Essential Rumi

Weekly on Tuesdays from 21st September, 2021
19:30 – 21:00 BST/GMT

A 6-week course focusing on the poetry of Jelaluddin Rumi.

Course Details

This course will explore the poetry of Rumi under various themes through reading and discussion.

Meditation in your own space and time is recommended before and after each weekly Zoom session.

Fees
The course is free but participants are required to have a copy of The Essential Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks. ISBN: 978-006-250-9598

The book can be purchased from Blackwells and other good booksellers.

Click here to purchase a copy from Blackwells

Please contact besharacourses@beshara.org to apply for a place on the course.

Places are limited, so please ensure you are able to attend the sessions before committing to the course.

These sessions are supported and sponsored by The Beshara Trust.

Synopsis of The Essential Rumi

This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Rumi includes a new introduction by Coleman Barks and more than 80 never-before-published poems.

Through his lyrical translations, Coleman Barks has been instrumental in bringing this exquisite literature to a remarkably wide range of readers, making the ecstatic, spiritual poetry of thirteenth-century Sufi Mystic Rumi more popular than ever.

The Essential Rumi continues to be the best selling of all Rumi books, and the definitive selection of his beautiful, mystical poetry.

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Registration via Eventbrite

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