Shams Tabrizi's Discourses (Maqalat) Explained | His Mystical Wisdom, Education, & Identity

🔹Host: Rasoul Rahbari-Ghazani 🔹Consultant: Mohammad Davoodi   How does Shams Tabrizi unveil the path to divine truth? In this episode of the Persian Mystical Poetry Podcast, I examine Shams's Discourses (Maqālāt), exploring his complex identity beyond the common labels of "dervish" or "illiterate."    My latest books: 🔹The Soul-Conquering Love in Fayz Kashani’s Poetry: Translations and Annotations (Persian and English); available for in print and digital formats: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press   🔹 Sarayān: The Real’s Permeation: Ibn ʿArabi on the Divine Presence in the Cosmos with Neoplatonic Insights (available in both digital and print formats): https://immortalechoes.org/pages/our-press     🔹Visit our ⁠Academy of Mystic Poetics and Philosophy⁠, and check out our courses: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/courses   🔹If you enjoy the content and wish to ⁠support our work⁠, your generosity helps us continue creating: https://immortalechoes.org/pages/donations   🔹Watch more from Persian Mystical Poetry Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqkz7b_183HHJERERmZ7fn8cYrLJOzvqy&si=m5l2JJfTOLetqpST      🔻 Guiding questions: 1. How does Shams challenge the authority of formal religious knowledge in his Discourses? 2. What role does paradox play in Shams’s teaching style? 3. Is your perspective toward Shams the same after watching this video? 5. Which idea from this episode moved you the most—and why?   #ShamsTabrizi #Shams_Tabrizi #shams #Discourses #Maqalat #iran #Rumi #Persianpoetry