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Here are the early Sufis themselves. Here are their ascetic practices; their attitudes toward women and marriage, toward food and drink, and toward music and poetry; and here is their ecstatic experience. This is a study in holiness and the love of God, but it is even more a study of men and women overcome by that holiness and love, and locked in the paradox of loving a God who makes vast demands on them. The early Sufis were not seeking consolation. Who they were and what they were after, the reader will discover here. Topics discussed include the historical background of early Muslim mysticism and the relations between Muslim and Christian ascetics. Andrae suggests parallels drawn from his vast reading in the literature of religious experience, both East and West.
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A reference tool giving evidence of Poe's influence on the graphic arts. The substantial introduction surveys the history of Poe illustration, with seventeen pictures included. The 1,625 annotated main entries detail all the discoverable books, portfolios, prints and paintings illustrating or interp
History, with many biographies, of persons from Africa or of African descent (including Afro-Americans, West Indians, etc.) living in Europe from medieval times to the end of World War I.