Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780939660452
- Book Title
- Awakened Dreams : Raji’s Journeys with the Mirror Dede
- Publisher
- Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publication Year
- 1999
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5 in
- Author
- Ahmet Hilmi
- Genre
- Religion, Fiction
- Topic
- General, Islam / Sufi
- Item Weight
- 7.5 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 160 Pages
- Country of Origin
- United States
Awakened Dreams: Raji’s Journeys with the Mirror Dede by Hilmi, Ahmet
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0939660458
ISBN-13
9780939660452
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1172978
Product Key Features
Book Title
Awakened Dreams : Raji’s Journeys with the Mirror Dede
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General, Islam / Sufi
Publication Year
1999
Genre
Religion, Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
7.5 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
93-018487
Dewey Decimal
894/.3533
Synopsis
Awakened Dreams was written in the early 1900s at the end of the Ottoman era by Ahmet Hilmi – humorist, revolutionary, and Sufi mystic. Raji – a man disillusioned with science, philosophy, and religion – meets a grandfather-like madman who lives in a cemetery and wears clothes patched with bits of mirrors. The Mirror Dede, though apparently mad, makes more sense than anyone Raji has ever met. From time to time they drink coffee together, and as the old man plays a reed flute, Raji’s transformation is mirrored through a series of awakened dreams. He experiences changes in perception which show him the limitations of our ordinary human faculties, and he encounters various prophets and holy beings who reveal to him the secret of his own existence., Awakened Dreams was written in the early 1900s at the end of the Ottoman era by Ahmet Hilmi-humorist, revolutionary, and Sufi mystic. Raji-a young man disillusioned with science, philosophy, religion, and with life as he knows it-meets a grandfather-like “madman” who lives in a cemetery and wears clothes patched with bits of mirrors. The Mirror Dede, though apparently mad, makes more sense than anyone Raji has ever met. From time to time they drink coffee together, and as the old man plays a reed flute, Raji’s transformation is mirrored through a series of awakened dreams. He experiences changes of perception which show to him the limitations of our ordinary human faculties, and he encounters various prophets and holy beings who reveal to him the secret of his own existence. This book has the charm of Hesse’s Siddhartha, the wry humor of a Vonnegut novel, and the visionary wisdom of Castaneda’s Don Juan series. It continues to be used as a vibrant teaching tale in many Sufi circles. Though a story of mythical dimensions, Awakened Dreams is not a fantasy but a transcription of the spiritual journey based on Hilmi’s own experience.
LC Classification Number
PL248.A31723.A8313
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