Rumi, the great Sufi mystic, always proposed human and divine love as the source of all knowledge and all wisdom. Mystic revelation, the “unveiling of mysteries”, that of Knowledge occurs through a complete transformation of the being, this is the Secret. His meeting with Shams Tabrizi, one of the most extraordinary individuals of all time, is a story which blends tragedy, wonder and the divine. Union is born of the most testing of times. The famous whirling dervishes of Konya (Turkey) continue to practise Sama, the divine and cosmic dance introduced by Rumi when he said: “All atoms dance like a single sun”. This book by Michel Random is an essential text, writes Maurice Béjart in his preface, a very meaningful and important book. It makes clear that what is seemingly hidden from view is also possible, as Titus Burckhardt tells us.
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