The Secret Rose Garden: 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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