| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xix, 318 pages : illustrations, 24 cm. |
| Series |
Parabola anthology series |
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Parabola anthology series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The first prophet / Interview with Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- The Hajj / Gai Eaton -- Moses and the shepherd / Rumi -- A prayer / Anonymous -- The revolving will / Gai Eaton -- Out of the hidden root / Baha'uddin Walad -- "...and a little from Abdullah / Carol Ring -- The spiritual significance of Jihad ; Justice to the enemy / Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- Light from the center / Gai Eaton -- Divine unity / Titus Burckhardt -- Echoes of infinity / Interview with Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- Some notes on Arab calligraphy / Jean Sulzberger -- Underneath which rivers flow / Emma Clark -- Graze in the meadows / Shems Friedlander -- Adab: the Sufi art of conscious relationship / Kabir Helminski -- In praise of the creator / Fariduddin Attar -- Traditional cosmology and modern science / interview with Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- The words of the All-Merciful / William C. Chittick -- Extending the shade / Ibn al-Arabi -- Travels of the soul / Sheikh Tosun Bayrak al Jerrahi -- The safeguard of the mystic / Henry Corbin -- Progress and evolution / Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- Spirit, body, and in-between / William C. Chittick -- To the ones who would listen / Kaygusuz Abdal -- The fragrance of the friend / Interview with Iraj Anvar -- The hidden and the most hidden / Interview with Shaikh Ali Jum'a -- Perfecting the mirror / Gai Eaton -- A subtile organ / Henry Corbin -- A six-faced mirror / Rumi -- Shahadah / Victor Danner -- The long journey / Interview with Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- The night journey / Abu Yazid al-Bistami -- The blessed state / Gray Henry -- The saint with seven tombs / Tim Winter -- The spiritual guide / Rumi -- Shams al Urafa / Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- The tale of the fish / Shah Da'i Shirazi -- Slumber seizes him not / William C. Chittick -- Die and become / Annemarie Schimmel -- "I will make myself mad" / Kabir Helminski -- The ritual of rebirth / Annemarie Schimmel -- Intoxication and sobriety in Sufism / Victor Danner |
| Subject |
Sufism -- Early works to 1800.
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Islamic philosophy.
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| Added Author |
Chittick, William C.
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| ISBN |
1596750170 (978-1-59675-016-6 : alk. paper) |
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9781596750173 (978-1-59675-016-6 : alk. paper) |
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