The Essence of Rumi
by Baldock, JohnFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2005-09-30
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Summary
The thirteenth-century saint Jalaluddin Rumi has been called the greatest mystical poet of any age, and his work compared to that of Dante and Shakespeare. Over a period of 25 years he composed over 70,000 verses of poetry on the subjects of divine love, mystic passion and ecstatic illumination.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 7 |
| Rumi and History | p. 17 |
| The Life of Jalaluddin Rumi | p. 29 |
| Rumi and Islam | p. 53 |
| Rumi and the Sufi Path | p. 81 |
| Rumi's Cast of Characters | p. 105 |
| Rumi's Symbolism | p. 139 |
| Themes from Rumi | p. 163 |
| Discourses from Fihi mafihi | p. 185 |
| Tales from the Mathnawi | p. 201 |
| Odes from the Divan-i Shams-i Tabrizi | p. 217 |
| Bibliography | p. 229 |
| Index | p. 233 |
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