The Harmony of the Metaphysical World in Eastern and Western Mystical Lyric Poetry
Jasurbek Turayev
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) October 12, 2026 preprint DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23315760 (opens in new tab)
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| Key points | Argues that Eastern Sufi poetry and Western mystical lyricism share comparable representations of the metaphysical world and its relationship to the human spirit, divinity, eternity, time, death, and existence, while also differing in ways the article examines. The article proposes that love functions as a poetic means of connecting the material and spiritual worlds and that the lyrical persona's spiritual experiences manifest the metaphysical realm. |
Abstract
This article analyzes the artistic and philosophical representation of the concept of the metaphysical world in the mystical lyric poetry of the East and the West, as well as its relationship with the human spirit, divinity, eternity, time, death, and the fundamental questions of existence. The common and distinctive features of Eastern Sufi poetry and Western mystical lyricism are examined from a comparative perspective. In particular, the similarities between the metaphysical perspectives of such Eastern thinkers and poets as Jalal al-Din Rumi, Alisher Navoi, and Ibn Arabi and those of Western authors such as Dante, William Blake, and Saint John of the Cross are explored. The article also examines the manifestation of the metaphysical world through the spiritual experiences of the lyrical persona, the relationship between material and spiritual existence, and the role of love as a poetic means of connecting the two worlds.