Hafez
Subtitle: 'Erfan and music as interpreted by Ostad Mortezá Varzi
By: by Margaret L. Caton.
Contributors: Varzi, Ostad Mortezá.
Series: Bibliotheca Iranica : performing arts series -- no. 7
Publisher: Mazda Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Costa Mesa, CA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781568592480
Subjects: Ḥāfiẓ, -- 14th cent. -- Criticism and interpretation; Sufi poetry, Persian -- History and criticism; Sufi music -- Iran -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mortezá Varzi; title: Ostad Varzi discusses Persian music; title: Concepts in the Ghazals of Hafez; title: Seven stages of perfection in 'Erfan (gnosticism); title: Stage one : attracted (moshtaq); title: Stage two : seeker (taleb); title: Stage three : initiate of the way-imitation (salek : taqlid-e tariqat); title: Stage four : initiate of the way-knowledge (salek : ma'refat-e tariqat); title: Stage five : disciple (kham); title: Stage six : mature (pokhte); title: Stage seven : purified (sukhte); title: Annihilation (fana).