Sufi Poetry Guides
Happy National Poetry Month! From haiku to the poems of the Beats, from ancient translations to modern free verse, everyone can find a style to love in our poetry collection. Enter your email below for a chance to win a bundle of three poetry books: The Mysterion, Yin Mountain, and The Art of Haiku and receive a code [...]
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Greek, Sufi, and Islamic Translations by Thomas Cleary: A Reader’s Guide
Thomas Cleary (1949—2021) was one of the twentieth century’s greatest translators of Asian classics. He was extremely prolific, translating and authoring countless works. Shambhala Publications has published over sixty. His books have sold millions of copies and his translations have in turn been translated into over twenty languages worldwide. His first published project, in collaboration [...]
An excerpt from Tales of the Land of the Sufis by Mohammad Ali Jamnia andMojdeh Bayat Everyone who is familiar with Eastern mysticism, particularly with Sufism, has heard of Jalaluddin Rumi, for he is one of the most celebrated and most widely translated Sufi teachers of all times. By the same token; students of poetry, especially [...]
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