A Little Book of Mystical Secrets: Rumi, Shams of Tabriz, and the Path of Ecstasy - Softcover

Mafi, Maryam

 
9781571747457: A Little Book of Mystical Secrets: Rumi, Shams of Tabriz, and the Path of Ecstasy
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1571747451 ISBN 13: 9781571747457
Publisher: Hampton Roads, 2017

Synopsis

At long last, an accessible little book that focuses on the teachings of Rumi's teacher and inspiration, Shams of Tabriz. Included in this slim, charming volume is a biographical sketch of the great Sufi teacher and mystic and a new translation of 500 of his core teachings that bring into fresh focus the meaning and mysteries of life and love.

There are many books on Rumi and many translations of his works and yet most readers are unaware of how Rumi became a mystic. Shams, an Arabic word that means the sun, was the catalyst that converted the rather resolute and ascetic Rumi, the cleric and teacher, into Rumi, the passionate disciple of the religion of love. He was the agent of the propulsive mystical energy that transformed Rumi the reticent into Rumi the ecstatic poet.

Rumi lovers, spiritual seekers, and devotees of the mystical path will meet this little book of wisdom and mystical secrets with enthusiasm.

I shall not place you in my heart
For you may get hurt by its wounds.
I won't keep you in my eyes
For I may belittle you and
expose you to the ridicule of common men.
I will hide you inside my soul, not in my heart or in my eyes,
so that you may become one with my breath.

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About the Author

Maryam Mafi was born and raised in Iran. She went to Tufts University in the US in 1977 where she studied sociology and literature. While reading for her master s degree in international communications in American and Georgetown Universities she began translating Persian literature and has been doing so ever since. She lives in London.

Narguess Farzad is the Senior Tutor in the Faculty of Languages and Culture at the University of London.

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Publisher
Hampton Roads
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1571747451
ISBN 13 
9781571747457
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
240