Leonard Lewisohn: 4 books
The Angels Knocking on the Tavern Door
Thirty Poems of Hafez
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009
One of our most acclaimed poets brings the work of the great Persian mystic and poet, Hafez, to a new audience. There is no poet in our tradition who carries the amount of admiration and devotion that the Persians have for Hafez. Children learn to sing Hafez poems in the third grade, and almost every...
The Heritage of Sufism (Volume 1)
Classical Persian Sufism from Its Origins to Rumi (700-1300)
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
The first volume in a three-volume set, this is a study of the rise of Persian Sufi spirituality and literature in Islam during the first six Muslim centuries. This collection of 24 essays covers the key achievements of the Muslim intellectual and cultural tradition in history, mysticism, philosophy...
The Heritage of Sufism (Volume 3)
Late Classical Persianate Sufism (1501-1750)
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
This comprehensive study is unique in its chronological breadth, intellectual diversity and historical scope and which demonstrates the central role played by Sufism in Persianate culture in Iran, Central Asia and India
The Heritage of Sufism (Volume 2)
The Legacy of Medieval Persian Sufism (1150-1500)
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2018
This collection - the second of a three-volume study - examines the roots of the artistic, literary and cultural renaissance of Sufism from the 12th to the 15th centuries. It includes essays on Rumi's poetry and imagery; Sufi music and the idea of ecstacy; sainthood and Neoplatonism; comparative metaphysics and literature; and unity of religion theory in Sufi philosophy.