Blessed Virgin Mary

by Muzaffer Ozak, Louis Rogers (Editor), Muhtar Holland (Translator)

The profound Islamic veneration of the Virgin Mary is certainly part of the explanation for a remarkable flourishing of mystics within the Islamic tradition. This volume presents an inspired litany of praise to the Virgin Mary by a contemporary Sufi master. It sows a spiritual seed in the heart of the sympathetic reader with palpable initiatory power.

112 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1992

About the author

Muzaffer Ozak was one of the head sheikhs of the Halveti-Jerrahi order of Dervishes, a traditional muslim Sufi order (tarika) from Istanbul (Turkey). In western countries he is well known because of his visits to Europe and the United States of America where he celebrated public dhikrs (Remembrance of God; in Turkish "zikrullah") with his dervishes. He is also well known in Turkey for his "ilahis," religious Sufi hymns. Ozak also ran a bookstore in the Sahaflar Çarşısı in Istanbul.
Works

Irşad
English: Irshad – Wisdom of a Sufi Master
Aşk Yolu Vuslat Tariki
English: The Unveiling of Love
Spanish: La Develación del Amor
Envar-ül-Kulub
English: Lights of the Hearts
Ziynet-ül-Kulub
English: Adornment of Hearts
Gülsar-i Arifan
Hazret-i Meryem (not published in Turkish)
English: Blessed Virgin Mary
German: Die gesegnete Jungfrau Maria im Islam
Spanish: Mariam
Sofiyye Sohbetleri (not published in Turkish)
English: Garden of Dervishes
Love is the Wine (edited by Robert Frager)
German: Der Wein der Sufis (zusammengestellt von Robert Frager)
(Title of first edition: Liebe ist der Wein)
Spanish: El Amor es el Vino (recompilado por R. Frager)
Audiorecordings[edit]

LP Halveti-Jerrahi-Dhikr
Journey To The Lord Of Power
CD Chant des Derviches de Turquie
La Cérémonie du Zikr
(5. Festival des Arts Traditionnels 1978, Rennes, France)
CD Garden of Paradise
Sufi Ceremony of Remembrance
(recorded April 5, 1983 in Istanbul, Turkey)
CD Reunion
Ceremonial Music of the Sufis
(recorded April 16, 1984 in New York City, USA)

Reviews

[Amanda J · Rating 5 out of 5]

I very much enjoyed reading this book, and will be back to update the review once one passage is clarified for me (awaiting response from my resources).