From Library Journal
Harvey is probably best known for Hidden Journey (Viking, 1991), in which he details his spiritual surrender to the Indian mystic Mother Meera. He has since found in the mystic poetry of the 13th-century Sufi master Rumi a distillation of the message that he believes Mother Meera embodies and that the world cannot afford to ignore. "I believe we are all in the last moments of a civilization," Harvey writes. "What is at stake is the whole human experiment." Some will find this fixation on the imminent apocalypse distracting. Taken from a series of lectures given in 1993, the book is probably of greatest interest to those having some prior familiarity with the poetry. Harvey's passion and enthusiasm often lead to hyperbole, and his interpretation of Rumi, while compelling, needs to be absorbed slowly and with a critical eye. For collections with an interest in Sufism or mysticism in general.
Mark Woodhouse, Elmira Coll. Lib., N.Y.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Synopsis
An Interpretation of Rumi's Writings by One of the Foremost Scholars of Our Time; A penetrating antidote to today's spiritual crises, Way of Passion presents Rumi's magnificent visions of spiritual surrender and mystical union. Andrew Harvey shows how Rumi's writings are a clarion call to transform the spiritual barrenness at the heart of contemporary Western life and change its devestating global consequences. Harvey's interpretations and examinations of some of Rumi's most powerful and deeply loved verse transmit the urgency, passion and intensity of his message. One of the true prophets and mystics of our time, a man dedicated to the life of prayer and to making God's love known and felt in the world, Andrew Harvey is a leading spokesman for the mystic renaissance that is bursting into flames throughout the West.
