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Special Illumination [EPUB ebook]

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Special Illumination is a term used by the great poet and mystic Jalaluddin Rumi to stress the importance of humor in metaphysical experience.Of it, Idries Shah says, ‘Rumi directly contradicts such numerous sour-faced religionists as, in all persuasions, find that humor disturbs the indoctrination which is all that they usually have to offer."

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Format EPUB ● Pages 90 ● ISBN 9781784791315 ● Publisher ISF Publishing ● Published 2018 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 6637307 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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