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The inner journey : views from the islamic tradition / edited by William C. Chittick.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Parabola anthology seriesPublisher: Sandpoint, ID : Morning Light Press, 2007Edition: First editionDescription: xix, 318 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781596750173 (pbk.) :
  • 1596750170 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 297.5 22
LOC classification:
  • BP188.9 .I55 2007
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This book of essays, poems, and interviews by Islamic and Sufi poets, scholars, and storytellers is a much-needed compendium of works from a complex tradition that holds timeless messages for contemporary readers. Contributors range from Rumi to Seyyed Hossei Nasr to Emma Clark — together they create a mosaic of the Muslim view of the world and the cosmos, as well as of Sufi rhythms and rituals. Contributions like “Out of the Hidden Root" and “Slumber Seizes Him Not" promote a deeper understanding of one of the world's great, and most misunderstood, spiritual traditions.

Includes bibliographical references.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • General Series Introduction (p. vi)
  • The Call of the Tradition (p. xi)
  • Introduction (p. xv)
  • Chapter 1 Prophecy (p. 1)
  • The First Prophet (p. 2)
  • The Hajj (p. 10)
  • Moses and the Shepherd (p. 19)
  • Chapter 2 Living in Society (p. 25)
  • A Prayer (p. 26)
  • The Revolving Wall (p. 29)
  • Out of the Hidden Root (p. 35)
  • "...and a Little from Abdullah (p. 39)
  • The Spiritual Significance of Jihad (p. 42)
  • Justice to the Enemy (p. 49)
  • Chapter 3 Art and Beauty (p. 55)
  • Light from the Center (p. 56)
  • Divine Unity (p. 62)
  • Echoes of Infinity (p. 64)
  • Some Notes on Arab Calligraphy (p. 78)
  • Underneath Which Rivers Flow (p. 82)
  • Graze in the Meadows (p. 88)
  • Adab: The Sufi Art of Conscious Relationship (p. 93)
  • Chapter 4 Signs in the Cosmos (p. 99)
  • In Fraise of the Creator (p. 101)
  • Traditional Cosmology and Modern Science (p. 104)
  • The Words of the All-Merciful (p. 121)
  • Extending the Shade (p. 130)
  • Travels of the Soul (p. 132)
  • The Safeguard of the Mystic (p. 135)
  • Bodily Resurrection (p. 146)
  • Progress and Evolution (p. 149)
  • Chapter 5 Signs in the Soul (p. 161)
  • Spirit, Body, and In-Between (p. 162)
  • To the Ones Who Would Listen (p. 168)
  • The Fragrance of the Friend (p. 174)
  • The Hidden and the Most Hidden (p. 184)
  • Perfecting the Mirror (p. 191)
  • A Subtile Organ (p. 199)
  • A Six-Faced Mirror (p. 201)
  • Chapter 6 The Path to God (p. 205)
  • Shahadah (p. 207)
  • The Long Journey (p. 215)
  • The Night Journey (p. 233)
  • The Blessed State (p. 239)
  • The Saint with Seven Tombs (p. 244)
  • The Spiritual Guide (p. 252)
  • Shams al Urafa (p. 254)
  • The Tale of the Fish (p. 257)
  • Slumber Seizes Him Not (p. 262)
  • Chapter 7 The Wine of Love (p. 271)
  • Die and Become (p. 273)
  • "I Will Make Myself Mad" (p. 279)
  • The Ritual of Rebirth (p. 287)
  • Intoxication and Sobriety in Sufism (p. 291)
  • Glossary (p. 303)
  • Contributor Profiles (p. 310)
  • For Further Reading (p. 313)
  • Chapter Citations (p. 316)
  • Photography Captions & Credits (p. 317)

Reviews provided by Syndetics

Library Journal Review

Parabola, a journal about myth, tradition, and the search for meaning, has for 30 years been publishing essays from ancient and modern students of the mystical religious traditions. In 2005, Morning Light Press debuted its series compiling the journal's best essays on each tradition; volumes on Buddhism, Christianity, and Hinduism have already appeared, and a volume on Judaism also appeared this year. This volume's editor is one of the foremost Western authorities on Islamic thought and Sufism. He brings together interviews with Iranian Muslim philosopher Seyyed Hossein Nasr delineating the profound mystical and symbolic meanings of the Islamic spiritual experience; essays by French philosopher and theologian Henry Corbin, sympathetic academics, and prominent Western converts to Islam; and translations of the works of Rumi, Attar, and other great mystics of the Muslim world. Because of its comfortable and positive presentation of the inner core of Islamic teaching-removed from the modern politicization of the Muslim community-and its concomitant overemphasis on Islam as a legal system, this collection may serve as a partial antidote to the Western public's prejudices against Islam. Highly recommended for public, religious, and university libraries.-William P. Collins, Library of Congress (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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