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Le Cantique des Cantiques
Renaud Garcia-Fons , contrebasse à cinq cordes
Leyli Anvar, récitante
A Poem by Ostad Elahi
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Ostad Elahi’s comprehensive philosophy, while touching on many aspects of Greek and Persian philosophy, is mainly focused on the Source and the eschatology of beings. As such, discussions pertaining to spirituality, ethics, rights, and duties are among its fundamental pillars.
Ostad Elahi also inherited the Kurdish-Persian mystical tradition that is comprised of two different cultures: a specific mystical Kurdish culture (the Ahl-e Haqq culture), and a scholarly and comprehensive mystical culture that features luminous personalities such as Hallaj and great poets such as Hafez, Attar, and Rumi. In Iran, mysticism influenced by philosophy (especially Neo-Platonism) and Greco-Islamic moralism rests on the religion of Shiism. This type of mysticism observes the inner, transcendent, and universal aspects of religion more than its doctrinal and ceremonial aspects. In such a context, mysticism is the reflection of what Henry Corbin has called theosophy.
Ostad Elahi considered music as an essentially spiritual phenomenon and a tool for establishing a connection between the soul and the Source. One should not limit music to a purely esthetic use nor solely take into account its formal aspects; rather, one should seek to hear those true sounds of music. Music should be considered as a means for establishing a spiritual connection, not as a goal in itself. Although music does possess formal and est…
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