Ivan Aguéli
| Ivan Aguéli ('Abd al-Hādī 'Aqīlī) | |
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Ivan Aguéli in Cairo.
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| Title | Sheikh, "Muqaddim of Europe" |
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May 24, 1869 Sala, Västmanland, Sweden |
| Died | October 1, 1917 (aged 48) L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain |
| Ethnicity | Swedish |
| Era | 14th century AH |
| Region | Europe, Egypt |
| Religion | Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Maliki |
| Creed | Shadhili, Malamatiyya |
| Main interest(s) | Sufism, Impressionism, Symbolism, Comparative religion, Animal rights, Anarchism |
| Notable idea(s) | Non-syncretic metaphysical comparative analysis of orthodox religious esotericisms, the core of the traditionalist method. |
| Notable work(s) | Écrits pour La Gnose (French) |
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Ivan Aguéli (born John Gustaf Agelii) (May 24, 1869 - October 1, 1917) also named Sheikh 'Abd al-Hādī 'Aqīlī (Arabic: شيخ عبد الهادی عقیلی) upon his conversion to Islam, was a Swedish wandering Sufi, painter and author. As a devotee of Ibn Arabi, his metaphysics applied to the study of Islamic esoterism and its similarities with other esoteric traditions of the world. He was the initiator of René Guénon into Sufism and founder of the Parisian Al Akbariyya society. His art was a unique form of Post-Impressionism where he used the blend of colours to create a sense of depth and distance. His unique style of art made him one of the founders of the Swedish contemporary art movement.
Ivan Aguéli was born John Gustaf Agelii in the small Swedish town of Sala in 1869, the son of veterinarian Johan Gabriel Agelii.
Between the years 1879-1889 Aguéli conducted his studies in Gotland and . Early on in his youth he began showing an exceptional artistic talent and a keen interest in religious mysticism.
In 1889 he adopted the name Ivan Aguéli and travelled to Paris where he became the student of the Symbolist painter Émile Bernard. Before returning to Sweden in 1890 he made a detour to London, where he met the Russian anarchist scholar Prince Kropotkin.
Returning to Stockholm in 1890 he attended art school in where he was taught by the Swedish artists Anders Zorn and Richard Bergh. By the end of 1892 he again returned to Paris where he learnt to know the French poet and animal-rights activist Marie Huot (1846–1930). Active in French anarchist circles he was in 1894 arrested and put on trial in the "Trial of the thirty". Within months of his release in 1895 he left France for Egypt, where he lived until he returned to Paris in 1896. It was later on in Paris that Aguéli ended up converting to Islam and adopted the name 'Abd al-Hadi.
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