Oriental Mysticism
A TREATISE ON
Sufiistic and Unitarian Theosophy
of the Persians
COMPILED FROM NATIVE SOURCES
by E.H. Palmer
Cambridge: Deighton, Bell, and Co.; London: Bell and Daldy
[1867]
Scanned, proofed and formatted at sacred-texts.com, August 2007, by John Bruno Hare. This text is in the public domain in the US because it was published prior to 1923.
Copytext edition:
Published by
FRANK CASS AND COMPANY LIMITED
67 Great Russell Street, London WC1
First published 1867
Reprint with a new introduction 1938 —by A. J. Arberry [Not included in this etext]
Reprint of the First edition 1969 [This etext.]
“The Universe is the mirror of God, and the heart of man is the mirror of the Universe.”–p. 41
This is a concise study of the key concepts of Sufi philosophy, written by a western scholar in the mid-19th century. Palmer discusses the spiritual journey that Sufis take, the path to oneness with God. A very useful feature of this book is the glossary of poetic symbols used in Persian Sufi literature. Palmer also translated the Qur’an for the Sacred Books of the East in two volumes.
¶ Index
- Dedication
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part I
- Part II
- Part III
- Part IV
- Part V. The Study of Man
- Appendix
- Index