13 Century Asia Minor
Crazy As We Are
Mevlana Celaleddin (Cela) Rumi is one of the greatest mystics of all time-bigger then life, yet close to humanity, and able to dissolve all religious and racial boundaries.
Mevlana lived in Asia Minor in the 13th century. All of his earthly beginnings are surrounded by controversy, including date of birth. The historian Eflaki puts… Continue reading
Poetry of Rumi a Unifying Force of Civilizations
24 April 2008
Dr. Nevit Ergin reads from his translation of Rumi’s poetry. (Hemant Bhatnagar)
Dr. Nevit Ergin, a Turkish-American surgeon based in San Mateo, California, and translator of Jalal ad-Din Mohammad Balkhi Rumi’s narrative poetry, visited India in connection with the 800th anniversary of the birth of the Persian poet. Though Ergin is a surgeon by… Continue reading
Sufi Poet and Mystic Rumi Remains Compelling to American Readers
Sufi Poet and Mystic Rumi Remains Compelling to American Readers
22 October 2007
Sufi Poet and Mystic Rumi Remains Compelling to American Readers
UNESCO designates 2007 as International Year of Rumi
Washington — Ask Americans who is the most popular poet in the country today, and they might guess Walt Whitman or Robert Frost.
Many might be… Continue reading
New rubais for the New Year
How to Identify a First Edition Book
First Edition Books are sought after items for any collector, but how do you identify a first edition book?
What is an Edition?
- an edition represents all printings of the book with one typeset and with no significant alterations between those printings.
What is a Printing?
- this is a single batch Printing of an edition. For example…
…if the publisher’s first print run of a book is 50,000 copies then that’s the 1st… Continue reading
Replicas of the Original Dîvân-i Kebîr | sfumevlana.org
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“Mevlana is a Prophet!” Article/Interview with Nevit Ergin
http://www.yeniaktuel.com.tr/top104,146@2100.html
We are working on translating the article, Aktüel… Continue reading
Poetry of Rumi a Unifying Force of Civilizations by America.gov - Telling America’s Story
From America.gov, an interview with Nevit Ergin.
Listen to a Lecture By Dr. Ergin on Sufism and Mevlana
This lecture was given by Dr. Nevit O. Ergin at the International Association of Sufism Symposium on “Sufism and Self Discovery”.
Entitled: Way of Itlak and Sufism
Dr. Ergin, originally a citizen of Turkey, has traveled extensively in Central Asia, and the near and far east. He currently lives in California, working with the Society for Understanding Mevlana. He is the translator of numerous books on the writings of… Continue reading
Dîvân-i Kebîr 22 Volume Set Available Now
The complete Dîvân-i Kebîr 22 Volume Set (English translation), translated by Dr. Nevit O. Ergin, is now available, here, through the Society for Understanding Mevlana, and Echo Publications.
Captured in finely published books of… Continue reading
