I am wind, you are fire
Subtitle: the life and work of Rumi
By: Annemarie Schimmel.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Shambhala dragon editions
Publisher: Shambhala; Distributed by Random House
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
Subjects: Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273 -- Religion
Description: "This book ... celebrates the extraordinary career of Persia's great mystical poet, Rumi (1207-1273), through the story of his life, along with an enlightening examination of his ecstatic verse. Rumi lived the quiet life of a religious teacher in Anatolia until the age of thirty-seven, when he came under the influence of a whirling dervish, Shams Tabriz, and was moved to a state of mystical ecstasy. One of the results of this ecstasy was a prodigious output of poems about the search for the lost Divine Beloved, whom Rumi identified with Shams. To symbolize this search, Rumi also invented the famous whirling dance of the Melevi dervishes, which are performed accompanied by the chanting of Rumi's poems. Professor Schimmel illuminates the symbolism and significance of Rumi's vast output and offers her own translations of some of his most famous poems."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-206) and index.