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Rumi's World: The Life and Work of the Great Sufi Poet (I Am Wind, You Are Fire)

by Annemarie Schimmel

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This book (previously published as "I Am Wind, You Are Fire ") celebrates the extraordinary career of Persia's great mystical poet, Rumi (1207-1273), through the story of his life, along with an enlightening examination of his ecstatic verse. Rumi lived the quiet life of a religious teacher in Anatolia until the age of thirty-seven, when he came under the influence of a whirling dervish, Shams Tabriz, and was moved to a state of mystical ecstasy. One of the results of this ecstasy was a prodigious output of poems about the search for the lost Divine Beloved, whom Rumi identified with Shams. To symbolize this search, Rumi also invented the famous whirling dance of the Melevi dervishes, which are performed accompanied by the chanting of Rumi's poems. Professor Schimmel illuminates the symbolism and significance of Rumi's vast output and offers her own translations of some of his most famous poems.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-206) and index.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780877736110
Subtitle:
The Life and Works of the Greatest Sufi Poet
Author:
Schimmel, Annemarie
Publisher:
Shambhala Publications
Location:
Boston :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Jalal al-Din Rumi
Subject:
Islam - Sufism
Subject:
Islam - Sufi
Subject:
Jalal al-Din Rumi - Religion
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series Volume:
v. 9
Publication Date:
May 2001
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
224
Dimensions:
8.86x6.12x.64 in. .78 lbs.
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