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International Journal Middle East Studies

ISSN 0020-7438

1 paper in the library · 1 citation · publishing 1979

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Islamic Mysticism in Modern Arabic Poetry and Drama

International Journal Middle East Studies November 1, 1979 Khalil I. H. Semaan 1 citation

It is customary to view the mystic and his experience from at least three angles: the theological, the philosophical, and the psychological. To be sure, the mystical experience represents an extraordinary phenomenon of the highest psychological complexity. Mysticism, nowadays, in this age of Aquarius, many would dismiss as a sick or superstitious accident; on the other hand, those who are...