archetype is a jung's term for the contents of the collective unconscious; the instinctive thoughts which organize human's experiences according to predetermined innate patterns.  these ancient images appearance in various forms over time including myths and stories, as jung describes myths and fairy tales as the reflection of archetypes. the obvious examples of these archetypes in pe...

Abstract Men founded and have ruled over Sufi orders since their inception, thus the position of Khalifa or shaykh has been traditionally held by men. However, this study argues that in some Islamic mystical traditions women assumed a senior leadership role with all power such prominent entails. More research is needed to understand challenges faced legitimizing power, experiences patriarchal s...

In her article "Geomancing Dib's Transcultural Expression in Translation Campbell analyses Mohammed Dib Islamic traditions. Campbell contextualizes lexical, syntactic with reference to Oriental schemas by Farīd ud-Dīn Attār and elements of Sufi symbolism elements serve to develop a liminal yet multilingual French language. Dib's poetic aesthetic enquiry and appears to go beyond Sufism in its de...

It seems that the controversies over nature of beloved in classical Persian mystic poetry (also known as Sufi poetry) an earthly or ethereal phenomenon would never end. Those favor celestial reading it consider their counterparts to be narrow-minded. The adherents terrestrial love, though, see mystical readings dogmatic and outdated, prevailed by traditionalists. topic gets even more complicate...