Persian mysticism 4346568 186898141 2008-01-25T21:55:25Z Karanacs 2446095 rm copyedit tag '''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]]