whirling dervishes festival

[muzy26]

“The dervish whirls so that the true form of the world can be seen. When we whirl all the individual pieces we think are separate blend together and we begin to sense the totality that is God.” Sharif Baba
The whirling of the dervishes was mesmerizing and the music was trance like and completely divine.
http://www.look4europe.com/it/compo...-look4eu-news/110-whirling-dervishes-festival

 

[dahermit]

And your point is?

 

[muzy26]

is...Sufism is the very essence of Islam

 

[muzy26]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqhNPY882kE&feature=related

 

[nobull]

is...Sufism is the very essence of Islam

The resent abolition of these orders in Turkey demonstrates the kinds of pressures they have encountered as a result of the growing strength of secularism in the world during the modern period. In many parts of the Arab world the orders have all but disappeared. In other parts of the Islamic world, however, they have continued. In North Africa and India Sufism has lost the influence they once had but nevertheless remain a part of the religious identity of the area. The continued existence of such orders suggests the inseparability of religion and its mystical dimension.

Regards
Doug

ps. where are you from?