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MAFI
MYSTICAL At long last, here is an accessible
SECRETS
introduction to the teachings of Rumi’s
teacher and inspiration, Shams of
Wisdom from
A Little Book of
Tabriz. Included in this illuminating
Shams of Tabriz and charming volume are both a
Rumi, Shams of Tabriz, biographical sketch of the great Sufi
I shall not place you in my heart teacher and mystic and a new trans-
Rumi lovers, spiritual seekers, and For you may get hurt by its wounds.
and the Path of Ecstasy lation of more than three hundred of
devotees of the mystical path will I won’t keep you in my eyes his core teachings that bring into fresh
meet this little book of wisdom and focus the meaning and mysteries of
MYSTICAL SECRETS
mystical secrets with enthusiasm. For I may belittle you and life and love.
expose you to the ridicule of common men. There are many books on Rumi and
many translations of his works, yet
I will hide you inside my soul, most readers are largely unaware
of the genesis of Rumi’s mystical
not in my heart or in my eyes,
beliefs. Shams (his name in Arabic
means “the sun”) was the catalyst that
so that you may become one with my breath.
converted Rumi, resolute and ascetic
cleric and teacher, into Rumi, the pas-
sionate disciple of the religion of love.
Shams was the agent of the propul-
sive mystical energy that transformed
www.redwheelweiser.com Rumi into the ecstatic poet.
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MARYAM MAFI
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