The Conference of the Birds

The Conference of the Birds [A Philosophical Religious Poem in Prose] - Ways of Mysticism

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Publisher's Synopsis

This 12th century Persian work tells of the journey of the birds to visit King Simorgh, representing an allegory of the soul's search for unity with the divine. Sufic belief is that in such unity the distinction between self and the divine fall away.

Book information

ISBN: 9780826450005
Publisher: Continuum
Imprint: Continuum
Pub date:
DEWEY: 891.5511
DEWEY edition: 21
Number of pages: 147
Weight: 389g
Height: 195mm
Width: 135mm
Spine width: 17mm