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The Mevlana's Dervishes { 36 images } Created 7 Oct 2008

Inside the Sufi world: The Mevlana's Dervishes

Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam and also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam, with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century.
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom.
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is "dervish".
The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.
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  • Konya, Turkey 19 September 2008<br />
A dervish performs the Sema Ceremony, in front of the Mevlana Mausoleum, in the city of Konya.<br />
<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 01.jpg
  • Konya, Turkey 19 September 2008<br />
A dervish performs the Sema Ceremony, in front of the Mevlana Mausoleum, in the city of Konya.<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 02.jpg
  • Konya, Turkey 19 September 2008<br />
A dervish performs the Sema Ceremony, in front of the Mevlana Mausoleum, in the city of Konya.  <br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 03.JPG
  • Konya, Turkey 19 September 2008<br />
A dervish performs the Sema Ceremony, in front of the Mevlana Mausoleum, in the city of Konya.  <br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 04.JPG
  • Konya, Turkey 19 September 2008<br />
A dervish performs the Sema Ceremony, in front of the Mevlana Mausoleum, in the city of Konya.<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 05.jpg
  • Konya, Turkey 19 September 2008<br />
A dervish performs the Sema Ceremony, in front of the Mevlana Mausoleum, in the city of Konya.<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 06.JPG
  • Konya, Turkey 20 September 2008<br />
A dervish performs the Sema Ceremony, in the city of Konya.<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 07.jpg
  • Konya, Turkey 20 September 2008<br />
Uzeyir Ozyurt, a dervish of the Mevlevi Order, poses for the photographer in his house of Konya, Turkey.<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 08.JPG
  • Konya, Turkey 20 September 2008<br />
Uzeyir Ozyurt, a dervish of the Mevlevi Order, poses for the photographer in his house of Konya, Turkey.<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 09.JPG
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Konya, Turkey 20 September 2008<br />
Uzeyir Ozyurt, a dervish of the Mevlevi Order, poses for the photographer in his house of Konya, Turkey.<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 10.JPG
  • Konya, Turkey 19 September 2008<br />
The Mevlana Mausoleum.<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 11.JPG
  • Konya, Turkey 22 September 2008<br />
Landscape of Konya city.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
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  • Konya, Turkey 19 September 2008<br />
Turkish Muslims waiting for the Iftar, the break of the daily fasting practiced in the month of Ramadan.<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 13.JPG
  • Konya, Turkey 21 September 2008<br />
Seper, a mystic dervish, poses for the photographer in a Tekke (dervish school). Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 14.JPG
  • Konya, Turkey 21 September 2008<br />
Seper, a mystic dervish, poses for the photographer in a Tekke (dervish school).<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 15.JPG
  • Konya, Turkey 21 September 2008<br />
Dervish Ahmet Ozsoy, preparing to perform in a Tekke (dervish school).<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 16.JPG
  • Konya, Turkey 21 September 2008<br />
A scene of the daily life in a Tekke (Dervish school).<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 17.JPG
  • Konya, Turkey 21 September 2008<br />
Ahmet Ozsoy, a mystic dervish, preparing to perform in a Tekke (dervish school).<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 18.JPG
  • Konya, Turkey 20 September 2008<br />
Aziz, a british dervish, poses for the photographer in the city of Konya.<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 19.JPG
  • Konya, Turkey 22 September 2008<br />
Main entrance to the Mevlana Mausoleum.<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 20.JPG
  • Konya, Turkey 21 September 2008<br />
Uzeyir Ozyurt, a dervish of the Mevlevi Order, pays respect to a defunt dervish.<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 21.JPG
  • Konya, Turkey 22 September 2008<br />
Turkish muslims praying in front of a relic of Prophet Muhammad in the Mevlana Mausoleum.<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 22.JPG
  • Konya, Turkey 22 September 2008<br />
The Mesnevi, the most important book of the Sufi order of Mevlana, is exposed in the Mevlana Mausoleum.<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 23.JPG
  • Konya, Turkey 22 September 2008<br />
The tomb of Mevlana in his Mausoleum, Konya, Turkey.<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 24.JPG
  • Konya, Turkey 22 September 2008<br />
The Mevlana Mausoleum.<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 25.JPG
  • Konya, Turkey 22 September 2008<br />
Street scene in front of Ince Minare Medersa, an old religius school, today a museum.<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 26.JPG
  • Konya, Turkey 21 September 2008<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 27.JPG
  • Konya, Turkey 22 September 2008<br />
An old Tekke (Dervish school) converted in a museum.<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 28.JPG
  • Konya, Turkey 21 September 2008<br />
Ali Baba, Sheik of the Mevlana order, is a spiritual guide of the dervish.<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 29.JPG
  • Konya, Turkey 20 September 2008<br />
Street scene in Konya.<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 30.JPG
  • Konya, Turkey 21 September 2008<br />
Ali Baba, Sheik of a Mevlana order, is a spiritual guide of the dervish.<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 31.JPG
  • Konya, Turkey 19 September 2008<br />
Turkish Muslims women eat during the Iftar, the break of the daily fasting practised in the month of Ramadan.<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 32.JPG
  • Konya, Turkey 19 September 2008<br />
Sunset in the Mevlana Mausoleum.<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 33.JPG
  • Konya, Turkey 20 September 2008<br />
Dervishes perform the Sema Ceremony.<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 34.jpg
  • Konya, Turkey 20 September 2008<br />
Dervishes perform the Sema Ceremony.<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 35.JPG
  • Konya, Turkey 20 September 2008<br />
Dervishes perform the Sema Ceremony.<br />
Sufism is a mystical tradition of Islam. <br />
It is also considered as a spiritual and ascetic movement of Islam with esoteric doctrines appeared during the VIII century. <br />
The Muslim Sufis are people who privilege internalization, the love of god, contemplation and wisdom. <br />
A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi, another name used for the Sufi seeker is Dervish. The Sufi movement has spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish, and a dozen other languages. <br />
Sufi orders, most of which are Sunni in doctrine, trace their origins from the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad, through his cousin Ali or his father-in-law Abu Bakr.<br />
According to some modern proponents, the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature and its roots predate the arising of the modern-day religions. <br />
The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is associated with dervishes, is the practice of the Mevlevi Order in Turkey, and is just one of the physical methods used to try and reach religious ecstasy.<br />
Condemned by traditional Islam, the Sufism cultivates the mystery; the idea being that Muhammad would have received at the same time the Koran and esoteric revelations.<br />
Photo: Ezequiel Scagnetti
    konya sufism 36.JPG