About this title: "Mystical Dimensions of Islam" presents, for the first time, a balanced historical treatment of the transnational phenomenon of Sufism--Islamic mysticism--from its beginnings through the nineteenth century. Through her sensitivity and deep understanding of the subject, Annemarie Schimmel, an eminent scholar of Eastern religions, draws the reader into the mood, the vision, the way of the Sufi in a manner that adds an essential ingredient to her analysis of the history of Sufism.
After exploring the origins of the mystical movement in the meditations of orthodox Muslims on the Koran and the ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Date Published: 1975-10
ISBN-13:9780807812235ISBN:0807812234
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Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780807812716ISBN:0807812714
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr
Date Published: 1975-06-01
ISBN-13:9780807812716ISBN:0807812714
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The University of North Carolina
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780807812716ISBN:0807812714
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Edition: Third Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780807812716ISBN:0807812714
Description: Good. 0807812714. 506 pages including index. Ex-Hartford Seminary Library; soiling, handling wear, rubbing to cover; foxing flecks on foredges; 1 page with part of one line underlined; otherwise unmarked, tight copy; 1.2 x 9.1 x 6 Inches. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Date Published: 1978-04-01
ISBN-13:9780807812716ISBN:0807812714
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Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780807812716ISBN:0807812714
Description: Softcovers, large 8vo, xxii + 512pp, b/w illustrations, bibliography, index. Light wear to cover edges, tiny crease to upper rear corner, previous owner's discreet stamp to front endpaper, otherwise appears unused. A near fine copy. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA PR
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780807812716ISBN:0807812714
Description: New. To write about Sufism, or Islamic mysticism, is an almost impossible task. At the first step, a wide mountain range appears before the eye--and the longer the seeker pursues the path, the more difficult it seems to reach any goal at all. He may dwell... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Yoda Press
Date Published: 01/12/2007
ISBN-13:9788190363495ISBN:8190363492
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The University of North Carolina
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780807812716ISBN:0807812714
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
ISBN-13:9780807812716ISBN:0807812714
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"I like this book...it is the few books that I recommend to know all aspect about sufisme.Very comprehensive and clear. I interest about sufisme after read this book."
"Writing about the mystical realm is no easy undertaking. Schimmel's book has the sensitivity and depth that come only from an inner personal journey as well as profound academic training. For years, she was the Chair of the Indo-Muslim Studies Department at Harvard. and her superb scholarship, combined with her direct experience of Sufism in Turkey, produced the one of best, most comprehensive studies of Sufism in English."
"Recently I re-read this amazing book along with my students. Those with an attunement and appreciation of Sufism and mystical traditions at large, find this to be a masterful and insightful exploration of the poetical nuances and sacred history of Sufism. Annemarie Schimmel loved Sufism and her respect, love, and magical wonder are only surpassed by her outstanding scholarship. In this magnum opus she guides us through the history, the steps of stations and stages on the spiritual path and into the garden where the rose and the nightingale create the poetic power that flowers in Sufism. What we miss is the social and political dimension of Sufism's unfolding. But for those seeking the ideals and the beauty, this is one of the best first stations for those who would enter the journey of understanding and appreciating Sufism. This is a garden whose flowers are fragrant and whose paths are strewn with jewels."
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