The Secret Rose Garden, by Florence Lederer, [1920]
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| INTRODUCTION | |
| LIFE OF SHABISTARĪ | 11 |
| SŪFĪ POETRY | 12 |
| SŪFĪ SYMBOLISM | 13 |
| THE BELOVED | 16 |
| FROM THE UNREAL TO THE REAL | 18 |
| THE ART OF SHABISTARĪ | 20 |
| THE SECRET ROSE GARDEN | 21 |
| THE CENTRAL TREE OF BEAUTY | 24 |
| PART I | |
| THE PERFECT FACE OF THE BELOVED | |
| THE EYE AND THE LIP | 27 |
| THE MOLE | 29 |
| THE CURL | 30 |
| THE CHEEK AND THE DOWN | 32 |
| PART II | |
| BEAUTY | |
| THE MARRIAGE OF THE SOUL | 34 |
| THE CHARM OF BEAUTY | 35 |
| EARTHLY BEAUTY | 35 |
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| PART III | |
| THE SEA AND ITS PEARLS | |
| A DROP OF SEA-WATER | 36 |
| THE SEA OF BEING | 37 |
| PEARLS OF KNOWLEDGE | 37 |
| PART IV | |
| THE JOURNEY | |
| THE FORSAKING | 39 |
| THE TRAVELLER | 40 |
| EXHORTATION | 42 |
| THE TWO STEPS OF THE JOURNEY | 42 |
| FEAR | 42 |
| LOGIC | 43 |
| THE INFANT AND THE YOUTH | 43 |
| THE ALMOND TREE | 44 |
| INTERMINGLING | 45 |
| PART V | |
| TIME AND THIS DREAM-WORLD | |
| TIME | 46 |
| THE DREAM OF LIFE | 46 |
| THE PHENOMENAL WORLD | 47 |
| THE REAL AND THE UNREAL | 48 |
| THIS WORLD A MIRAGE | 49 |
| p. 7 | |
| PART VI | |
| REFLECTIONS | |
| | PAGE |
| SUN-REFLECTIONS | 50 |
| THE MIRROR | 52 |
| EVIL | 53 |
| THE REFLECTION IN THE MIRROR | 53 |
| PART VII | |
| DIVINE INEBRIATION | |
| TAVERN-HAUNTERS | 54 |
| THE WINE OF RAPTURE | 56 |
| WINE, TORCH, AND BEAUTY | 58 |
| INTOXICATION | 58 |
| PART VIII | |
| REASON AND FREE-WILL | |
| REASON | 60 |
| KNOWLEDGE | 60 |
| THE BLINDNESS OF REASON | 61 |
| FREE-WILL | 62 |
| PART IX | |
| MAN: HIS CAPABILITIES AND HIS DESTINY | |
| TO THE SŪFĪS | 64 |
| "I" AND "YOU" | 64 |
| REFLECTED FORMS OF HABIT | 65 |
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| THE LOWEST NECESSARY | 66 |
| A FAITHFUL SERVANT | 66 |
| "FAR" AND "NEAR" | 67 |
| THE SAGE | 67 |
| THE PROPHET AND THE SAINT | 69 |
| THE FIRST AND THE LAST | 69 |
| ANNIHILATION OF PHENOMENA | 70 |
| THE WRITTEN FAITH | 70 |
| THE PERFECT MAN | 71 |
| PART X | |
| THE ONE | |
| THE NAME | 72 |
| THE BELOVED GUEST | 72 |
| THE SHADOWLESS | 73 |
| THE UNKNOWABLE | 73 |
| THE BOOK OF GOD | 73 |
| THE UNCHANGING LIGHT | 74 |
| FUTURE REWARD | 75 |
| PART XI | |
| THE SELF | |
| THE GAMBLE OF THE SELF | 76 |
| TRANSCEND SELF | 76 |
| SELFLESSNESS | 77 |
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| PART XII | |
| IDOLS, GIRDLES, AND CHRISTIANITY | |
| IDOLS | 78 |
| THE GIRDLE | 80 |
| CHRISTIANITY | 80 |
| THE MOSQUE AND THE CLOISTER | 81 |
| PART XIII | |
| THOUGHTS | |
| CIRCLES | 82 |
| DEATH | 83 |
| THE HEAVENS | 83 |
| NO COMPLETE HAPPINESS HERE | 84 |
| THE ATOMS | 84 |
| THE PRAISE OF THE ATOMS | 85 |
| THINKING | 86 |
| THOUGHTS ON CREATION | 86 |
| PART XIV | |
| THE LIGHT MANIFEST | |
| THE LIGHT | 88 |
| THE VISIT | 89 |
| THE GIFT | 90 |
| THE EFFECT OF THE DRAUGHT | 91 |
| EPILOGUE | 92 |