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***Conferences*** The first draft program for ENSIE7 in Málaga is out now, and it promises to be an especially exciting and dense program this year! This draft program may still be subject to change, so be sure to scan the QR Code to always access the latest version!

***Publications*** Hot off the press: The new De Gruyter Brill volume on Philosophy and Mysticism in the Islamic world, edited by Reza Hajatpour. Available at degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/1…

***Publications*** A new study of the story of Bayajidda, one of the world’s great creation myths, by ENSIE member Antonio de Diego González! riuma.uma.es/rest/api/core/…

***Publications*** Who doesn’t like occult curios? his past December has seen the publication of an exciting article on the matter: In ‘Occult Curios in Twelver Shiʿi Ḥadīṯ’, by @AminaInloes. Available at brill.com/display/book/9…

***Scholarships*** Fondazione Giorgio Cini once again offers opportunities for scholars in various fields touching upon the study of Esotericism: cini.it/en/istituti-e-…

***Lectures*** Abrahamic Entanglements Lecture Series Salam Rassi (University of Edinburgh): Christian-Muslim Entanglements in the Arabic Occult Sciences 📅 12 May 2026 ⏰ 16:00–17:30 📍 Oudemanhuispoort, University of Amsterdam

***Publications*** A very exciting release from last year: Saeko Yazaki and Michael Conway's “Sufism and Zen in the West, The Transformation of Modern Religious Life and Practice” constitutes the first comparative volume on this matter. Available at bloomsbury.com/us/sufism-and-…

***Call for Applications*** The ERC Project MOSAIC is offering a 30-month Post-Doc Position at UCLouvain. The application deadline is 10 June 2026, all information can be found above or at academia.edu/164584596/Anno…! Good luck!

***Call for Papers*** Only four more days to go until the Deadline for Abstracts for this year's ENSIE meeting in Málaga, Spain! Submission Guidelines: Please submit an abstract (max. 300 words) and a short biographical note by 15 February 2026 to: secretary@ensie.site.

***Conferences*** University of Oxford is organizing an conference on the topic of ‘Mysticism(s) beyond the West’, which will take place from 29 June – 1 July of this year! Abstracts of around 300 words are due 1 March and should be submitted to mysticismsoxford@gmail.com.

***Publication*** Guest Editor Oleg Yarosh and the Editors of the blog “New Age in Eurasia” call for contributions to their new thematic series ‘New Age and Islamic Esotericism in Eurasia’. newageru.hypotheses.org/13380?fbclid=I….

Tampere University is looking for a highly motivated grant-funded postdoctoral researcher to work in the project Mysticism in Society: Theorizing Mystical Consciousness (MISTIC) in the Faculty of Social Sciences. #switcher-trigger-news" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tuni.fi/en/research/mi…

***Reading Classes*** Interested in joining an online reading class focusing on texts written in Arabic and Latin, with particular attention to texts translated from Arabic into Latin? To take part, please contact: Dr Liana Saif 📧 lianasaif@hotmail.com

***Projects*** The team @ MOSAIC - Mapping Occult Sciences across Islamic Cultures - at FAU is pleased to announce the introductory meeting of the ERC Synergy Grant. 3 February 2026 - 4-6 pm. Participation via Zoom is possible! Register until 26 January with andrea.oster@fau.de!

***Call for Papers*** A friendly Monday morning reminder that there is less than a month to go until 15 February, the deadline for abstracts for ENSIE's seventh conference, to be held in Málaga, Spain, from 20 to 23 May 2026. All information at ensie.site/conferences.ht…!

***Online Conferences*** "Creative Practices and Bridging the Invisible", October 15th-17th, 2026 @unccharlotte ! It will be fully virtual, both traditional academic papers or more creative/practice based offerings are welcome! Deadline: March, 2! docs.google.com/document/d/12k…

***Publications*** Happy New Year 2026 from ENSIE. We are looking forward to an exciting year! ENSIE General Secretary Liana Saif recently contributed a detailed entry on the fascinating topic of divination to the Encyclopaedia of Islam. Available here: academia.edu/145390493/Divi…

ENSIE wishes you a happy festive season and very happy New Year 2026! We are looking forward to receiving many wonderful abstracts for our 2026 meeting: 📖 Abstract (300 words max.) 👩‍🎓 Biographical note (100 words max.) 📲 Send to secretary@ensie.site 🚨 15 February, 2026.

***Publications*** ENSIE recommends Julian Strube, Marleen Thaler & Dominic Zoehrer's "Subtle Energies in Therapy, Sprituality, Arts and Politics. 1800 – Present" as this year's holiday season read! brill.com/display/title/…

***Publications*** New findings on the fascinating Epistles of the Brethren of Purity: Janne Mattila’s recent publication “The formation of the Ikhwānian Corpus. A Philological Study of the Epistles and Two Summaries attributed to the Brethren of Purity”. brill.com/display/title/…