{"product_id":"dervish-diary-carl-vett-9783929345315","title":"Dervish Diary","description":"The rediscovery of this almost forgotten book in which the author, the Danish publicist and anthroposophist Carl Vett, is telling of a forgotten time is a lucky coincidence. \"In 1925 I was in Constantinople, and was, so it was generally said, the first non-Mohammedan to be allowed to live for a time as a dervish in a Sufi monastery . Many years of study had made me familiar with the phenomena of psychic research, and I wanted to observe at first hand the ecstatic states attained by the dervishes in their way of initiation - for the dervish orders of Islam are schools of initiation. Before and during my stay with the dervishes I kept a diary. It was not intended for special publication, but in view of the execution of twenty-nine men, most of whom were sheiks or members of the Naqshbandi order . it has seemed that these experiences might be of more general interest; and so I have decided to offer them to the public.\"(From the author's foreword) Even now, more than 70 years after its initial publication, this book is a valuable read for anybody interested in the Islamic aspect of the mystical heritage of mankind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carl Vett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3929345315\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783929345315\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bridges Pub\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d","brand":"Carl Vett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44126061003007,"sku":"9783929345315","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_77834fe4-436a-437b-a54e-7531994658e5.jpg?v=1687446065","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dervish-diary-carl-vett-9783929345315","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}