RUMI: 13th Cent Persian Sufi Mystic, Poet, Truth Seeker Virtual Talk Mar 24

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Join us for a Virtual Lecture by Dr James Rietveld on Rumi on March 24, 8 p.m.

Join us at our fascinating virtual lecture on MUSLIM MYSTIC RUMI, on Thursday, March 24, 8 p.m. with Dr. James Rietveld will provide a historical perspective on the famed mystic and poet of the 13th century, who is globally recognized as the pinnacle of the Persian classical poetry movement, alongside Hafez and Omar Khayyam.Pay What you Wish Donations Tickets:Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/258281184977Who was Rumi and what forces shaped the man who continues to influence us today?How did he become America's most read poet, while also the national poet of Iran, Turkey and Afghanistan?Rumi's life story is full of intrigue and high drama mixed with intense creativity.A charming, wealthy nobleman, a genius theologian and brilliant, sober scholar, Rumi (1207- 1273) was in his late thirties when he had a chance meeting with wandering, wild Sufi holy man, Shams, who became his spiritual mentor.Rumi was thenceforth transformed from a bookish, disciplined, orthodox religious scholar to an impassioned seeker of truth and love filled with yearning and desire.Through his inspirational words, Rumi believed that music, poetry, dance, (such as the famous Whirling Dervishes) and other forms of mystical expression were actually doorways ready to be opened to reveal the threshold of God.The key ingredient for this opening was Love.For Rumi, "The lover’s cause is separate from all other causes. Love is the astrolabe of God's mysteries."Through these loving expressions, bringing in harmony the movements of the mind and body in focus of God, one could journey to the Perfect One, the Creator of the Cosmos.For Rumi the life of mystics is a "gathering of lovers, where there is no high or low, smart or ignorant, no proper schooling required."Join us on this soulful journey with a writer who is not bound by cultural limitations; touching each of us with his independent soul yearning to be truly free.Dr. Rietveld is a professor at California State University, Fullerton, CA and Cal Poly, Pomona, CA of History, Anthropology and Religion. His specialties include the History of Christianity in the Early, Medieval and Byzantine periods, New Testament Studies and Greco-Roman religions. Dr. Rietveld is author of two books.He received his PHD from Claremont School of Religion.Pay What You Wish Donation to gain entry to the Zoom talk. Video available afterwards for viewing at your leisure. To view video please allow 10 days for it to appear on the Dr. Rietveld Salon Lectures You Tube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_1JGODdHtgwetVjmk9CRXQ

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