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Pythagoras which derives its principles from Vedanta, which recognises all religions, yet it is not a religion, but a way of life. The main principles are: 1. Knowledge of the Soul's identity with the Divine aspect of creation. 2. No association with a particular religion, but accepting members who follow any belief system or none. 3. Men and women are treated equally in every respect, since the Soul of Man has no gender. 4. The use of melody which is Divinely inspired, sometimes combined with dance, as a part of the method to discover the True Self. 5. The harmonious blending of knowledge and devotion in the way the path is practiced. 6. Knowledge of the Soul's reincarnation on its continued journey. 7. Leading a regulated, systematic and disciplined life, including truthfulness and tolerance etc. Yet since the demise of the Mevlevi after Mustafa Kemal Ataturk banned their practice and confiscated their lands and buildings (tekkes), the true way has been mostly lost and forgotten. Also dervishes and Sheikhs are appointed by the Turkish government for the purpose of putting on a public show. This show is not Mevlevi. Their Sema was previously private and never put on as a show. Hence much of what follows in this description is based on the false ideas which have arisen since the time of Ataturk. With the belief that this Sufi way is a religion based on Islam. See the interview with a true Mevlevi at
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Mevlevi order is the annual celebration of Mevlana's "marriage to god" (death), also called Seb-i Arus, meaning Nuptial Night or Night of Union. It is observed for one week, with the final night occurring on the anniversary of his death. Pilgrims from
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believed that Rumi must have learnt whirling from Shams of Tabriz. Şefik Can claimed that whirling was practiced among Sufis at least as early as Abu Sa’id Abu’l-Khayr (d. 1049). Though they have cultivated it to the highest degree, Mevlevis are not the only Sufis who practice whirling, and Kabir
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Mevlevi Order was once a living tradition based on the teachings of Rumi, also known as Mevlevi or Mevlana, who is perhaps one of the most celebrated poets of Turkey. He is also venerated as a mystic within Islam. Rumi's friend and mentor, Shams of Tabriz, is also
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ceremony itself, and both he and
Husameddin Chelebi are honoured within the order as accomplished Sufi mystics in their own right. It was they who had Rumi's mausoleum built in Konya, which to this day is a place of pilgrimage for many Muslims (and non-Muslims). A number of Rumi's successors,
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writes, "Rumi tells us to take the love of God to the forefront, to abstain from being attached to the letter of the law rather than the spirit of it, to find the essence of the faith, and to raise our faith from the level of imitation to the level of realization."
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turns. Both arms are extended and raised to the level of the head, with the right palm pointing upward (believed to be receiving Divine grace) and the left palm pointing downward (believed to channel that grace to the world). With each 360° turn, the
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behind them as they begin each circuit. The bow is said to represent the acknowledgement of the Divine breath which has been breathed into all of us and is a salutation from soul to soul. The dervishes then remove their black cloaks.
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music. After slapping the ground forcefully (representing the Divine act of creation when God said 'Be!' according to the Quran), they make a circuit in single file around the hall three times, bowing first to the
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Mevlevi dergah in Sarajevo. Eventually, there were as many as 114 Sufi lodges, the order becoming well established within the Ottoman Empire when Devlet Hatun, a descendant of Sultan Veled, married
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Helminski suggests primordial origins: "The practice of whirling may have its origins in the timeless shadows of
Central Asian spirituality where shamans used it to induce altered states of consciousness."
