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The Mysticism of Sound and Music: The Sufi Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan Spiral-Bound | October 4, 2022

Hazrat Inayat Khan, Pir Zia Inayat Khan (Foreword by)

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Perfect for musicians and spiritual practitioners alike, this modern classic of Universal Sufism explores the mystical dimensions of music—and the musical dimensions of mysticism.

Music, according to Sufi teaching, is really a small expression of the overwhelming and perfect harmony of the whole universe—and that is the secret of its amazing power to move us. The Indian Sufi master Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882–1927), the first teacher to bring the Sufi mystical tradition to the West, was an accomplished musician himself. And in this, his lucid exposition of music's divine nature that has become a modern classic, he reveals the mystical power of music not only for those interested in Sufism but by musicians of all kinds.
 
This newly reissued edition includes a foreword by Pir Zia Inayat Khan, Hazrat Inayat Khan’s grandson and the current leader of the Inayati Order, the widespread Western Sufi organization that Hazrat Inayat Khan founded. 
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Inc.
Original Binding: Trade Paperback
Pages: 416 pages
ISBN-10: 1611809967
Item Weight: 1.4 lbs
Dimensions: 6.0 x 1.2 x 9.0 inches
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“Inayat Khan says that music is the 'picture of our Beloved' and then draws the picture stroke by stroke from every angle and plane until we see it. He is the only holy man I know who delivers an authentic and inclusive spiritual message from a musical sensibility. He does this rigorously, poetically and spontaneously, until we perceive our own actions as music. Open to any line on any page: you will be opened.”—W. A. Mathieu, author of The Listening Book and The Musical Life

“By the end, the reader will be hard-pressed to deny the truth of the author’s words when he says that music is the miniature of life’s harmony, the language of beauty and the soul, the basis of the whole creation, and the nearest way to God.”—from the foreword by Pir Zia Inayat Khan

“A powerful book of mystical insight for people of all traditions.”—Monos

“Inayat Khan brought one of the strongest and sweetest lineages from India to the West: the music and open heart of Sufism as it blends with Persian poetry and Western intellect. He is a source and a great joy.”—Coleman Barks, author of Open Secret and The Essential Rumi
HAZRAT INAYAT KHAN (1882–1927) was trained as a musician and a Sufi of the Chishti order and gave concert tours of Indian classical music in the United States and Europe. 
 

Author Residence: Deceased

Author Hometown: Deceased

Illustrator Residence:Deceased

Illustrator Hometown:Vadodara, India