<![CDATA[Javânmard and the roses of Nâ Kojâ Âbâd]]> http://javanmard.over-blog.org/ Javânmard: "He decided to separate himself from the masses, the tribe, to turn his back on his native country, to take on the pains and the burden of the journey, of the exile of pigrim of God. Javânmard is the pilgrim par excellence, the wandering knight, the homo viator." Corbin 1983: 220 in Corbin, Henry.1983. L'Homme et son Ange, Paris: Fayard. fr http://fdata.over-blog.net/1/19/30/52/avatar-blog-1007194439-tmpphpjvXina.jpeg <![CDATA[Javânmard and the roses of Nâ Kojâ Âbâd]]> http://javanmard.over-blog.org/ Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:09:49 +0100 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:09:49 +0100 Over-blog.com RSS 2.0 Engine Divers http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification/ <![CDATA[The Lie of Modernity]]> http://javanmard.over-blog.org/article-18372214.html

As a practitioner of classical music I have been taught something very important: A faster beat (tempo) does not equal an increase in volume (crescendo). Many beginning musicians make the mistake of playing louder when playing faster. Their mistake is to confuse horizontal advancing in time [...]

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I am the brother of the Messenger of God and the Heir to His knowledge, the treasury of His wisdom, and the Companion of His secret. There is not a letter revealed by God in any of His Books whose intention does not point towards me. He hath vouchsafed unto me the knowledge of what was from [...]

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On a rosary of smiles and tears I whisper you name… My existence has become the prayer carpet on which my soul adores you… Your Face o Maula my only qibla!!! Ya 'Ali Haqq! Ya 'Ali Hu! Night and day are the same to me How can I sleep when all I see is your light o Maula? They often say that [...]

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Bismillahi Rahmani Rahim Ya 'Ali Haqq! Ya 'Ali Hu! A spiritual tradition is a like a human being endowed with a body, a soul and a spirit. To reduce a living entity to its sole bodily manifestation is not only to reduce it to an inert corpse, it is truly to deny the essence of its being and [...]

]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2008 15:38:00 +0100 http://javanmard.over-blog.org/article-16604127.html http://javanmard.over-blog.org/article-16604127-6.html#c <![CDATA[Javânmard and the Roses of Nâ Kojâ Âbâd]]> http://javanmard.over-blog.org/article-12959565.html

Before I start writing the articles for which this blog was created I think it would be most useful for my readers to know what this blog is about and why I chose this title.The articles of this blog will rotate around the notion of mystical Shi'ism and will include different obediences such [...]

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