Bulent Rauf

Bulent Rauf (Istanbul 1911 – Chisholme House, Roberton 1987) was a Turkish-British mystic, spiritual teacher, translator and author. From 1945 to the early sixties, he was married to Princess Faiza, sister of King Farouk of Egypt.

Bulent Rauf dedicated many years of his life to teaching the knowledge of the one Absolute Unity of all existence "(tawhid)". Among else, he was the teacher of the British mystic and author Reshad Feild, who portrayed him as "Hamid" in his well-known novel "The Last Barrier". Rauf's chief literary work was the complete rendering into English of Ibn 'Arabi's "Fusûs al-Hikam (The Bezels of Wisdom)", incorporating the four volume Ottoman commentary attributed to Ismail Hakki Bursevi.

Bulent Rauf founded the Beshara School for Esoteric Education in Scotland in 1975, where hundreds of students from all over the world have received training in the basics of spirituality.

Bulent Rauf was the first President of the Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society, which is dedicated to fostering and making known the huge work of this influential Sufi, and has played an important part encouraging translation and publication of his writings. He lead the Society till his death in 1987.

Published works

*"Addresses" ISBN 0-904975-12-6
*"Addresses II" ISBN 0-904975-30-4
*"Ismail Hakki Bursevi's Translation of and Commentary on Fusus al-Hikam by Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi" Four volumes (ISBN 0-9509527-1-0 etc.)
*"The Kernel of the Kernel" ISBN 0-904975-08-8
*"The Last Sultans" ISBN 0-9525173-0-2

External links

* [http://www.bulentrauf.org/ Biography]
* [http://www.beshara.org/ Beshara School]
* [http://www.besharapublications.org.uk/ Beshara Publications - several extracts online]
* [http://www.chalice.ch/c_t_bu_e.htm Bulent Rauf's famous text about Unity]
* [http://www.ibnarabisociety.org/ Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society]