabi’s Kitab al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya (The Meccan Openings). It presents the text in a conversational, episode-by-episode format, with attention to its philosophical, theological, and mystical themes. The show is aimed at listeners interested in Islamic mysticism, Sufism, and Ibn Arabi’s thought.
Episodes
Meccan Revelations - Part 1
In which Edward begins reading كِتَابُ الفُتُوحَاتِ المَكِّيَّة by أبو عبد الله محـمـد بن عربي الطائي الحاتمي.
Meccan Revelations - Part 2
Once upon a time in an oasis of civilized diversity sandwiched between a crusade and a Mongol horde...
Meccan Revelations - Part 3
In which Edward, or maybe Gwydion, has a little wine and reads some Hafiz.
Meccan Revelations - Part 4
In which Gwydion attempts to set intellect aside and has a cup of coffee.
Meccan Revelations - Part 5
In which Gwydion joins the Cult of Emperor Akbar.
Meccan Revelations - Part 6
In which Gwydion invokes BT and finishes reading the introduction.
Meccan Revelations - Part 7
Muhammadan Christ-Consciousness Theomorphism-Reality, and Rick Sanchez.
Meccan Revelations - Part 8
Temporally originated Gwydion expounds upon the eternal existent, with a little help from Ibn Arabi.
Meccan Revelations - Part 9
Gwydion reads some light dancing in the Dust.
Meccan Revelations - Part 10
Gwydion reads about the seven ancient planets according to Sufism, then responds to a heckler.
Meccan Revelations - Part 11
In which Pymander gets in touch with his inner Zensunni Wanderer... Dune, anyone? It makes more sense if you've read the prequels.
Meccan Revelations - Part 12
In which BT and psychedelic stereo instructions become sweet lovers.
Meccan Revelations - Part 13
In which Edward has a coffee and Pymander has a cameo appearance.
Meccan Revelations - Part 14
In which Gwydion feebly attempts to use a green screen.
Meccan Revelations - Part 15
In which BT becomes The Floating Egghead of the West.
Meccan Revelations - Part 16
In which Edward compares and contrasts the Mahdi, from the Islamic apocalypse prophecy, and Paul "Muad'dib" Atreides, from Frank Herbert's "Dune."
Meccan Revelations - Part 17
In which BT proclaims the dawning of a new era for Chicken Philosophers.
Meccan Revelations - Part 18
In which Gwydion becomes one of Mahdi's little helpers, and I don't mean the pill. It's a... Stones reference. Never mind.
Meccan Revelations - Part 19
In which Edward goes panning for psychedelic fool's gold on the river banks of Sharia law.
Meccan Revelations - Part 20
In which Jim Morrison makes a cameo.
Meccan Revelations - Part 21
Kyle MacLachlan, hippies on acid, 19th century apocalypse nuts, and you.
Meccan Revelations - Part 22
The Islamic Messiah, Danny Elfman, and Our Lady of Shillong, Meghalaya.
Meccan Revelations - Part 23
In which BT suspends the ol' post-WW1 disbelief.
Meccan Revelations - Part 24
In which Gwydion finishes the part about The Helpers of the Mahdi.
Meccan Revelations - Part 25
In which Michel Chodkiewicz demonstrates 400 ways to use the word "eschatological" in a sentence.
Meccan Revelations - Part 26
In which Ibn Arabi talks about the Four Rivers and the Garden of Eden.
Meccan Revelations - Part 27
In which Ibn Arabi explains about dying without dying so that when you do die... you don't really die.
Meccan Revelations - Part 28
In which Ibn Arabi goes full Vedanta.
Meccan Revelations - Part 29
In which BT suddenly finds himself ritually impure in Baghdad... again.
Meccan Revelations - Part 30
In which Ibn Arabi celebrates religious diversity centuries before it was cool.
Meccan Revelations - Part 31
In which Ibn Arabi comments on the commentaries of the common folk.
Meccan Revelations - Part 32
In which Ibn Arabi looks God straight in the eye and says, "Let's play Master and Servant."
Meccan Revelations - Part 33
In which Sufi Saints outgrow their Servanthood phase.
Meccan Revelations - Part 34
In which the landlord's dog barks incessantly for the first fourteen and a half minutes.
Meccan Revelations - Part 35
In which BT dons a yellow sari and dances to welcome Spring (in November).
Meccan Revelations - Part 36
In which Gwydion just isn't feeling it.
Meccan Revelations - Part 37
In which Edward wears a headband, and Ibn Arabi talks about Jesus.
