The SufisThis work offers coverage of the spiritual and psychological tradition of Sufism. It shows that Sufism is not the preserve of ecstatic religionists, but has a contribution to make to human culture and philosophy. |
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Abjad accepted according activity alchemy allegory ancient Arabic asked attain Attar baraka become believe called Carbonari century Christian consciousness considered cult dervish disciple divine doctrine East essence exercises experience fact function Ghazali Hindu human Ibn El-Arabi ideas illumination illuminist individual initiatory inner intellectual Islam Kasidah Khayyam King knowledge known letters literature lore magical material Mathnawi means method Mevlevi mind miracles Mohammed Moslem Mulla mystical Naqshbandi Nasrudin Omar ordinary organization original perception Persian person philosophical poem poet poetry R. A. Nicholson Raymond Lully reality realize religion religious ritual Roger Bacon root Rumi Rumi's Saadi sage Saracen says scholars scholastic scholasticism secret Seeker sense Sheikh Simurgh Spain spiritual stage story Sufi master Sufi schools Sufi teacher Sufic Sufism symbolism tajalli tarika teaching things thinking thought tion tradition translated triliteral troubadors truth understanding West Western word