Nevit O ErginThe Sufi Path of Annihilation
In the Tradition of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi and Hasan Lutfi Shushud
Nevit O. Ergin (1928-2015) was the original English translator of the complete Divan-i Kebir and the coauthor, with Will Johnson, of The Forbidden Rumi and The Rubais of Rumi. In 1955, he became an initiate in the Itlaq ("total liberation") path of Sufism under the tutelage of Sufi master Hasan Lutfi Shushud.
Preface: Opening the Door to Absence
Meeting with Hasan Shushud By Nevit O. Ergin
1. On Sainthood and Prophethood
2. On Itlak, Path of Annihilation
3. On Humankind
4. On God
5. On Religion
Meeting with Hasan Shushud By Millicent Alexander
6. On Perception
7. On Death
8. On Life
9. On Suffering
10. On Being and Becoming
11. On Love
Meeting with Hasan Shushud By Klaudio Mihovilovich
A Story: Two Places at Once
Appendix: More Questions and Answers from along the Path
About the Authors: Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi, Hasan Lutfi Shushud, and Nevit
O. Ergin
Notes
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