Author: Özelsel, Michaela M.
Title: Forty Days : The Diary of a Traditional Solitary Sufi Retreat with an Accompanying Interdisciplinary Scientific Commentary
Description: Brattleboro [VT], Threshold Books, 1996. orig. boards. 23x14cm, xv,224 pp. Introduction by Annemarie Schimmel. Translated by Andy Gaus.. Minor rubbing. Small ink mark to top page-edge. VG. ¶ Contents: Diary; Commentary: Blood Sacrifice; Observations on the Thesis of "morphic Resonance"; The Person of the Teacher; Accompanying Psychological Phenomena; Methods of Sufi Schooling; The Physiological Dimension; Methods of Sufi Schooling; The Physiological Dimension; Methods of Sufi Schooling; Do They Make You Well or Make You Sick?; The Functionality of Mourning And Loss; The Call to the Path and Its Consequences; Spirituality and Sexuality; The Authenticity of Mystical Experiences; The "Halvet" in Transcultural Comparison; The Land of Truth.

Keywords: Islamic Mysticism, Sufism Sufi, Sufis, Mystical Islam, , , , ,