Every sort of praise marches on
behind the Light of God.
The praise of forms and persons
is all just gilt and fiction.
-- Rumi
Forward by Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh
Edited by Leonard Lewisohn
First Edition 1994
Hardcover: ISBN 0-933546-50-5
Paperback: ISBN 0-933546-51-3
This book contains the proceedings of a conference organized by the Nimatullahi Order on "Classical Persian Sufism: From its Origin to Rumi", held at the George Washington University from 11-13 th May, 1992. The chapters in this book analyze such diverse themes as "Literary and Historical Beginnings", "Sufi Masters and Schools","Metaphysics and Hermeneutics", "Literature and Poetry","Divine Love, Sainthood, Spiritual Disciplines and Stations", and "Spiritual Chivalry and Malamati Spirituality". More than anything, this book is a revelation of the richness of the Sufi contribution to Persian culture, and captures well the mood of the mystics' meditative vision of Islam.
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