Perfume of the Desert: Inspirations from the Sufi Wisdom

by Eryk Hanut and Andrew Harvey

Book Overview

Renowned for his inspiring interpretations of world spiritual traditions, celebrated modern mystic Andrew Harvey teams with photographer Eryk Hanut to create a stunning book of readings drawn from Sufi mysticism. Teaching stories, prophetic sayings, folk tales and jests, Hanut's evocative photographs, and Harvey's breathtaking translations of the ecstatic poetry of Rumi, Kabir, and others make this little book an inspirational and artistic treasure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0835607674
• ISBN13: 9780835607674
• Release Date: April 1999
• Publisher: Quest Books (IL)
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Some errors, not scholarly

WHile not distracting from the over all substance and gist of the book, there are a few errors here. For example, the poem "Love came and filled me like blood..." is attributed to Rumi, when in fact it was written by Abu-Said Abil-Kheir about 300 years before Rumi. The author's apparent lack of familiarity with the Persian language (Farsi) in which most of the major Sufi poets wrote, is perhaps a slight disadvantage.

Essence of Divine Love

This is a very beautiful book..its worth much more than it costs...splendid collection of sufi wisdom.

A treasure of Sufi wisdom- and a treasure of wisdom

This book contains some of the finest poetry from the literature of sufism; It is an awesome gift to the world; The photographs have something that reminds me of the young Ansel Addams;The best book on sufism i've read in years!