The New York Open Center is the largest urban center of holistic learning and world culture in the U.S. Since 1984, more than 250,000 have come through its doors to find educational programs and cultural events that expand the mind and spirit, and to hear fresh alternative voices on matters of perennial concern. In addition, it has become a platform for the world’s most accomplished writers, scholars, activists and visionaries, including spiritual teachers such as Karen Armstrong, Thich Nhat Hanh, Cornel West, Robert Thurman and many others.
The Muhyiddin Ibn ’Arabi Society is a registered non-profit, tax-exempt organization founded in 1977. The American headquarters of the Society are in Berkeley, CA, with its international headquarters operating out of Oxford, UK. Twenty years of presenting annual symposia at universities and other centers have established the Society as the leading international organization promoting the remarkable spiritual legacy and teachings of Ibn ’Arabi. The British Society publishes a journal and newsletter, maintains a library and digital manuscript archive in Oxford, hosts numerous public events, and has a website with many articles for online reading, podcasts of talks presented at symposia, and information about events and books.
Conference Organizers The New York Open Center E. Aracely Brown, Conference Director
The Muhyiddin Ibn ’Arabi Society Nick Yiangou, Jane Carroll and Stephen Hirtenstein, Program Directors
Conference speakers interviewed on WBAI-FM
Abundant Faith, Shrinking Space
Events: From The Ibn ’Arabi Society
