This is so interesting and timely for me, as a Platonist who's invested in both polytheism and Sufism and a little conflicted about it. I was actually just trying to research this week whether the concept of the one that is not one carried over at all into the Muslim concept of al-wahid and/or al-ahad, and after running into a total brick wall about figuring that out (because I guess Muslim scholars don't want to talk about), yesterday I found both this and somebody sharing an English passage from Ibn Arabi's treatise on unity that included the statement "He is the One without oneness, the Singular without singularity." So, I guess it does? Also, I guess I probably need to get over my concern about fully understanding the historical context and read some Schuon.
This is so interesting and timely for me, as a Platonist who's invested in both polytheism and Sufism and a little conflicted about it. I was actually just trying to research this week whether the concept of the one that is not one carried over at all into the Muslim concept of al-wahid and/or al-ahad, and after running into a total brick wall about figuring that out (because I guess Muslim scholars don't want to talk about), yesterday I found both this and somebody sharing an English passage from Ibn Arabi's treatise on unity that included the statement "He is the One without oneness, the Singular without singularity." So, I guess it does? Also, I guess I probably need to get over my concern about fully understanding the historical context and read some Schuon.
My bro...how are you doing...I hope life is treating you well