The Way of Passion - Softcover

Andrew Harvey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0285632698 ISBN 13: 9780285632691

Publisher: Souvenir Press, 1995

Synopsis

A powerful interpretation of Rumi and his message of divine love and union.

A penetrating antidote to today's spiritual crises, The Way of Passion presents Rumi's magnificent visions of spiritual surrender and mystical union.

About this title

From Library Journal

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.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Souvenir Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0285632698
• ISBN 13: 9780285632691
• Binding: Paperback