Dr Leonard Lewisohn
Publications
Books
with L Anvar, Wondrous Words: The Poetic Mastery of Jalal al-Din Rumi, Nicosia, London, Rumi Institute and I.B. Tauris, 2011.
Lewisohn L (eds) The Philosophy of Ecstasy: Rumi and the Sufi Tradition, Nicosia, London, Rumi Institute and I.B. Tauris, 2011.
Lewisohn L (eds) Hafez and the Religion of Love in Classical Sufi Poetry, London, I.B. Tauris, 2010.
with R Bly, Angels Knocking at the Tavern Door: Thirty Poems of Hafiz, New York, Harper Collins, 2008.
with C Shackle, Attar and the Persian Sufi Tradition: The Art of Spiritual Flight, I B Tauris, 2007.
The Wisdom of Sufism, Oxford, Oneworld, 2001.
The Heritage of Sufism, vol. 2: The Legacy of Mediæval Persian Sufism, Oxford, Oneworld, 1999.
Lewisohn L,Morgan D (eds) The Heritage of Sufism, vol. 3: Late Classical Persianate Sufism: the Safavid and Mughal Period, Oxford, 1999.
The Heritage of Sufism, vol. 1: Classical Persian Sufism from its Origins to Rumi, Oxford, Oneworld, 1999.
Beyond Faith and Infidelity: the Sufi Poetry and Teachings of Mahmud Shabistari, Richmond, Surrey, Curzon Press, 1995.
Divan-i Muhammad Shirin Maghribi, Tehran University Press and the McGill Institute of Islamic Studies, Tehran Branch; Wisdom of Persia Series No. XLIII, in collaboration with London University: SOAS Publications, 1993.
An Anthology of Esoteric Traditions in Islam: Texts on Gnosis & Hermeneutics in Ismailism, Sufism, Muslim Philosophy, Twelver Shi‘ism & Illuminationism, London, I.B. Tauris and the Institute of Ismaili Studies
Chapters
“Awhadi Maragha’i”, in Enyclopædia of Islam, Leiden: Brill, 2012
Nasir-i Khusraw’s Ode to the Universal Soul and Intellect, in Hunsberger A (eds) Rhyme and Reason: the Philosophical Poetry of Nasir-i Khusraw, London: I.B. Tauris & The Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2011
From the ‘Moses of Reason’ to the ‘Khidr of the Resurrection’: the Oxymoronic Transcendent in Shahrastani’s Majlis-i Maktub… dar Khwarazm, in Ali-de-Unzaga A (eds) Shi‘i Studies: Essays in Honour of Farhad Daftary, London: I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2011, 403-429
“Robert Bly in the Shadow of Hafiz”, in Robert Bly in This World: Proceedings of a Conference held at Elmer L. Andersen Library, University of Minneasota, April 16-19, 2009, Minneapolis: University of Minneasota, 2011, 230-267
with N Angha, Preface: Ansari and Early Persian Erotic Spirituality, in Ansari’s Hundred Fields: An Early Persian Treatise on the Sufi Way, London: Archetype, 2010, 1-16
“The Qawa’im al-anwar of Raz-i Shirazi (d. 1869) and Shi‘ite Sufism in Qajar Persia.”, in Islam in the Indo-Iranian World during the Modern Epoch, Berlin: Klaus Schwarz Verlag-IFRI, 2010, 67-89
Sufism and Theology in the Confessions of Sa’in al-Din Turka Isfahani (d. 830/1437), in Shihadeh A (eds) Sufism and Theology, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2007, 63-82
Sufi Symbolism and the Persian Hermeneutic Tradition: Reconstructing the Pagoda of Attar's Esoteric Poetics, in Lewisohn ,Shackle (eds) The Art of Spiritual Flight: Farid al-Din ‘Attar and the Persian Sufi Tradition, London: IB Tauris, 2006
Persian Sufism in the Contemporary West: Reflections on the Ni'matullahi Diaspora, in Malik J,Hinnells J (eds) Sufism in the West, Routledge, 2006, 49-70
The Metaphysics of Justice and the Ethics of Mercy in the Thought of ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, in Lakhani A (eds) The Sacred Foundations of Justice in Islam, Sacred Web, 2006, 109-145
