The Tao of Books Sufism

DAUGHTER OF FIRE: A Diary of a Spiritual Training with a Sufi Master Ref: 1475

Irina Tweedle

Tweedle documents her five-year process od purification and inner work with the heart in the "Naqshbandi" or "Golden Sufi" tradition; thje daily doubts, agonies, discomforts, culture shocks, terrors, bodily states, uncertainties, and ecstasies along the path to truth, "I read 'Chasm of Fire' three times, I shall read 'Daughter of Fire', I Expect, the rest of my life... It ranks with the greatest of all spiritual literature. It is an engrossing personal story; an astonishing testament of faith; a rare insight into the closed world of the Sufi - in this day of a broadside of coun terfeits. Far more, the spiritual path is revealed here as seldom before" - Joseph Chilton Pearce. Irena Tweedle was born in Russia in 1907, she met her Sufi master in India and after his death in 1966, she returned to England, bringing his teachings to the West.

832pp, 9x6 ... Paperback

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THE ESSENTIAL RUMI Ref: BL92

Coleman Barks

A comprehensive collection of ecstatic poetry that delights with its energy and passion, The Essential Rumi brings the vibrant, living words of famed thirteenth-century Sufi mystic Jelalludin Rumi to contemporary readers. At the end of our wanderings there is only the soul's yearning to return to God. No one speaks that yearning better than Rumi. No one, these days, does Rumi better than Coleman Barks. - Ram Dass.

336pp, 8x5 ... Paperback

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LOVE’S FIRE: Re-Creations of Rumi Ref: 2286

Andrew Harvey

Andrew Harvey, author of 2 widely acclaimed accounts of his own spiritual journey (A Journey in Laddakh and Hidden Journey), presents 108 poems from the great Sufi mystic, Rumi. Painstakingly researched and translated from the original 13th century texts, this anthology spans the entire mystical cycle common to all the world’s inner traditions - longing, fulfilment, loss, mourning, and final union with the divine. These incandescent poems were inspired by Rumi’s great love for his own spiritual master. Utterly beautiful.

108pp, 8x5 ... ISBN 0962297305 ... Paperback

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RUMI: Whispers of the Beloved Ref: BT64

Maryam Mafi & Melita Kolin

Born in Balkh (present-day Afghanistan), Jelaluddin Rumi (1207-1273) is one of the greatest Sufi mystics and poets the world has known. His message of love speaks directly to the heart and transcends the limitations of language and the boundaries of time. In the vast depths of Rumi's work the short quatrains, the Rubaiyat, are like crystals. They sparkle with the many hues of the rainbow and contain worlds inside. As we hold them in our hands they capture us with their mystery. Transparent and clear they open doors into the wonder of inner spaces and longing. Whispers of two lovers in a crowd.

126pp, 6x4 ... Paperback

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