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Conveying The Spiritual Calling Dervish Cut Out is artwork depicting a mendicant in mystical practice: a man of material poverty wearing a camel hair headdress and black cloak. Ideal for Ramadan, and lovers of Islamic art and calligraphy. A Ramadan-themed line drawing conveys a stunningly vivid impression of depth, movement, and shape. Iconic artwork and souvenirs for anyone taking a vacation to or returning from Turkiye. A perfect and aesthetically pleasing calligraphy-style image and a must-have! ABOUT THE ART ©‎ Painting 1 January 2009 Tracey Harrington Simpson

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Sema The Dance Of The Whirling Dervish is an original minimalist painting, digitally recolored, of a semazen who conveys God's spiritual gift to those who are witnessing the Sema. A unique gift with a Turkish whirling dervish theme. Perfect for those who want to share a symbolic message of ego and truth, spiritualism, followers on Mevlana and Rumi or those who have a dervis theme in their lives and home. ABOUT THE ART ©‎ Panting 27 ‎July ‎2016, ‏‎14:46:15 Adaptation ın Gold ‎25 ‎April ‎2018, ‏‎15:45:04 Tracey Harrington Simpson

the twirling dancers of Egypt are absolutely fascinating to watch as they go non-stop, ever changing the colours of their costumes

Acrylic on canvas.

Acrylic on canvas.

Acrylic on canvas.

Known to the west as Whirling Dervishes, the members of the Mevlevi Order (named for their founder Mevlana) practice this Sufi ritual, which dates to the 13th century, which is full of symbolism. The full skirts represent the ego’s shroud. The camel-hair conical headdresses symbolizes the ego’s tomb, and the twirling itself acknowledges that everything — from the Earth to the atom — is constantly revolving. As the Dervishes extend their arms, their right palms face up and the left palms face downward. One hand is receiving (beneficence) from God, the other hand is delivering to the people. This form of dance which is known as “Sema” is not just a routine movement of the body and arms but a spiritual experience that combines the music,...

Allah (/ˈæl.lə, ˈɑːl.lə, əˈl.lɑː/; Arabic: الله, romanized: Allāh, IPA: [ʔaɫ.ɫaːh] ) is the common Arabic word for God. In the English language, the word generally refers to God in Islam. Sufi whirling (or Sufi turning) (Turkish: Semazen borrowed from Persian Sama-zan, Sama, meaning listening, from Arabic, and zan, meaning doer, from Persian) is a form of physically active meditation which originated among certain Sufi groups, and which is still practiced by the Sufi Dervishes of the Mevlevi order and other orders such as the Rifa'i-Marufi. It is a customary meditation practice performed within the sema, or worship ceremony, through which dervishes (also called semazens, from Persian سماعزن) aim to reach the source of all perfection, ...

Sufi man whirling in traditional Sufi Muslim clothing.

The painting is one in an ongoing series of works depicting sufis figures. The painting is titled,signed(LAUTIR) and dated(2015) on the back.

Allah (/ˈæl.lə, ˈɑːl.lə, əˈl.lɑː/; Arabic: الله, romanized: Allāh, IPA: [ʔaɫ.ɫaːh] ) is the common Arabic word for God. In the English language, the word generally refers to God in Islam. Sufi whirling (or Sufi turning) (Turkish: Semazen borrowed from Persian Sama-zan, Sama, meaning listening, from Arabic, and zan, meaning doer, from Persian) is a form of physically active meditation which originated among certain Sufi groups, and which is still practiced by the Sufi Dervishes of the Mevlevi order and other orders such as the Rifa'i-Marufi. It is a customary meditation practice performed within the sema, or worship ceremony, through which dervishes (also called semazens, from Persian سماعزن) aim to reach the source of all perfection, ...

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Waw The letter waw is copula and a mark for the voice in the Arabic language, symbolizing the connection of God and man. The composition is not incidentally made in a circular form, it is there to symbolize the ritual of dhikr, to remind one of the infinite repetition and the circular movement and rhythm of composition are an association to the ritual’s choreography, right to left, like a cosmic movement. This visual dhikr, which, upon seeing calligraphy, prevents one from oblivion and brings him back to the state of consciousness, is a symbolism of the movement of the cosmos and the planets, because, according to Sufi teaching, everything is in movement. In art, Muslims “developed a great love for the waw and used it from about 1700...

Waw The letter waw is copula and a mark for the voice in the Arabic language, symbolizing the connection of God and man. The composition is not incidentally made in a circular form, it is there to symbolize the ritual of dhikr, to remind one of the infinite repetition and the circular movement and rhythm of composition are an association to the ritual’s choreography, right to left, like a cosmic movement. This visual dhikr, which, upon seeing calligraphy, prevents one from oblivion and brings him back to the state of consciousness, is a symbolism of the movement of the cosmos and the planets, because, according to Sufi teaching, everything is in movement. In art, Muslims “developed a great love for the waw and used it from about 1700...

The painting is one in an ongoing series of works depicting sufis figures. The painting is titled,signed(LAUTIR) and dated(2015) on the back.

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Waw The letter waw is copula and a mark for the voice in the Arabic language, symbolizing the connection of God and man. The composition is not incidentally made in a circular form, it is there to symbolize the ritual of dhikr, to remind one of the infinite repetition and the circular movement and rhythm of composition are an association to the ritual’s choreography, right to left, like a cosmic movement. This visual dhikr, which, upon seeing calligraphy, prevents one from oblivion and brings him back to the state of consciousness, is a symbolism of the movement of the cosmos and the planets, because, according to Sufi teaching, everything is in movement. In art, Muslims “developed a great love for the waw and used it from about 1700...

Whirling Dervish: I Searched for God and found Myself. I Searched For Myself and found God.- Rumi

Vector art of a Sufi dervish doing whirling dance.

Once you arrive in Istanbul, the abundance of mosques will be the first thing to catch your eye.

The painting is one in an ongoing series of works depicting sufis figures. The painting is titled,signed(LAUTIR) and dated(2015) on the back.

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‘You are not exceptional in your capacity for Darkness or Light. You are exceptional to the degree to which you struggle with your Darkness and towards your Light. And Allahu Alim.’ – Shahbano Aliani (Sheikha in the Shadhalli Darqawi Tariqa) The Mevlevi Order (Turkish: Mevlevilik or Mevleviyye Persian: طریقت مولویه‎) is a Sufi order in Konya (modern day Turkey) (capital of the Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate) founded by the followers of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi-Rumi, a 13th-century Persian poet, Islamic theologian and Sufi mystic. The Mevlevi are also known as the Whirling Dervishes due to their famous practice of whirling as a form of dhikr (remembrance of God). Dervish is a common term for an initiate of the Sufi path; the whirl...

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Impressions of a Sufi dance, in my trademark "minifu" icon style. Done after attending a very moving Dhikr ceremony.