Sufism and its orders

Words of Ecstasy in Sufism

Reconsidering A. Reza Arasteh: Sufism and Psychotherapy

Four decades ago, A. Reza Arasteh combined Westernized psychology with Sufism to emerge as an important voice in the integration of psychology and religion. Arasteh’s writings have remained largely unnoticed by the psychological community; however, we believe that it is time to reconsider his ideas. This article presents Arasteh’s main ideas about the relationship between human development and ...

Investigate light Zoroastrian mysticism and expressed its similarities with Sufism of Molana

Zoroastrianism of the oldest religions, which contains principles and a genuine mystical and profound influence on Eastern and Western religions have. Undoubtedly, the mysticism than any other discipline, Zoroastrian heritage conservation and new and appropriate interpretations of Islam has been presented. We should pay to this point regarding the light importance in Zoroastrian mysticism فاشفn...

Love (Mohabba) in Sufism

In the following, I describe the Sufi Path (tariqa) as a dialectical process which transforms the person through love. I examine the belief system of Islamic mystics as a journey involving both creativity and passion. I do so by using a fresh approach, a perspective that has heretofore yet to be applied to the spiritual alchemy of the Sufis.

Yaghoobi, Claudia. Subjectivity in ʿAttar, Persian Sufism, and European Mysticism