Rumi and Sufism - Softcover

Vitray-Meyerovitch, Eva De

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0942996089 ISBN 13: 9780942996081

Publisher: Post Apollo Press, 1989

Synopsis

Nonfiction. Rumi is one of the great mystics of Islam. He founded in the XIIIth century a brotherhood in the Turkish city of Konya, famous for the use of music in the context of spiritual experience. To understand Rumi is to enter the world of Islam in its true sense: known as a "Sufi," Rumi is on par with the spiritual Masters of all great religious traditions. Written by Eva de Vitray-Meyerovitch, a French scholar who became a believer in Islam through her works on Sufism, this book is the best initiation not only to Rumi, but to Islamic thought: it is clear, elegant, scholarly, beautiful. It is an excellent tool for serious students of Islam as well as for the general public who wants to approach Islamic civilization with the respect and competence it requires. It should be on the program of any studies dealing with Islam, comparative studies of religions, the values and politics of the Islamic world. It is a key to the underlying world-view which it is impossible to understand without comprehending its spiritual roots. But this book is also about the life and writings of one of the great poets of the world.

About this edition

• Publisher: Post Apollo Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0942996089
• ISBN 13: 9780942996081
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 186