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ID  - 4046
UR  - https://bahai-library.com/mclean_parable_majnun_layli
WT  - Baha'i Library Online
T1  - Mystic's Flight, The: The Parable of Majnún and Laylí
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A1  - McLean,Jack
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Y1  - 2001/07
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M3  - Articles-unpublished
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LA  - English
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AB  - This classic love tale of the Middle East, quoted by Bahá'u'lláh in the Seven Valleys, is prized by Sufi mystics as a  spiritual allegory of the soul's search for union with God. A literary-critical analysis of the text yields theological clues.
N1  - Presented at the Irfán Colloquium Session #36, London School of Economics (July 14, 2001).  Mirrored with permission from jack-mclean.com.
C1  -  Formatted 2013-02-03 by Jonah Winters;  Proofread 2013-02-03 by Jonah Winters
KW  - Arts and crafts
KW  - Haft Vádí (Seven Valleys)
KW  - Leyli and Majnun
KW  - Literature
KW  - Literature, Persian
KW  - Love
KW  - Metaphors and allegories
KW  - Morality
KW  - Mysticism
KW  - Nizami Ganjavi
KW  - Poetry
KW  - Rumi (Mevlana)
KW  - Stories
KW  - Sufism
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