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In the latter half of the twentieth century, the
Mevlevi Order began to make its presence felt in the West. This was due to the great popularity of English translations of Rumi's poetry (especially by
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Though the Sufi lodges were forced to close down, Mevlevi practice continues within Turkey but in a more restricted and private mode. Sufism is still officially illegal in Turkey, and
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is the transformation of rapture into love, the sacrifice of mind to love. It is annihilation of the self within the Loved One. It is complete submission. It is unity.... The fourth
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including both Sultan Veled and Husameddin Chelebi themselves, are also buried there. Their personal efforts to establish the order were continued by Sultan Veled's son
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whirl using their right foot to propel themselves in a counter-clockwise circle, whilst their left foot remains rooted to the floor acting as an axis about which the
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Embracing Both Worlds: The Whirling Dervishes in America: The Mevelvi Ensemble with Kani Karaca, Recorded Live at Harvard University & the University of Arizona
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Embracing Both Worlds: The Whirling Dervishes in America: The Mevlevi Ensemble with Kani Karaca, Recorded Live at Harvard University & the University of Arizona
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Embracing Both Worlds: The Whirling Dervishes in America: The Mevlevi Ensemble with Kani Karaca, Recorded Live at Harvard University & the University of Arizona
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Atatürk in 1923, with members of the Mevlevi Order, before its institutional expression became illegal and their dervish lodge was changed into the Mevlana Museum.
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all over the world travel to Konya for the official celebration. The event is so popular that a ticketing system is in place for those who wish to attend.
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ceremony. Celebrated female musicians and composers include Dilhayat Khalifa (early 1700s) and Layla Saz (late 1800s – also buried at Galata Mevlevihanesi).
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According to a popular story, Rumi was first inspired to whirl when he heard the hammering of the goldsmiths in Konya's bazaar, however, Mevlevi historian
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In addition to obligatory Islamic worship, some of the main spiritual practices within the Mevlevi Order are as follows (in order of importance):
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is a restored Ottoman hamam (Turkish bath) in Istanbul's Sirkeci district now used for performances of the Mevlevi (whirling dervish) sema.
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would occur including both men and women". In the same book, Camille Helminski presents a 1991 letter from Celaleddin Bakir Çelebi, the
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period, the Mevlevi order spread into the Balkans, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and Palestine, especially in Jerusalem. The Bosnian writer
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Julia Scott Meisami, Forward to Franklin Lewis, Rumi Past and Present, East and West, Oneworld Publications, 2008 (revised edition)
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represents the rapture of the human being while witnessing the splendour of creation and the omnipotence of God. The third
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represents the human being's birth to Truth through knowledge, and through his awareness and submission to God. The second
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marks the beginning of the ceremony in which a solo singer offers a eulogy to the Prophet Muhammad. It is concluded with a
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whole self, with all his mind and heart, he is a servant of God, of God's books and His prophets – of all Creation."
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Mevleviname: Mevlevism in Western Travelogues with Translated Texts and Illustrations (Free Turkish PDF book)
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ceremony and the participants are properly known as
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1871:"SYRIA AND THE 1948 WAR IN PALESTINE"
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1855:Helminski, Camille (2003).
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1981:Mevlevi Order of America
1949:. Threshold Productions.
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32:Mevlevi (disambiguation)
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2064:'Abd al-Qadir al-Gilani
1420:Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi
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2512:'Abd al-Wahid ibn Zaid
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1931:Miller, Bruce (2017).
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2530:Al-Fudayl ibn 'Iyad
2518:Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya
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1722:Can, Şefik (2005).
1667:. İnkılap Kitabevi.
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113:Headquarters
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2214:Bayram Wali
2184:Khalwatiyya
2156:Shadhiliyya
2049:Sufi orders
1549:Kâni Karaca
1490:World War I
1462:Ismail Dede
1379:The Çelebis
1370:Model of a
1327:During the
1233:– The Four
1083:Origins of
912:Persecution
639:Sufi orders
548:Sufi poetry
292:poet, Sufi
239:Inscription
2765:Categories
2208:Bayramiyya
2194:Rahmaniyya
2086:Chishtiyya
1917:2024-01-09
1880:2022-10-15
1446:Hüsn ü Aşk
907:Sufi music
676:Suhrawardi
666:Naqshbandi
262:Mevlevilik
254:Mawlawiyya
159:Main organ
92:Founded at
2689:Aurangzeb
2559:Al-Darani
2308:Muraqabah
2276:Practices
2250:Idrisiyya
2236:Tijaniyya
2176:Ibn Arabi
2170:Akbariyya
2142:Desuqiyya
2128:Badawiyya
2114:Rifa'iyya
2058:Qadiriyya
1374:studying.
