{"product_id":"hafez-a-poetic-portal-into-the-soul","title":"HAFEZ: A Poetic Portal Into the Soul","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMost books on Hafez translate the words.\u003cbr\u003eFew try to pass through the words,\u003cbr\u003eto the pulse, the presence, the change they bring.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHAFEZ: A Poetic Portal into the Soul\u003cbr\u003eOffers new translations,\u003cbr\u003eand it moves beyond translation\u003cbr\u003eto speak of how Hafez meets a reader\u003cbr\u003eand how that meeting touches the heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI write from inside\u003cbr\u003emy own encounters with Hafez,\u003cbr\u003enot from a distance\u003cbr\u003eas an Iranian immersed in his poetry\u003cbr\u003efrom a young age\u003cbr\u003eand as a depth psychologist\u003cbr\u003ewho ventures into the\u003cbr\u003erealm of psyche and symbol\u003cbr\u003eevery day.\u003cbr\u003eI write of the shifts\u003cbr\u003ein heart and in sight\u003cbr\u003ethat his poetry creates,\u003cbr\u003eand of the transformation\u003cbr\u003ehis verses awaken\u003cbr\u003ein the depths of the soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRather than going poem by poem,\u003cbr\u003eI carefully gather couplets\u003cbr\u003eacross Hafez’s poetry\u003cbr\u003earound living centers of meaning,\u003cbr\u003esymbols and themes\u003cbr\u003efrom which\u003cbr\u003ecurrents of deep emotion\u003cbr\u003eand synchronicities\u003cbr\u003earose for me:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHimmah:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The Call Back to Our Roots\u003cbr\u003eOn attuning to the will of the heart\u003cbr\u003eand the remembrance that draws us home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRend:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e From Persona to Personhood\u003cbr\u003eOn shedding the masks\u003cbr\u003eand standing in the naked truth of the soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNight:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Encounters with the Unconscious\u003cbr\u003eOn walking through darkness, fear, despair\u003cbr\u003eas thresholds of transformation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSāqi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: Remedies for Fragmentation\u003cbr\u003eOn the cupbearer\u003cbr\u003eand transcending the tension of opposites.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLove:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Creation and the Divine Child\u003cbr\u003eOn existence, ecstasy,\u003cbr\u003eand the embodiment of wholeness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you are drawn to mysticism,\u003cbr\u003epoetry, depth psychology,\u003cbr\u003eor simply to the mystery of how words\u003cbr\u003ecan move a life from the inside,\u003cbr\u003ethis work offers itself as a companion,\u003cbr\u003ean invitation to enter the Garden of Hafez,\u003cbr\u003eto be present where Hafez is present,\u003cbr\u003eand to let that presence\u003cbr\u003etouch the heart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peace and Release HK Bookstore 中東伊斯蘭文化雜貨店","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46588607627366,"sku":null,"price":219.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6125\/4246\/files\/IMG_7185.jpg?v=1787552362","url":"https:\/\/peaceandreleasehkbookstore.myshopify.com\/products\/hafez-a-poetic-portal-into-the-soul","provider":"Peace and Release HK Bookstore 中東伊斯蘭文化雜貨店","version":"1.0","type":"link"}