The Philosophy of Ecstasy: Rumi and the Sufi Tradition by Leonard Lewisohn

The Philosophy of Ecstasy: Rumi and the Sufi Tradition

Leonard Lewisohn

340 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction poetry religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-73), founder of the Mevlevi Sufi order of Whirling Dervishes, is the best-selling poet in America today. The wide-ranging appeal of his work is such that UNESCO declared 2007 to be International Rumi Year. However, his writ...

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