1342:Bayezid I
1263:semazen's
1259:semazen's
1064:he says:
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1009:Muraqabah
985:Şefik Can
811:Issawiyya
786:Qalandari
751:Salihiyya
646:Ba 'Alawi
606:Muraqabah
585:Practices
333:In 2005,
216:Reference
74:Formation
2447:Al-Burda
2333:Tawakkul
2328:Tabarruk
2323:Tawassul
2318:Tazkiyah
1726:. Light.
1569:semazens
1429:Mathnavi
1414:Mathnavi
1346:Mehmed I
1312:Mathnavi
1211:semazens
1178:destegül
1170:Bektashi
1152:semazens
1132:Semazens
1128:semazens
1124:semahane
1094:Mevlevi
1002:Mathnavi
771:Shattari
736:Malamati
686:Khalwati
671:Shadhili
651:Bektashi
621:Whirling
591:Anasheed
518:Qalandar
386:Tomb of
360:a series
358:Part of
328:semazens
302:whirling
119:, Turkey
2364:Karamat
2298:Ziyarat
1573:shaykha
1508:Atatürk
1488:During
1411:Rumi's
1389:Chelebi
1372:dervish
1329:Ottoman
1283:History
1257:is the
1224:semazen
1220:semazen
1215:peshrev
1174:tennûre
1141:semazen
1136:semazen
1060:in the
917:Ziyarat
902:History
892:Ma'rifa
854:Singers
816:Jerrahi
806:Inayati
766:Mevlevi
761:Kubrawi
756:Azeemia
741:Mouridi
726:Jelveti
721:Bayrami
711:Darqawi
691:Rahmani
661:Chishti
626:Ziyarat
611:Qawwali
563:Tazkiah
528:Silsila
503:Murshid
488:Ma'rifa
468:Karamat
423:Dervish
316:Dervish
290:Persian
272:) is a
266:Persian
258:Turkish
206:Country
164:Diyanet
106:Dervish
82:Founder
69:Mevlevi
44:Turkish
2752:Portal
2630:Ruwaym
2303:Mawlid
2041:Sufism
1593:Çelebi
1577:sohbet
1401:Çelebi
1393:Çelebi
1385:Çelebi
1239:Selams
1235:Salams
1197:taksim
1191:– The
1098:, 1887
1058:ghazal
1019:sohbet
887:Haqiqa
882:Tariqa
877:Sharia
872:Tawhid
826:Zahedi
821:Madari
796:Galibi
791:Akbari
776:Uwaisi
716:Senusi
706:Tijani
701:Desuqi
696:Badawi
681:Rifa`i
656:Qadiri
573:Yaqeen
483:Manzil
478:Lataif
448:Haqiqa
371:Sufism
335:UNESCO
294:mystic
226:Region
210:Turkey
2389:Salik
2384:Murid
2374:Dhawq
2359:Kashf
2349:Ihsan
2342:Ideas
2313:Taqwa
2288:Haḍra
2283:Dhikr
2005:Vol.2
2002:Vol.1
1689:8 May
1599:Notes
1589:semas
1585:zhikr
1581:semas
1466:ayins
1439:, is
1360:Konya
1273:Quran
1255:selam
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1166:sikke
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1156:hırka
1145:dhikr
1034:Dhikr
997:Quran
601:Haḍra
596:Dhikr
558:Salik
498:Murid
493:Maqam
473:Kashf
458:Irfan
453:Ihsan
433:Fakir
428:Dhawq
418:Baqaa
404:Abdal
398:Ideas
364:Islam
307:dhikr
278:Konya
117:Konya
108:order
86:Veled
2781:Rumi
2379:Ishq
2354:Wajd
2293:Zuhd
1691:2014
1519:sema
1470:sema
1417:and
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1294:Pera
1193:naat
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1120:sama
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1085:Sema
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1026:Sema
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568:Wali
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508:Nafs
463:Ishq
438:Fana
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324:sema
320:Sufi
274:Sufi
248:The
152:Rumi
146:Wali
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1358:in
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