The Way of Passion: A Celebration of Rumi

by Andrew Harvey

Overview

A powerful interpretation of Rumi and his message of divine love and union. The Way of Passion, a penetrating antidote to today's spiritual crises, presents Rumi's magnificent visions of spiritual surrender and mystical union.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781585420742
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	12/28/2000
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	285,807
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.06(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	18 - 14 Years

About the Author

Andrew Harvey is an internationally acclaimed poet, novelist, mystical scholar, seeker, and teacher. He is the author of more than thirty books, including Son of Man, The Direct Path, Hidden Journey, The Way of Passion, The Return of the Mother, and A Journey in Ladakh.

Table of Contents

The Way of Passion Preface
Chapter 1. The Journey to Love
Chapter 2. The Price of Adoration
Chapter 3. Dying, Blossoming
Chapter 4. The Voice of Silence
Chapter 5. Springtime of Eternity
Chapter 6. Perfect Being
Chapter 7. Apocalypse and Glory
Chapter 8. Sacred Art, Sacred Dance
Chapter 9. The Divine Child
Chapter 10. Death as Triumph
Chapter 11. In Love, As Love, For Love

Editorial Reviews

Harvey is probably best known for Hidden Journey (Viking, 1991), in which he details his spiritual surrender to the Indian mystic Mother Meera. He has since found in the mystic poetry of the 13th-century Sufi master Rumi a distillation of the message that he believes Mother Meera embodies and that the world cannot afford to ignore. ``I believe we are all in the last moments of a civilization,'' Harvey writes. ``What is at stake is the whole human experiment.'' Some will find this fixation on the imminent apocalypse distracting. Taken from a series of lectures given in 1993, the book is probably of greatest interest to those having some prior familiarity with the poetry. Harvey's passion and enthusiasm often lead to hyperbole, and his interpretation of Rumi, while compelling, needs to be absorbed slowly and with a critical eye. For collections with an interest in Sufism or mysticism in general.-Mark Woodhouse, Elmira Coll. Lib., N.Y.

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