Meccan Revelations - Part 38
The one where BT goes on about rainbows, and Jesus didn't really die.
Meccan Revelations - Part 39
The one where Ibn Arabi talks about the least effective method of contraception, and Gwydion reminisces about invoking Thoth and tripping out at the mall.
Meccan Revelations - Part 40
In which Edward reluctantly euthanizes Santa Claus.
Meccan Revelations - Part 41
In which Ibn Arabi goes full Vedanta (again).
Meccan Revelations - Part 42
In which Ibn Arabi and Aldous Huxley on mescaline are on the same page.
Meccan Revelations - Part 43
In which BT, Hafiz, and a Buddhist happiness-demon are all on the same page.
Meccan Revelations - Part 44
In which BT and Ibn Arabi visit The Chocolate Factory (if you know what I mean).
Meccan Revelations - Part 45
In which Ibn Arabi's friend's teacher pretends to be a eunuch.
Meccan Revelations - Part 46
In which Zayr can be 'Amr but Gabriel can't be Michael and can also tell that Zayr isn't really 'Amr.
Meccan Revelations - Part 47
I'm bringin' "comely" back.
Meccan Revelations - Part 48
In which Ibn Arabi gets a little Zen with his Taoism.
Meccan Revelations - Part 49
In which Edward makes a root beer float & God is a lady-dog in heat.
Meccan Revelations - Part 50
In which Pygmalion'll grant all Pinocchio's wishes (but only if he'll put out).
Meccan Revelations - Part 51
In which Desire eats Itself, and It's satisfied.
Meccan Revelations - Part 52
In which The Knower knows The Knowledge, knowingly. Ya know?
Meccan Revelations - Part 53
In which BT doesn't realize "Mi'raj" doesn't mean "mirage" but, rather, "ladder" or "ascension"
Meccan Revelations - Part 54
In which Gwydion, Michel "Ma Belle" Chodkiewicz and Lemmiwinks navigate the long and winding road that leads generally upward.
Meccan Revelations - Part 55
In which Edward leaves a piece of himself in every world he simultaneously inhabits.
Meccan Revelations - Part 56
In which BT reintegrates all the pieces of himself he left in all those worlds.
Meccan Revelations - Part 57
In which Gwydion whirls dervishly, figuratively, to some Romani jazz
Meccan Revelations - Part 58
In which Metatron explains the diversity of the perceptions of Unity
Meccan Revelations - Part 59
In which Ibn Arabi meets Aaron & Moses
Meccan Revelations - Part 60
In which Gwydion finishes reading the first of the two books of The Meccan Revelations.
Meccan Revelations - Part 61
In which Edward begins reading Book 2 of The Meccan Revelations.
Meccan Revelations - Part 62
In which Gwydion finishes reading the first of the two books of The Meccan Revelations.
Meccan Revelations - Part 63
On vultures and Procrustean ladders
Meccan Revelations - Part 64
Probably better to just skip this one
Meccan Revelations - Part 65
In which BT learns to tell haecceitous shit from quidditative Shinola
Meccan Revelations - Part 66
Adventitiously, Gwydion plays chess with Calvin Klein blasphemously
Meccan Revelations - Part 67
In which Ibn Arabi is accused of being "twice blasphemous"
Meccan Revelations - Part 68
In which The Traveler receives a gem, a prophecy, and a new name.
Meccan Revelations - Part 69
The mystic circumambulation of the Chicken-Wheel, and the paradox of the Kaʽbah.
Meccan Revelations - Part 70
In which we learn about "Insane Camille" and Bear... mess.
Meccan Revelations - Part 71
In which BT closes the Christmas of '25 Fifteen and the year 2025... HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
Meccan Revelations - Part 72
In which Gwydion looks at it from 72 different angles...
Meccan Revelations - Part 73
Pride Without Object and The Theomorphic Man
Meccan Revelations - Part 74
The highest, and thus most obscure, aspects of being pissed off at Jean-Michel Jarre.
Meccan Revelations - Part 75
on Jihad and Sharia Law but, like, in a fun way...?
Meccan Revelations - Part 76
Sharia by numbers; reasoning by analogy
Meccan Revelations - Part 77
Who knew Ibn al-ʿArabī, Lord Buddha, and Gerald Casale of DEVO had so much in common??
Meccan Revelations - Part 78
In which that's just your opinion, man
Meccan Revelations - Part 79
In which Ibn Arabi and The Surangama Sutra are both buzzkills.
Meccan Revelations - Part 80
In which BT refuses to stop trying to make “fetch” happen.
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