"Sufism is the modern form of Gnosis,
the secret knowledge passed down from the ancients...
ENLARGE
sufi ritual at midnight, Damascus ©azar
... the Zoroastrian,
the old Hindu yogis,
the Platonists,
and the Essenes,
the followers of the secret path
having continued
up to the present time
under diverse mystical appellations,
with tenets modified
by the ages
within they live.
They form from the 'archetype'
of existence,
a regular system
of spiritual creation."
* from Edward Rice's: Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton (1990)
Introduction | Road to Damascus | Arab Revolt | Mark Twain on Damascus | Street Called Straight | Syrian Homes | Story of Palmyra | Aleppo | Olive Oil Soap | Aleppo 1849 | Sufism | Sufi 2
***
Site Map / Home / Syria / Lebanon / Palestine/ Iraq / Genius's / The Photographer / Book Orders/ Lectures /Cool Links / Write Me
Copyright © George Azar 1996 All rights reserved.