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	Annael's Lived-in Bottle: 2nd Edition AD&D Dervish
		The Dervish is a warrior subclass concerned with the preservation of the Baklunish tenets of society.
		A Dervish is a religious, scholarly person, who studies and meditates in an effort to approach holiness and approval in the eyes of the god, Al-Akbar.
		The Dervish comes from a culture with a history of being nomadic, and are trained in their fighting skills with an emphasis on speed rather than strength.
	www.personal.psu.edu /users/j/p/jpa117/webfiles/Dervish.htm (2088 words)

	Dervish - LoveToKnow 1911
		With important differences, the dervish fraternities may be compared to the regular religious orders of Roman Christendom, while the Ulema are, also with important differences, like the secular clergy.
		There are also the performances of the Rifa`ites or "howling dervishes." In ecstasy they cut themselves with knives, eat live coals and glass, handle red-hot iron and devour serpents.
		When a dervish is in a state of ecstasy (majdhub), he is supposed to be unconscious of the actions of his body.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Dervish (1804 words)

	Dervish - GuildWiki
		The Dervish is a close range fighter wielding a scythe capable of hitting multiple opponents and utilizing enchantments to deal damage, cause conditions, and protect and heal itself.
		Additionally, although a Dervish's protective enchantments and Forms can be used to make them very difficult to defeat, without them a dervish's AR rating of 70 does not allow them to tank on anywhere near the same level as a warrior.
		The Dervish of the Mevlevi order are sometimes referred to as "whirling dervishes" due to their practice of whirling as a ritual.
	gw.gamewikis.org /wiki/Dervish (639 words)

	Dervish - Guild Wars Wiki (GWW)
		Dervish characters can only be created on accounts that have access to Guild Wars Nightfall.
		While dervishes can easily decimate high-leveled groups single-handedly and sport excellent prowess in battle as well as the ability to embody the gods of Tyria, they are not all-powerful or invincible.
		The Dervish can be combined with the Assassin as a secondary profession to create an elite-runner that can escape from and survive extremely dangerous situations.
	wiki.guildwars.com /wiki/Dervish (530 words)

	Annael's Lived-in Bottle: The Baklunish Dervish (3rd Edition)
		Dervishes adventure on missions to help others, to test and improve themselves, and to set an example for others.
		In such places, Dervishes typically consider themselves to be bringing the Baklunish tenets out into the world, which often needs some sort of ethical improvement.
		Fallen Dervishes: Though it may seem simple for a Dervish to live by those four tenets and be a good example to others, it can truly be very difficult.
	www.personal.psu.edu /users/j/p/jpa117/webfiles/Dervish3.htm (1920 words)

	Dervish
		Being a dervish is not prescribed in the Koran, or the hadiths, although dhikr seems to be mentioned (Koran 33:41).
		Dervishes of the Rifa'i order had a more extreme form of dhikr, involving eating glass, penetration of the body by sharp objects and swallowing of swords.
		But, perhaps, the most famous have been the dervishes of the Mevlevi order who by their unique dance are known as "Whirling Dervishes." Among the most known vows upon the dervishes of the now extinct Kalenderi was to wander perpetually.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/dervish.htm (316 words)

	Dervish - Compass Records
		The name Dervish was chosen because it relates to any group of poor but spiritual people who become enraptured by music.
		The magic of a live Dervish performance was captured on their fourth album, Live In Palma, recorded in Spain at Palma de Mallorca's Teatre Principal in April 1997.
		By the end of the year, Dervish expanded from a six to seven-piece band with the addition of fiddle player Tom Morrow, a native of County Leitrim and another All-Ireland Champion.
	compassrecords.com /dervish (948 words)

	dervish
		dervish is a somewhat idiosyncratic free-as-in-beer video mixing application for the Macintosh, authored in cycling '74's max/jitter programming environment.
		dervish requires a Macintosh with a PowerPC processor running OS 9.1 or higher or OS X 10.2 or higher (a g4/400 or higher with an OpenGL Hardware accelerated video card is recommended) and at least 100 MB of RAM free for the application.
		dervish also requires that you have QuickTime version 4.0 or later and OpenGL 1.2 (almost always installed with OS 9) or later installed on your system.
	goldbergs.com /dervish (536 words)

