by Farshid Kazemi (Sháhid)
In this compendium, the author- Farshid Kazemi (Sháhid)- has composed odes of spiritual and ethereal beauty. The poems at once combine the mystical idiom of the Classical Persian poets and Bahá’í mystical imagery. The old mystical imagery is often used in new and surprising ways, and at times has the effect of illuminating them with new meanings and significance.This book is the first of its kind to be composed purely in the English language and is sure to leave readers of whatever persuasion with a profound experience of the object of its love.
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Endorsements for Paradise within the Flames:
"In these poems originality and imitation, change and tradition, meet in the exceedingly rich heaven of Persian mystical poetry. The poet holds open an invitation to those who are unfamiliar with its remarkably powerful and distinctive beauty (its vast map of the soul) to experience in gorgeous English its depths and heights, its boldness and subtlety, its passions of joy and anguish. The familiar imagery and conceits of that tradition are illumined and fired here with a new focus and resolve, a new love that is simultaneously older than time. It is not possible to read these confessions without being profoundly moved."
"Paradise Within The Flames by Farshid Kazemi (Sháhid) is a rich and fascinating spiritual kaleidoscope of Bahá’í inspired poetical sketches. The often deeply evocative Arabic and Persian dimensions to Bahá’u’lláh's inspired revelations sometimes led to his being referred to as the 'Poet Prophet'. As the 19th century founder of the Bahá'i religion his own deeply spiritual style has inspired several generations of Bahá’í poets in both the orient and the occident. the author of this valuable compendium stands among them a a witness to the power of the great 'Poet Prophet' who claimed to embody the Glory (Beauty of God and His Mightiest or Greatest Name."
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