In the present article, the author Dr. phil. Milena Rampoldi intro-duces some parallels as well as differences between two great works of world literature: the Divine Comedy of the Florentine poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) on the one hand and the Letter of Forgiveness of the Abbasid poet Abi 'Ala al-Ma'arri (973-1057) on the other. In this context, she also explains the philosophical foundations of this comparison. For Dr. Rampoldi, the topic of these parallelisms and/or differences is o...

My road to love in the shade of the Qur'an began in Ramadan 2025 to find a poetic expression of Qur'anic love and tension between the sexes, their togetherness and the absence of a perfect unity in a continuous dialectic between closeness and distance on a philosophical and mystical journey. The first poems of the collection were about fateful, mystical symbols, emotions and spiritual perceptions in a philosophical dream world full of illusions. This 4th volume is the point of arrival. The...

Global crises—from pandemics to climate change—demonstrate the vulnerability of the biosphere and each of us as individuals, calling for responses guided by creative analysis and compassionate reflection. Transforming, building on its companion volume, Awakening, explores actions that create paths of understanding and collaboration as the groundwork for transformative community. The community of scholars in this volume offers perspectives that collectively form a complex tapestry of resour...