Conference of Birds (Ways of Mysticism, v.1)

by Farid Al-Din 'Attar

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This 12th century Persian poet's work tells of the journey of the birds to visit King Simorgh. Their journey is an allegory of the soul's search for unity with the divine. Sufic belief is that in such unity the distinctions between self and the divine fall away.
  • ISBN10 0826450008
  • ISBN13 9780826450005
  • Publish Date 1 September 2000
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 29 June 2005
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 160
  • Language English