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Spring 1990
The Spring 1990 issue turns to how Sufism shapes the inner life and its outward expression in teaching, story, and poetry.
In his discourse, Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh describes Sufism as an inward illumination that transforms the self through remembrance, discipline, and love.
Articles explore a Persian gnostic treatise translated by William Chittick, Sachiko Murata’s reflections on the Tao of Islam, and Leonard Lewisohn’s study of poetic imitation.
Stories range from the lives of early Sufis to visionary allegories, while poems by Annemarie Schimmel, Alex Cowie, Jennifer Doane, and Dr. Nurbakhsh close the issue with lyrical expressions of longing and devotion.
Discourse
- Sufism and Psychoanalysis: Part One: What is Sufism? — Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh
Articles
- Khwaja Khord’s Treatise on the Gnostic — William C. Chittick
- The Tao of Islam — Sachiko Murata
- Mashreqi’s Imitation of Maghrebi — Leonard Lewisohn
Stories
- In the Garden of Love: The story of Nur ‘Ali Shah and Bibi Hayati — Jeffrey Rothschild
- The City of the Thousand Thousand Gates — Kristina Una Amadeus
Poetry
- On the Road to Konya — Annemarie Schimmel
- My Ship Sails Close to Fire — Alex Cowie
- The Honeybee and the Blossom — Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh; translated by Terry Graham
- The Stones of Men — Jennifer Doane