The Mysticism of Sound and Music

The Sufi Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan

The Mysticism of Sound and Music
Hazrat Inayat Khan
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h229 x 152mm - 352pg
4 Oct 2022 US
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9781611809961
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The first teacher to bring Islamic mysticism to the West presents music' s divine nature and its connection to our daily lives in this poetic classic of Sufi literature. Music, according to Sufi teaching, is really a small expression ofthe overwhelming and perfect harmony of the whole universe-and that is the secret of its amazing power to move us. The Indian Sufi masterHazratInayatKhan (1882-1927), the first teacher to bring the Islamic mystical tradition to the West, was an accomplished musician himself. His lucid exposition of music' s divine nature has become a modern classic, beloved not only by those interested in Sufism but by musicians of all kinds.
"Inayat Khan says that music is the ' picture of our Beloved' and then draws the picture stroke by stroke from every angle and plane until we see it. He is the only holy man I know who delivers an authentic and inclusive spiritual message from a musical sensibility. He does this rigorously, poetically and spontaneously, until we perceive our own actions as music. Open to any line on any page: youwill be opened. "-W. A. Mathieu, author of The Listening Book and The Musical Life "By the end, the reader will be hard-pressed to deny the truth of the author' s words when he says that music is the miniature of life' s harmony, the language of beauty and the soul, the basis of the whole creation, and the nearest way to God. "-from the foreword by Pir Zia Inayat Khan "A powerful book of mystical insight for people of all traditions. "-Monos "Inayat Khan brought one of the strongest and sweetest lineages from India to the West: the music and open heart of Sufism as it blends with Persian poetry and Western intellect. He is a source and a great joy. "-Coleman Barks, author of Open Secret and The Essential Rumi
Hazrat Inayat Khan was trained as a musician and a Sufi of the Chishti order and gave concert tours of Indian classical music in the United States and Europe.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781611809961
Published: 4 Oct 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Shambhala Publications Inc
Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc
Format: Paperback
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Pages: 352

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