Persian mysticism
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'''Persian mysticism''', or the '''Persian love tradition''', is a traditional interpretation of existence, life and love in [[Iran]]. It relies on revelatory and heart-felt principles in its reasoning. In fact, Perso-[[Islamic]] [[sufism]] is the practical aspect of Persian mysticism.
==Thought==
Persian mystical thought has been analysed critically by [[Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub]], [[Abdolkarim Soroush]], and [[Dariush Shayegan]]. In [[Ghazzali]], one can witness the fear-based mysticism in its most detailed and eloquent form; in [[Rumi]], one can find love-based mysticism; in [[Hafez]] the pleasure-based mysticism. Under Rumi's influences, Abdolkarim Soroush is currently working on power-based or epic mysticism.
==Music==
*[[Shahram Nazeri]]
==Medieval Persian mystical figures==
*[[Rumi|Molana]] (Rumi)
*[[Hafez]]
*[[Farid al-Din Attar]]
*[[Saadi]]
*[[Baba Taher]]
*[[Najmeddin Kubra]]
*[[Shams Tabrizi]]
*[[Bayazid Bastami]]
*[[Abul-Hassan Kharaqani]]
*[[Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi]]
*[[Mansur Al-Hallaj]]
==Modern art and the Persian mystical tradition==
Persian mysticism has a significant impact on Iranian modern art.
==World experts in Persian mysticism ==
*[[Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub]]
*[[Abdolkarim Soroush]]
*[[Darius Shayegan]]
*[[Peter Lamborn Wilson]]
== See also ==
*[[Persian poetry]]
*[[Sufism]]
*[[Maktab Tarighat Oveyssi Shahmaghsoudi]]
*[[Persianate]]
[[Category:Persian philosophy]]
[[Category:Persian culture|Persian culture]]
[[Category:Esoteric interpretation of the Qur'an]]