According to the correspondent of Majzooban Noor, during the holy Defense Week exhibition in the city of Dezful in Khuzestan province, a booth was allocated to depict insulting images toward the elders and masters of Nematollahi Gonabadi Order as well as to furnish an offensive lecture against mysticism and Sufism exposed with the severe and […]
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Turkish experts invited to Tehran conference on Rumi
TEHRAN — Turkish Rumi experts Adnan Karaismailoglu and Erdogan Erol have been invited to the Fourth International Conference on Rumi, which will open in Tehran this Thursday. Karaismailoglu and Erol will be the special guests of the meeting, which will take place at the Shahid Beheshti University International Conference Center, director of the conference, Saeid […]
September 17th is the feast day of St. Hildegard of Bingen
September 17th is a special day on the Catholic Church calendar as it is the feast day of a Doctor of the Church: St. Hildegard of Bingen. Hildegard of Bingen has been called by her admirers “one of the most important figures in the history of the Middle Ages,” and “the greatest woman of her […]
Rumi’s Spiritual Shiism
AbstractThe present paper aims to provide textual evidence in support of Rumi’s spiritual shiism. The evidence will be taken from Rumi’s Mathnawi. Shiism, in its true form, believes in the welayat (authority) of Imam Ali and his eleven descendents following the demise of Prophet Muhammad. Allah has chosen Ali and his descendents, as the true […]
Sufi Followings among Baluchi Women: Rituals, Poetry and literature ( part two)
2. Feministic Sufism Discussion of the question of the female role in Sufism would not be complete without citing the famous expert on Muslim culture, Professor Annemarie Schimmel. In her book [3] Mystical Dimensions of Islam she points out that “Sufism mare than stern orthodoxy, offered women a certain amount of possibilities to participate actively […]
Quotes of bayazid bastami.
1)all Religions are vehicles and a path to God’s Divine Presence. 2)I never saw any lamp shining more brilliantly than the lamp of silence. 3)For thirty years I sought God. But when I looked carefully I found that in reality God was the seeker and I the sought. 4)I desire not to desire, for my […]
Sufi Followings among Baluchi Women: Rituals, Poetry and literature (part one)
This study is mainly concerned with the involvement of Baluchi Women in Religious and Sufistic Rituals and Poetry. Another objective of the study is to explore the links between Central Asian and Baluch traditions in this regard. The study focuses on the participation of women in Sufi practices in Baluchistan particularly in the context of […]
Tales of rumi:Another Tyrannical Jewish King.
A certain Jewish king, the same who is referred to in the Sura “Signs of the Zodiac,”1 made up his mind to utterly exterminate the Christian faith, and with that view he set up a huge idol, and issued commands that all who refused to worship it should be cast into the fire. Thereupon his […]
Shams of Tabriz’s 40 Rules of Love(part2)
Rule 21 When a true lover of God goes into a tavern, the tavern becomes his chamber of prayer, but when a wine bibber goes into the same chamber, it becomes his tavern. In everything we do, it is our hearts that make the difference, not our outer appearance. Sufis do not judge other people […]
International Theosophy Conference, Inc.
A conference regarding Theosophy and Social Responsibility has been recently held in Santa Barbara, California, August 11-14, 2016.The aim of the 2016 Conference is to explore the active connection between Theosophical teachings and social responsibility. It is pertinent to cite that the objectives of the aforementioned conference were as follows:– How might students of Theosophy […]