Call To Love - In The Rose Garden With Rumi

So begins the irresistible invitation of this exquisite volumeacall from one of the worlds most beloved poets to join him inexploring love, both human and divine, with all its ecstasy,suffering, and beauty. Rumithe Persian mystic who lived and wrotein 13th-century Turkeyhas become Americas most widely read poet,and these verses draw on two of the richest symbols in his Sufitradition: the rose and the rose garden. The rose evokes both ahigh spiritual state and a visionary ecstasy, while the gardenembraces all the worlds glories. Renowned scholar Andrew Harvey andaward-winning photographer Lekha Singh have cultivated a finebalance of word and image to bring Rumis lines to life, pairingsumptuous colour images with original translations of histranscendent writings.