Talk By Rosa Jamali (India; Green Life Organization; December 2015)
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Nature has always been a major theme in Persian Poetry. Persian Poetry pays a great tribute to Persian Mythology. Creation seems to have been taken place through a process of metamorphoses of natural resources, vegetation, flora, and fauna. This has made a great influence on Persian Poetry. In Khorasan School, Manuchehri Damghani depicts autumn and describes death and rebirth cycle in a very popular poem. In THE GREAT BOOK OF KINGS, Ferdowsi always describes gloomy scenes as the earth is not going to revive itself. Later in the Poetry of Hafez and Rumi nature creates lots of metaphors in reference to Islamic mysticism. In Modern Persian Poetry NimÄ Yushij who lived a whole life in the countryside of Northern Iran describes nature very strongly while Sohrab Sepehri takes the initial steps to get close to a sort of belief; the manifestation of God in nature and creating a sacred halo around the environment,…
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As Plato said poets recreate nature by imitation and modeling it as the major source of beauty so that the description of pure nature and the Garden of Eden is just found in poetry, poets preserve the untouched, pristine and serene nature this way. It’s a calamity when poets see the destruction of the life cycle in nature. Mother Nature is represented in poetry as an archetype so is the birth and death recycle. A poet insists on nurturing and raising what has been missed or ignored over the centuries to survive and maintain the energy sources of the planet earth
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Based on Persian mythology there could exist a literary theory; quite close to ecofeminism; for Chista and Anahita have been depicted as wise and insightful Goddesses who play significant roles in nature's elemental forces whereas in Greek Mythology Medusa and Pandora have been described as sources of evil and destruction. I'd like to discuss that there could be a sort of rebirth in ecofeminism in Persian poetry, quite representative to what has already existed in our racial cultural and historical background and in reference to a sort of Manichean aesthetics,… this says that feminine writing cares much about nature and keeping it safe; feminine writing is in conflict with death, mass murder, genocide and abortion of beings ; Birth and Rebirth archetype and Mother nature could strongly appear in feminine writings, how can this type of writing dispense with slaughter and extinction of some species of nature,..?!
So that Persian feminine writing could present quite a unique point of view in this respect;.
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In the visionary writings of many Persian mystic poets, for instance, the followers of illumination like Sheikh Shahabuddin Suhrawardi; there exists a kind of transcendental view towards nature. Mystical Visionary writings have been written in harmony of a life which could transcend you to heaven. This life which is quite peaceful and has been practiced through time, the path is not an easy one. You need to go through seven steps to become a real mystic; a sort of alchemist and reach to the kingdom of God which is called Malakut. You need to forget greediness and gluttony through fasting, you'll forget lust and temptations through a secluded lifestyle and you feel much closer to God by repeating holy verses, this makes you a better human being, a spiritual medium, and a peacekeeper.
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Masnavi Manavi is a principal text for the seeker of a better life, getting to know about enlightenment, then the basic steps you need to take to see the world through the lens of a Suffist, through Persian wisdom and a divine ladder,. Sonnets of Rumi which I include them in occult reading give you a sense of Ecstasy and euphoria what makes you dance till you drop. That specific dance being a long-time ritual is called Sama; you'll become a different human being with Godly characteristics which help you to get to know to the kingdom of heaven, now you need to forget your earthly ambitions. You need to forget temptations and set a limit on your needs and wants. At last you'll get united with the whole universe, this step is called Malakut; by reading Masnavi in a holy place which is called Khanqah and taking its advice in your daily life, you'll become a selected human being; blessed with God and a heavenly guardian which paves your way to the kingdom of heaven.
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Deconstruction made the literary theory quite easy, there is no binary opposition of nature/ man; so that there's no grand narrative. Wildlife can be created in poetry with no preconception. Nature makes and creates itself in a primitive process. All these mentions that human being is no longer the ruler of nature, the who one was supposed to be THE KING for a lengthy time,…
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The idea has been very much inspired by advising letters to the kings of Persia before Islam; how to become a good and just ruler by hard practice and a kind of mental exercise, so great kings grow with Godlike features which have been bestowed upon them and being granted by heavenly inspirations; they need to follow the principles of good deeds, good thought, and good speech.
The story of Zahhak in Persian national epic" THE GREAT BOOK OF KINGS", is a very dark myth, a critical turning point. Persians were vegetarians before that, the cook persuades the king to eat meat and the king enjoys the taste. Later the cook prepares the brains of the human being as a delicious meal and consequently snakes as symbols of evil grow on his shoulders. The king becomes corrupt and this is the most oppressive era of history for such a nation of strong beliefs!
