Table of Contents
Winter 1992–93
In his discourse, Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh reflects on pain as both affliction and medicine on the Sufi path, pointing seekers toward acceptance and love as the ground of healing.
Essays trace core currents of Persian Sufism — from Seyyed Hossein Nasr’s survey of its rise, to J. T. P. de Bruijn’s comparison of Sana’i and ‘Attar, and Leonard Lewisohn’s study of mystical death in ‘Ayn al-Qudat’s Tamhidat.
Stories of Kharaqani’s servanthood and of true love bring the teachings into lived experience.
Poems by Annemarie Schimmel, Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh, Jerome W. Clinton, Herbert Mason, and Alex Cowie deepen the theme of surrender and transformation.
Discourse
- Pain and Cure — Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh
Articles & Essays
- The Rise and Development of Persian Sufism — Seyyed Hossein Nasr
- Comparative Notes on Sana’i and ‘Attar — J. T. P. de Bruijn
- In Quest of Annihilation: Imaginalization and Mystical Death in the Tamhidat of ‘Ayn al-Qudat Hamadani — Leonard Lewisohn
Stories
- Abo’l-Hasan Kharaqani: The Slave of God — Jeffrey Rothschild
- True Love — Mojdeh Bayat
Poetry
- Most Gently — Annemarie Schimmel
- The Image of Existence — Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh
- Misfortune’s Friend — Jerome W. Clinton
- I Am On — Herbert Mason
- Surrender — Alex Cowie