ABSTRACT
In the cosmology of Ibn Arabi, the entire universe is represented by a circle or sphere-; and the plan of the cosmos consists of a series of concentric spheres, which rise one above another with progressively increasing radii. At present we are only concerned with the units comprised between the earth and the Divine Throne. These, beginning at the bottom, are in tum-: the spheres of the earth, water, air and ether; then, in the astronomical world, follow in succession the spheres of the moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, and that of the Fixed Stars; still further is the sphere without stars or the primum mobile, where the astronomical world ends, and, finally, above all, shining like a focus of etemallight, the Throne of God Himself.
