Author: Farid ud-Din AttarPublisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465576592
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Bird Parliament
Author: Farid ud-Din AttarPublisher: Library of Alexandria
ISBN: 1465576592
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The Parlament of Foules
Author: Geoffrey ChaucerConference of the Birds
Author: Farid Al-Din AttarPublisher: Weiser Books
ISBN: 1609252233
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
First written in the 12th century, Conference of the Birds is an allegory of extreme measures for extreme times -- the story of birds seeking a king is the story of all of us seeking God. Like the birds, we may be excited for the journey, until we realize that we must give up our fears and hollow desires, that our journey will be long and hard. Like the duck, we may not wish to leave the water. Like the nightingale, we may want to stay close to our roses. Direct and to the point, Masani's translation, made in the early part of the 19th century, is particularly apropos for our early 21st century times -- both are periods of intense spiritual seeking.
The Parliament of Birds
Author: Geoffrey ChaucerPublisher: Hesperus Press
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
In this collection of poems, among his very best, Chaucer showcases his lyrical skills to perfection. Verging from tragic to comic, the overriding theme of the poetry is love, in its many guises. Chaucer tells of his passion for reading, which allows him to eavesdrop on a "parliament of birds" on St Valentine's Day; he tells how he, as an inveterate reader, forsakes his books on the first of May to wander into the fields; he complains of being short of money; and he complains to his scribe for copying his verses badly. All in all, in the course of the poetry he reveals a lot about himself, and does so throughout in an engaging and civilized manner.
Bird Notes and News
Author: The Conference of the Birds (Bird Parliament)
Author: Farid ud-Din AttarPublisher: Digireads.com Publishing
ISBN: 9781420944754
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Bird Parliament
Author: Farid Ud AttarPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
A philosophical poem in prose - An allegory of the Sufi journey to realization of the nature of God.Farid ud-Din Attar was one of the most important Persian Sufi poets of the second half of the 12th century. In the poem, the birds of the world gather to decide who is to be their sovereign, as they have none. Each bird represents a human fault which prevents human kind from attaining enlightenment. Bird Parliament is a deeply meaningful and spiritual work.
Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of CommonsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
Passions for Birds
Author: Sean NixonPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0228010470
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Whether as sources of joy and pleasure to be fed, counted, and watched, as objects of sport to be hunted and killed, or as food to be harvested, wild birds evoke strong feelings. Sean Nixon traces the transformation of these human passions for wild birds from the early twentieth century through the 1970s, detailing humans’ close encounters with wild birds in Britain and the wider North Atlantic world. Drawing on a rich range of written sources, Passions for Birds reveals how emotional, subjective, and material attachments to wild birds were forged through a period of pronounced social and cultural change. Nixon demonstrates how, for all their differences, new traditions in birdwatching and conservation, field sports, and bird harvesting mobilized remarkably similar feelings towards birds. Striking similarities also emerged in the material forms that each of these practices used to bring birds closer to people – hides and traps, nets and ropes, and binoculars. Wide ranging in scope, Passions for Birds sheds new light on the ways in which wild birds helped shape humans throughout the twentieth century, as well as how birds themselves became burdened with multiple cultural meanings and social anxieties over time.
Islamic Art and Spirituality
Author: Seyyed Hossein NasrPublisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780887061752
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
This is the first book in the English language to deal with the spiritual significance of Islamic art including not only the plastic arts, but also literature and music. Rather than only dealing with the history of the various arts of Islam or their description, the author relates the form, content, symbolic language, meaning, and presence of these arts to the very sources of the Islamic revelation. Relying upon his extensive knowledge of the Islamic religion in both its exoteric and esoteric dimensions as well as the various Islamic sciences, the author relates Islamic art to the inner dimensions of the Islamic revelation and the spirituality which has issued from it. He brings out the spiritual significance of the Islamic arts ranging from architecture to music as seen, heard, and experienced by one living within the universe of the Islamic tradition. In this work the reader is made to understand the meaning of Islamic art for those living within the civilization which created it.