Download Song of the Sun: The Life, Poetry, and Teachings of Rumi AudioBook Free
It is customary, when referring to the life span and work of your poet, to speak in academic terms. But with Jalal-ud-Din Rumi, this custom does not apply. His direct and indirect influence on both our spiritual lives and world literature within the last seven centuries has been immeasurable. Not only does his writing continue steadily to set sales records, he's also remembered as the founder of Mevlevi Sufism―the whirling dervishes―whose followers in this century have numbered in the millions.
Who was Rumi, and how does he continue steadily to speak to us today? On Song of the Sun, Andrew Harvey, the Oxford-trained authority on Rumi and author of several modern spiritual classics, takes us inside the extraordinary life and teachings of this prophet and poet. Harvey sifts through the many legends and tales associated with Rumi s life, to reveal a rich and inspiring portrait of what a human being deeply in love with and empowered by God can become. He mines the thousands of odes and quatrains composed by Rumi, and shares the most sumptuous and ecstatic works, all with clear relevance to our spiritual lives today.
At a time when we are hungry for a divine vision of the world as it could be―and should be―Song of the Sun can be an invitation to Rumi s most sacred and glorious feast.
