Suhrawardi
1154–1191
“Illuminationist philosophy — light as the metaphysical primitive.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- MRMystical Receptivity9 / 10
- TDTheoretical Drive8 / 10
- RTReverence for Tradition7 / 10
- UIUniversalist Impulse7 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- KūkaiTHRESHOLD
Become a Buddha in this very body. Mantras, mudras, mandalas. Esoteric Buddhism in Japan.
- AurobindoLIGHTHOUSE
Spirit descending into matter is evolving back to spirit. Future humanity will be divine humanity.
- Mulla SadraLIGHTHOUSE
Existence precedes essence. Reality of being intensifies through gradation. Trans-substantial motion.
- Isaac LuriaLIGHTHOUSE
Lurianic Kabbalah — divine contraction, the shattering, and repair (tikkun).
- Nishida KitarōLIGHTHOUSE
Pure experience precedes the subject-object distinction. Place of nothingness as ground of being.
- Whitehead's pupil — David Ray GriffinCARTOGRAPHER
Process theology — God and creativity coevolving in event-time.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Suhrawardi's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Suhrawardi or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPARESuhrawardi vs KūkaiOn Mull's map Kūkai sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