Attar and the Persian Sufi Tradition: The Art of Spiritual Flight by Christopher Shackle, Leonard Lewisohn

Attar and the Persian Sufi Tradition: The Art of Spiritual Flight

Christopher Shackle, Leonard Lewisohn

355 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

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Farid al-Din 'Attar (d. 1221) was the principal Muslim religious poet of the second half of the twelfth century. Best known for his masterpiece "Mantiq al-tayr", or "The Conference of Birds", his verse is still considered to be the finest example ...

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