The way of illumination. (A guide-book to the Sufi Movement)

by Inayat Khan

Paper Book, 1960

Status

Available

Call number

297/.4

Publication

[Southampton? Eng.] Sufi Movement [1960?]

Description

The Indian Sufi master Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927) was the first teacher to bring Sufism-Islamic mysticism-to the Western world. His teaching was noted for its stirring beauty and power, as well as for its applicability to all people, regardless of religious or philosophical background. This book gathers together three of Inayat Khan's most beloved essays on the spiritual life from among the fourteen volumes of his collected works- ?"The Inner Life"- Inayat Kahn's sublime portrait of the person whose life is a radiant reflection of the Divine ?"Sufi Mysticism"- in which the author identifies and shatters the common misconceptions about mysticism to reveal its true meaning ?"The Path of Initiation and Discipleship"- What it means to set out on the spiritual path and how to find and maintain the right relationship with a teacher… (more)

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This volume collects three classic essays by Sufi master Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927), along with a short lecture-previously unpublished-on "The Path of the Mystic" and a small collection of aphorisms. Readers unfamiliar with Sufism will find this an excellent, accessible introduction. Those who

are familiar with Sufism will appreciate the collection of the material into one volume. Inayat Khan's insistence on the unity of mysticism and the oneness of God, along with his openness to all spiritual paths, are important correctives to sectarianism-and to Western misperception of Islam as sectarian. The collection is full of memorable images, among them a picture of learning as tying a knot in the mind and unlearning-essential to spiritual development-as the difficult task of untying it. For a Western audience as often as not tied up in knots, this is essential reading.

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