Signs of the Unseen: The Discourses of Jalaluddin Rumi

by W. M. Thackston Jr. (Translator)

Overview

Signs of the Unseen is a collection of Rumi's lectures, discourses, conversations, and comments on various and sundry topics. Even in conversation Rumi expresses his spiritual insights in a style rich in allusion and figurative language, and often illustrated by skillful storytelling. His themes include God's beauty and beneficence as expressed through the good things of the earth; the continuum between form and substance; the here and the hereafter; the melting of individuality in the reality of God's oneness; and the centrality of love in the soul's development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781570625329
Publisher:	Shambhala
Publication date:	10/19/1999
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	640,460
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Dr. Wheeler Thackston, Jr., is a professor of Middle Eastern Languages and Literature at Harvard University.

Jalaluddin Rumi (1207-1273) was not only a poet, mystic, and the founder of a Sufi order, he was a man of profound insight into the nature of human existence and possibly the greatest mystical poet of any age.