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Ixia Press edition. |
| Description |
xxiii, 100 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: CONTENTS -- The Song of the Reed -- Remembered Music -- Love in Absence -- "The Marriage of True Minds" -- "A Sleep and a Forgetting" -- The Grief of the Dead -- The Unregenerate -- The Burden of Existence -- The Spirit of the Saints -- The Children of Light -- Love, the Hierophant -- The Love of Woman -- Divine Beauty -- "I Turn Toward Thee" -- The Truth within Us -- Mystics Know -- Asleep to the World -- The Faithful are One Soul -- The Ladder to Heaven -- The True S·ufı -- Nothing Venture Nothing Win -- The Man who Looked Back on his way to Hell -- Spiritual Churning -- The Blind Follower -- The Birds of Solomon -- The Carnal Soul -- The Beauty of Death -- A Prayer for Good Behaviour -- Communion with the Saints -- The Man who fled from Azrael -- "Omnes Eodem Cogimur" -- Faith and Works -- "No Monkery in Islam" -- Do not Travel Alone -- Fine Feathers -- The Treasure-Seeker -- The Mystic Way -- The Sceptic -- The Evil in Ourselves -- The Hierarchy of Saints -- The Spiritual Guide -- The Uses of Tribulation -- "The Spirit Helpeth our Infirmity" -- Unseen Miracles -- The Reward of the Righteous -- The Saint's Vision of Eternity -- Beware of Hurting the Saint -- The Disinterested Cadi -- Good Words -- "Here am I" -- The Soul of Prayer -- The Friend who said "I" -- God Beyond Praise -- Knowledge is Power -- Our Real Names -- Immediate Knowledge -- Tradition and Intuition -- Feeling and Thinking -- Mystical Perception -- Love and Fear -- The Ascending Soul -- The Negative Way -- The Spirit of the Universe -- The Absolute -- Fons Vitae -- The Purpose of Creation -- Divine Providence -- Causation -- The Divine Factory -- The World of Time -- Reality and Appearance -- God in Nature -- Amor Agitat Molem -- Universal Love -- Man the Macrocosm -- The Perfect Man -- The Witness to God -- The Mediator -- Asceticism and Gnosis -- "Die before Death" -- Mystical Death and Burial -- Unity of Spirit -- Creations of Phantasy -- The Magic of Love -- Phenomena the Bridge to Reality -- The Pear-Tree of Illusion -- Cosmic Consciousness -- The Universal Spirit revealed in Prophets and Saints -- The Standard-Bearers of Divine Revelation -- The Mystery of Evil -- The Law and the Truth -- The Complete Artist -- The Necessary Foil -- The Relativity of Evil -- The Soul of Goodness in Things Evil -- The Unseen Power -- Moral Responsibility -- "Whatsoever God Wills shall come to Pass" -- Predestination and Free-Will -- The Wine of Love -- The Riddles of God -- The Apology of Iblıs -- Love and Logic -- The One True Light -- The Twelve Gospels -- The Shepherd's Prayer -- A Rebuke to Bigots -- Religious Controversy -- The Doctrine of Reserve -- Unknowing -- The Unitive State -- The Life Everlasting -- Does Personality Survive? -- The Soul of the World -- Deification -- The God-Man -- The Spiritual Ascension -- The Progress of Man -- "Ripeness is All". |
| Summary |
"For more than eight hundred years, the poetry of Jalalu'l-Din Rumi has touched and inspired people of all faiths and cultures. Considered the greatest mystical poet of Iran, his stirring and mesmerizing words have gained a new appreciation in the western world, influencing celebrities and musicians from Deepak Chopra to Coldplay and Madonna. This beautifully designed hardcover volume presents more than one hundred of Rumi's finest verses, each reflecting his fervent belief in the transformative powers of longing, love, and spirituality. A splendid keepsake edition, it makes an ideal gift for any occasion"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273 -- Translations into English.
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POETRY / Middle Eastern.
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Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273. (OCoLC)fst00073511
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| Genre/Form |
Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
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| Subject |
LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Middle Eastern.
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| Genre/Form |
Poetry.
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| Added Author |
Nicholson, Reynold Alleyne, 1868-1945, translator.
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| ISBN |
9780486850344 (hardcover) |
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048685034X (hardcover) |
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