Awakened Dreams: Raji's Journeys with the Mirror Dede

Hilmi, Ahmet / Refik Algan & Camille Helminski, English trans.

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ISBN 10: 0939660458 ISBN 13: 9780939660452

Published by Shambhala Publications, 1993

Language: English

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Title

Awakened Dreams: Raji's Journeys with the Mirror Dede

Publisher

Shambhala Publications

Publication Date

1993

Language

English

ISBN 10

0939660458

ISBN 13

9780939660452

Binding

Soft Cover

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vg+

Book Type

Paperback

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Awakened Dreams was written in the early 1900s at the end of the Ottoman era by Ahmet Hilmi—humorist, revolutionary, and Sufi mystic.

Raji—a young man disillusioned with science, philosophy, religion, and with life as he knows it—meets a grandfather-like "madman" who lives in a cemetery and wears clothes patched with bits of mirrors. The Mirror Dede, though apparently mad, makes more sense than anyone Raji has ever met. From time to time they drink coffee together, and as the old man plays a reed flute, Raji's transformation is mirrored through a series of awakened dreams. He experiences changes of perception which show to him the limitations of our ordinary human faculties, and he encounters various prophets and holy beings who reveal to him the secret of his own existence.

This book has the charm of Hesse's Siddhartha, the wry humor of a Vonnegut novel, and the visionary wisdom of Castaneda's Don Juan series. It continues to be used as a vibrant teaching tale in many Sufi circles. Though a story of mythical dimensions, Awakened Dreams is not a fantasy but a transcription of the spiritual journey based on Hilmi's own experience.

About the Author

Ahmet Hilmi (1865–1914) was born in an area that is now Bulgaria. While still a young man, Himli met the Mirror Dede, a "cosmic doctor" who was living in a local cemetery. Mirror Dede provided inspiration for Hilmi's spiritual transformation. Hilmi went on to become a Sufi teacher and the author of many books.

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