The Conference of the Birds Omar Musa off-gold color

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mythologie

one of America’s most influential living poets continues to prove her worthiness of that title

Introduction by Geof Hewitt

The Conference of the Birds Omar Musa off-gold colorAttar, translation Sholeh Wolp Composed in the twelfth century in north eastern Iran, Attar's great mystical poem is among the most significant of all works of Persian literature. A marvellous, allegorical rendering of the Islamic doctrine of Sufism an esoteric system concerned with the search for truth through God it describes the consequences of the conference of the birds of the world when they meet to begin the search for their ideal king, the