Sufism: Love and Wisdom

by Jean-Louis Michon (Editor), Roger Gaetani (Editor)

Overview

For hundreds of years, the inner spiritual core of Islam has been the focus of Sufi thinkers. These essays allow the reader to understand the wisdom and history of Sufism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780941532754
Publisher:	World Wisdom
Publication date:	03/24/2006
Series:	Perennial Philosophy Series
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	6.09(w) x 9.15(h) x 0.95(d)

Editorial Reviews

Sufism is sometimes described as the mystical aspect of Islam and sometimes as the interior experience of all religions. Certainly, its historical roots lie with Islam; its best-known adherents are the so-called whirling dervishes of Konya in Turkey. This important collection of essays treats many aspects of this still misunderstood mystical practice and includes writings from some of the most respected and most effective porters of that tradition to the West, e.g., Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Titus Burckhardt, William C. Chittick, and Frithjof Schuon. Less a how-to than a gathering of many approaches and ideas, this work should still answer many readers' first questions about Sufism and whet the appetite for further exploration. For most collections. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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