TY  - BOOK
AU  - Inayat Khan,
TI  - The mysticism of sound and music: the Sufi teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan 
SN  - 9781611809961
AV  - ML3800 .I53 2022
U1  - 781.1/2 23/eng/20220127
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Boulder
PB  - Shambhala
KW  - Language and languages
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Sufism
KW  - Music
KW  - Philosophy and aesthetics
KW  - Music, Influence of
KW  - Sound
N1  - Includes index; P.B; P.B; Foreword / by Pir Zia Inayat Khan -- Preface -- The Transcription of Non-English Terms -- Prologue -- Music -- Aphorisms -- Cosmic language -- The power of the word -- Phrases to Be Repeated -- Notes
N2  - "A modern classic of Universal Sufism that 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. His lucid exposition of music's divine nature has become a modern classic, beloved not only by 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"--
ER  -