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The Secret Rose Garden, by Florence Lederer, [1920], at sacred-texts.com


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CONTENTS

 

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INTRODUCTION

LIFE OF SHABISTARĪ

11

SŪFĪ POETRY

12

SŪFĪ SYMBOLISM

13

THE BELOVED

16

FROM THE UNREAL TO THE REAL

18

THE ART OF SHABISTARĪ

20

THE SECRET ROSE GARDEN

21

THE CENTRAL TREE OF BEAUTY

24


PART I

THE PERFECT FACE OF THE BELOVED

THE EYE AND THE LIP

27

THE MOLE

29

THE CURL

30

THE CHEEK AND THE DOWN

32


PART II

BEAUTY

THE MARRIAGE OF THE SOUL

34

THE CHARM OF BEAUTY

35

EARTHLY BEAUTY

35

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PART III

THE SEA AND ITS PEARLS

A DROP OF SEA-WATER

36

THE SEA OF BEING

37

PEARLS OF KNOWLEDGE

37


PART IV

THE JOURNEY

THE FORSAKING

39

THE TRAVELLER

40

EXHORTATION

42

THE TWO STEPS OF THE JOURNEY

42

FEAR

42

LOGIC

43

THE INFANT AND THE YOUTH

43

THE ALMOND TREE

44

INTERMINGLING

45


PART V

TIME AND THIS DREAM-WORLD

TIME

46

THE DREAM OF LIFE

46

THE PHENOMENAL WORLD

47

THE REAL AND THE UNREAL

48

THIS WORLD A MIRAGE

49

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PART VI

REFLECTIONS

 

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SUN-REFLECTIONS

50

THE MIRROR

52

EVIL

53

THE REFLECTION IN THE MIRROR

53


PART VII

DIVINE INEBRIATION

TAVERN-HAUNTERS

54

THE WINE OF RAPTURE

56

WINE, TORCH, AND BEAUTY

58

INTOXICATION

58


PART VIII

REASON AND FREE-WILL

REASON

60

KNOWLEDGE

60

THE BLINDNESS OF REASON

61

FREE-WILL

62


PART IX

MAN: HIS CAPABILITIES AND HIS DESTINY

TO THE SŪFĪS

64

"I" AND "YOU"

64

REFLECTED FORMS OF HABIT

65

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THE LOWEST NECESSARY

66

A FAITHFUL SERVANT

66

"FAR" AND "NEAR"

67

THE SAGE

67

THE PROPHET AND THE SAINT

69

THE FIRST AND THE LAST

69

ANNIHILATION OF PHENOMENA

70

THE WRITTEN FAITH

70

THE PERFECT MAN

71


PART X

THE ONE

THE NAME

72

THE BELOVED GUEST

72

THE SHADOWLESS

73

THE UNKNOWABLE

73

THE BOOK OF GOD

73

THE UNCHANGING LIGHT

74

FUTURE REWARD

75


PART XI

THE SELF

THE GAMBLE OF THE SELF

76

TRANSCEND SELF

76

SELFLESSNESS

77

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PART XII

IDOLS, GIRDLES, AND CHRISTIANITY

IDOLS

78

THE GIRDLE

80

CHRISTIANITY

80

THE MOSQUE AND THE CLOISTER

81


PART XIII

THOUGHTS

CIRCLES

82

DEATH

83

THE HEAVENS

83

NO COMPLETE HAPPINESS HERE

84

THE ATOMS

84

THE PRAISE OF THE ATOMS

85

THINKING

86

THOUGHTS ON CREATION

86


PART XIV

THE LIGHT MANIFEST

THE LIGHT

88

THE VISIT

89

THE GIFT

90

THE EFFECT OF THE DRAUGHT

91


EPILOGUE

92

 


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