Sufi Symbolism and the Persian Hermeneutic Tradition: Reconstructing the Pagoda of Attar’s Esoteric Poetics, in Lewisohn ,Shackle (eds) Farid al-Din ‘Attar and the Persian Sufi Tradition: The Art of Spiritual Flight, London: I.B. Tauris and the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2006, 255-308
The Spiritual Journey in Kubrawi Sufism, in Lawson T (eds) Reason and Inspiration in Islam: Theology, Philosophy and Mysticism in Muslim Thought, Essays in Honour of Hermann Landolt, London: I.B. Tauris and the Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2005, 364-379
The Esoteric Christianity of Islam: Interiorisation of Christian Imagery in Medieval Persian Sufi Poetry, in Ridgeon L (eds) Muslim Interpretations of Christianity, Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 2001, 127-156
Sufism in the Thought of S.H. Nasr, in al LHE (eds) S.H. Nasr: The Library of Living Philosophers, Illinois: Open Court Publishing Co, 2001, 669-676
Sufism and the School of Isfahan: Tasawwuf and ‘Irfan in Late Safavid Iran (‘Abd al-Razzaq Lahiji and Fayd-i Kashani on the Relation of Tasawwuf, Hikmat and ‘Irfan, in Lewisohn L,Morgan D (eds) The Heritage of Sufism, vol. 3: Late Classical Persianate Sufism: the Safavid and Mughal Period, Oxford: Oneworld, 1999, 63-134
Conferences
Antinomianism in Classical Persian Poetry,
Rumi and Religious Diversity,
Isma‘ili Metaphysics and Poetic Riddles in Nasir-i Khusraw’s Verse: an Annotated Translation and Study of the Ode to the Two Substances, , 2005
Esoteric Platonism in 17th-century Persia and 15th-century Florence and the Influence of Muslim Thought on Italian Renaissance Humanism., , 2005
The Development of the Philosophy of Love in Islam, from Ja‘far al-Sadiq to Hafiz., , 2004
The Influence of Rumi on the Poets of Timurid Persia, , 2004
The Degree of Esoteric Gnosis and Gnostics in Persian Theosophy: Sa’in aql-Din Turkah Isfahani (d. 830/1427) and ‘Abd al-Razzaq Lahiji (d. 1072/1661-2), , 2002
The Language of Infidelity’s Reality: Interiorization of Faith in the Writings of ‘Ayn al-Qudat Hamadhani and Mahmud Shabistari., , 2002
Poetry as a Vehicle of Sufi Symbolism and Metaphysics: Mahmud Shabistari, Muhammad Shirin Maghribi, and Kamâl Khujandi., , 2002
Persian Sufism in the Contemporary West: on the Diaspora of the Ni‘matullahiyya, , 2001
Sufi Symbolism and Ismaili Doctrine in the Persian Poetry of Nizari Quhistani, , 2001
The ‘Moses of Reason’ and the ‘Khidr of the Resurrection’: Shahrastani’s Esoteric Teachings,
Journal articles
"Amir Husayni Haravi", Encyclopedia of Islam, vol. 1, 2011
Mawlana Rumi Review, A journal published in assocation with the IAIS, vol. 1, 2, 2011
Theoretical Extremes in the Study of Mystic Man in Modern Iran (Review Article), Iranian Studies, vol. 42, no. 2, 2009, 285-310
Correspondences between English Romantic and Persian Sufi Poets: an Essay in Anagogic Criticism, Temenos Academy Review, vol. 12, 2009, 185-226
Hierocosmic Intellect and the Universal Soul in a Qasida by Nasir-i Khusraw, Iran: Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies, vol. 44, 2007, 193-226
The Spy of the Heart, by Robert Darr, BRISMES Newsletter, vol. 20, no. 3, 2006, 10-10
Sufism and Ismaili Doctrine in the Persian Poetry of Nizari Quhistani (645-721/ 1247-1321), Iran: Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies, vol. 41, 2003, 229-251
Rumi: Major-domo of Muslim mystical tradition, The Times, 2002, 6-7
Mysticism and the plurality of meaning: The case of the Ismailis of rural Iran, J SEMITIC STUD, vol. 47, no. 1, 2002, 169-170