Abstract:
1
Nature has always been a major theme in Persian Poetry. Persian Poetry pays a great tribute to Persian Mythology. Creation seems to have been taken place through a process of metamorphoses of natural resources, vegetation, flora, and fauna. This has made a great influence on Persian Poetry. In Khorasan School, Manuchehri Damghani depicts autumn and describes death and rebirth cycle in a very popular poem. In THE GREAT BOOK OF KINGS, Ferdowsi always describes gloomy scenes as the earth is not going to revive itself. Later in the Poetry of Hafez and Rumi nature creates lots of metaphors in reference to Islamic mysticism. In Modern Persian Poetry NimÄ Yushij who lived a whole life in the countryside of Northern Iran describes nature very strongly while Sohrab Sepehri takes the initial steps to get close to a sort of belief; the manifestation of God in nature and creating a sacred halo around the environment,…
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As Plato said poets recreate nature by imitation and modeling it as the major source of beauty so that the description of pure nature and the Garden of Eden is just found in poetry, poets preserve the untouched, pristine and serene nature this way. It’s a calamity when poets see the destruction of the life cycle in nature. Mother Nature is represented in poetry as an archetype so is the birth and death recycle. A poet insists on nurturing and raising what has been missed or ignored over the centuries to survive and maintain the energy sources of the planet earth
3
Based on Persian mythology there could exist a literary theory; quite close to ecofeminism; for Chista and Anahita have been depicted as wise and insightful Goddesses who play significant roles in nature's elemental forces whereas in Greek Mythology Medusa and Pandora have been described as sources of evil and destruction. I'd like to discuss that there could be a sort of rebirth in ecofeminism in Persian poetry, quite representative to what has already existed in our racial cultural and historical background and in reference to a sort of Manichean aesthetics,… this says that feminine writing cares much about nature and keeping it safe; feminine writing is in conflict with death, mass murder, genocide and abortion of beings ; Birth and Rebirth archetype and Mother nature could strongly appear in feminine writings, how can this type of writing dispense with slaughter and extinction of some species of nature,..?!
So that Persian feminine writing could present quite a unique point of view in this respect;.
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In the visionary writings of many Persian mystic poets, for instance, the followers of illumination like Sheikh Shahabuddin Suhrawardi; there exists a kind of transcendental view towards nature. Mystical Visionary writings have been written in harmony of a life which could transcend you to heaven. This life which is quite peaceful and has been practiced through time, the path is not an easy one. You need to go through seven steps to become a real mystic; a sort of alchemist and reach to the kingdom of God which is called Malakut. You need to forget greediness and gluttony through fasting, you'll forget lust and temptations through a secluded lifestyle and you feel much closer to God by repeating holy verses, this makes you a better human being, a spiritual medium, and a peacekeeper.
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Masnavi Manavi is a principal text for the seeker of a better life, getting to know about enlightenment, then the basic steps you need to take to see the world through the lens of a Suffist, through Persian wisdom and a divine ladder,. Sonnets of Rumi which I include them in occult reading give you a sense of Ecstasy and euphoria what makes you dance till you drop. That specific dance being a long-time ritual is called Sama; you'll become a different human being with Godly characteristics which help you to get to know to the kingdom of heaven, now you need to forget your earthly ambitions. You need to forget temptations and set a limit on your needs and wants. At last you'll get united with the whole universe, this step is called Malakut; by reading Masnavi in a holy place which is called Khanqah and taking its advice in your daily life, you'll become a selected human being; blessed with God and a heavenly guardian which paves your way to the kingdom of heaven.
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Deconstruction made the literary theory quite easy, there is no binary opposition of nature/ man; so that there's no grand narrative. Wildlife can be created in poetry with no preconception. Nature makes and creates itself in a primitive process. All these mentions that human being is no longer the ruler of nature, the who one was supposed to be THE KING for a lengthy time,…
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The idea has been very much inspired by advising letters to the kings of Persia before Islam; how to become a good and just ruler by hard practice and a kind of mental exercise, so great kings grow with Godlike features which have been bestowed upon them and being granted by heavenly inspirations; they need to follow the principles of good deeds, good thought, and good speech.
The story of Zahhak in Persian national epic" THE GREAT BOOK OF KINGS", is a very dark myth, a critical turning point. Persians were vegetarians before that, the cook persuades the king to eat meat and the king enjoys the taste. Later the cook prepares the brains of the human being as a delicious meal and consequently snakes as symbols of evil grow on his shoulders. The king becomes corrupt and this is the most oppressive era of history for such a nation of strong beliefs!
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