Sun is one of the figures that is used in mystical poems especially as a symbol of God or unity. This research is going to study symbolic aspects of sun in Rumi's Mathnawi-Ma΄nawi and its denotations in related with myths an archetypes to find the relationship between these two fields of application. Archetypes that are manifested in the form of symbol in poet's collective unconsciousness show ...

The Mosibat Nāmah written by ‘Attār Nishabouri (553-627 A.H.) is the narrative of a spiritual journey in the form of a mathnavi (a story in rhyming verse). The device of spiritual journey has been also used by the poet in another work of his, The Manteq al-Tayr (The Conference of Birds). Both works have a similar ending, although narratives are different. Among the narrative elements of The Mo...

Narrative ethics is an approach that is well known for ethical education and moral development.  In narrative ethics, by using a story, its components and characters, ethical knowledge and awareness can be achieved. This approach is very useful in medical ethics education and is helpful in dealing with ethical dilemmas. In fact, part of ethical development, in addition to moral judgment, is to ...

Mystic expression and interpretation has always been a challenging issue in the field of mystic language. This challenge, which stems from the inadequacy of language in dealing with mystic experiences, has led to the mystic application of the artistic possibilities of language. One such possibility is allegory. This article studies the allegories of light and water as two of the most significan...

Based on the evolutionary-analogical development of human identification, Molawi considers three identifying ranks for human. Accordingly, in the sensual rank, a person behaves based on the attraction of sensual stimuli and his external identifying environment and also he sees the reflection of collective identity as “ego” of himself. Versus his own absolute demand of rights from the environmen...