The concept of sainthood in Early Islamic mysticism: Two works by Al-Hakim AlTirmidhi, J ROY ASIATIC SOC, vol. 10, 2000, 392-394
Knowledge and liberation - A treatise on philosophical theology, TLS-TIMES LIT SUPPL, no. 5053, 2000, 31-31
Sufis and Anti-Sufis: the Defence, Rethinking and Rejection of Sufism in the Modern World by Elizabeth Sirriyeh, Iranian Studies, vol. 33, no. 3-4, 2000, 427-434
The Conclusive Argument from God: Shah Wali Allah of Dehli’s Hujjat Allah al-Baligha, by Marcia Hermensen, BRISMES, vol. 27, no. 2, 2000, 216-210
Contemplation and action - The spiritual autobiography of a Muslim scholar, TLS-TIMES LIT SUPPL, no. 5032, 1999, 30-30
An introduction to the history of modern Persian Sufism, Part II: A socio-cultural profile of Sufism, from the Dhahabi revival to the present day, B SCH ORIENT AFR ST, vol. 62, 1999, 36-37
Islam and Romantic Orientalism, Literary Encounters with the Orient, by Mohammed Sharafuddin, British Association for the Study of Religion Bulletin, vol. 88, 1999, 50-52
The Way of Tawakkul: the Ideal of ‘Trust in God’ in Classical Persian Sufism, Islamic Culture, vol. 73, no. 2, 1999, 27-62
God’s Unruly Friends: Dervish Groups in the Islamic Later Middle Period 1200-1550, by Ahmet T. Karamustafa, Iranian Studies, vol. 32, no. 1, 1999
Medieval Isma'ili history and thought., J ROY ASIATIC SOC, vol. 8, 1998, 86-88
Imaginal worlds: Ibn al-Arabi and the problem of religious diversity, J AM ORIENTAL SOC, vol. 118, no. 2, 1998, 293-295
An introduction to the history of modern Persian Sufism, Part I: the Nimatullahi order: persecution, revival and schism, B SCH ORIENT AFR ST, vol. 61, 1998, 437-464
Abu Yaqub al-Sijistani: Intellectual missionary., J ROY ASIATIC SOC, vol. 7, 1997, 438-440
The Judeo-Persian poet Emrani and his 'Book of Treasure'. Emrani's 'Ganj-Name', a versified commentary of the Mishnaic tractate Abot - Yeroushalmi,D, J ROY ASIATIC SOC, vol. 7, 1997, 300-302
All the king's falcons: Rumi on prophets and revelation - Renard,J, J AM ORIENTAL SOC, vol. 117, no. 1, 1997, 183-185
The Sacred Music of Islam: Samā‘ in the Persian Sufi Tradition, The British Journal of Ethnomusicology, vol. 6, 1997, 1-33
Palasi's memoir of Shaykh Kujuji, a Persian Sufi saint of the Thirteenth Century, J ROY ASIATIC SOC, vol. 6, 1996, 345-366
Make a Shield from Wisdom: Selected Verses from Nasir-i Khusraw’s Divan, by Annemarie Schimmel, , vol. 76, 1995
Seal of the Saints: Prophethood and Sainthood in the Doctrine of Ibn ‘Arabi, by Michel Chodkiewicz, , vol. 73, 1995
Quest for the Red Sulphur: the Life of Ibn ‘Arabi by Claude Addas, British Association for the Study of Religion Bulletin, vol. 72, 1994
The Life and Times of Kamal Khujandi, Journal of Turkish Studies, vol. 18, 1994, 163-177
The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn al-‘Arabi's Metaphysics of Imagination, by William Chittick, Iran Nameh: A Persian Journal of Iranian Studies, vol. 11, no. 4, 1993
Zindigi va dawran-i Kamal Khujandi, Iran Nameh, vol. 10, no. 4, 1992, 690-706
ENIGMATIC SAINT - AHMAD IBN IDRIS AND THE IDRISI TRADITION - OFAHEY,RS, AFR AFFAIRS, vol. 90, no. 360, 1991, 476-478
Shabistari’s Garden of Mysteries: The Aesthetics and Hermeneutics of Sufi Poetry, Temenos: A Review Devoted to the Arts of the Imagination, vol. 10, 1989, 177-207
Muhammad Shirin Maghribi Tabrizi, Sufi: A Journal of Sufism, vol. 1, no. 1, 1989, 30-35
The Life and Poetry of Mashriqi Tabrizi (d. 1454), Iranian Studies, vol. vol. 22, 1989, 99-127
Ta’ammulati dar usul-i nazari u ravish-i tarjuma-yi ash‘ar-i sufiyanih-i farsi, Kimiya: Daftari dar adabiyat u hunar u ‘irfan, vol. 4, 354-386