	Dervish
		The members of Dervish seemed a little bewildered by the silence of the crowd during fast-paced, high-energy sets that would get most folks dancing in their seats.
		She was unfortunately drowned out by the band during a few songs in the first half of the show, but sound problems notwithstanding, the seven-member band took full advantage of Leffler's grand acoustics and filled the rafters with sound.
		Dervish is one of the tightest, most balanced acoustic bands I've ever seen, overshadowing even an excellent performance by Ireland's hallmark band, the Chieftains, the previous evening in nearby Reading.
	www.rambles.net /dervish_live.html (593 words)

	fUSION Anomaly. Whirling Dervish
		But a dervish is really the Moslem equivalent of a monk or friar, the Persian word darvêsh, the ultimate source of dervish, meaning "religious mendicant." The word is first recorded in English in 1585.
		During the ceremony, the dervishes remove fl cloaks to reveal the tennure (white religious robes with voluminous skirts).
		Dervish literally means "doorway" and is thought to be an entrance from this material world to the spiritual, heavenly world.
	fusionanomaly.net /whirlingdervishes.html (1317 words)

	Kennedy Center: Millennium Stage Artist Details: Dervish
		Dervish hail from Sligo in the Northwest of Ireland, an area long noted for producing some the major names in traditional Irish music.
		Dervish's concerts reflect a myriad of tones and moods, ranging from high-energy tunes played with intuitive fluidity to beautifully measured songs; from charming lyrics of life and love to inspiring melodies that lift audiences from their seats.
		Dervish a seven-piece traditional Irish band, mixes high-energy tunes with lyrical songs for a show brought together by Cathy Jordanâs vocals and warm audience rapport.
	www.kennedy-center.org /programs/millennium/artist_detail.cfm?artist_id=DERVISH (214 words)

	Dervish
		The members of Dervish locate their center in informal pub sessions in Sligo and the surrounding counties of northwestern Ireland.
		The members of Dervish were quick to comment on all the weekend celebrations in honor of various important musicians: Coleman, Morrison, John McKenna.
		At the time she joined Dervish, Jordan had been working as a pastry chef ("makin' a bit of dough," as Mitchell quipped), but they knew she was a first rate singer; during their time with Who Says What, Holmes, Kelly and Mitchell had often heard her sing.
	www.dirtynelson.com /linen/feature/69dervish.html (3157 words)

	Guild Wars ZA - green items, green weapons, nightfall, eye of the north, maps - The Dervish
		Dervishes are scythe-wielding holy warriors who can attack multiple enemies at once.
		The Dervish will calmly and intently cast spells on themselves even while surrounded by foes, and suddenly unleash a flurry of devastating, whirling, scythe attacks.
		The Dervish, when roused, may channel divine powers and change their form to temporarily become the physical embodiment of a god.
	guildwars.systemshock.co.za /content/view/554/35 (274 words)

	GuildWars.com: GamePlay: The Professions: Dervish
		Serving the gods as holy warriors, Dervishes stand confidently in the whirlwind of conflict.
		Scythe Mastery increases the damage a Dervish inflicts with scythes, as well as the chance to inflict a critical hit when using a scythe.
		Many Dervish spells, especially those dealing with defense or earth damage, become more effective as this attribute is raised.
	www.guildwars.com /gameplay/professions/dervish (241 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for dervish (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dervishes first appeared in the 12th century; they were noted for their wild or ecstatic rituals and were known as dancing, whirling, or howling dervishes...
		Dervishes can be either resident in the community or lay members; wandering or mendicant dervishes are called fakirs and are often regarded as holy men who...
		Spin city: the ancient Turkish town of Konya, once the pearl of the Seljuk's Empire of Rum, is the home of the famous whirling dervishes, whose mesmeric dance links devotees to the revolution of the universe.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=dervish (560 words)

	Dervish
		Being a dervish is not prescribed in the Koran, or the hadiths, although dhikr seems to be mentioned (Koran 33:41).
		Dervishes of the Rifa'i order had a more extreme form of dhikr, involving eating glass, penetration of the body by sharp objects and swallowing of swords.
		But, perhaps, the most famous have been the dervishes of the Mevlevi order who by their unique dance are known as "Whirling Dervishes." Among the most known vows upon the dervishes of the now extinct Kalenderi was to wander perpetually.
	i-cias.com /e.o/dervish.htm (316 words)

	User:Dervish - EVpedia
		Dervish was born in a small village somewhere in the world in the year 1008.
		As time went by, Dervish noted that the mood of TG was changing, in such a way that he did not feel like he was having fun, nor did he feel he was contributing to the general flow of their group dynamic.
		Dervish also noted that while some old friends of his in TG were becoming increasingly distant to him and politically minded, other friends were becoming disillusioned and talking of leaving.
	www.evcitadel.com /wiki/index.php?title=Dervish (1334 words)

	T.C. Kultur Bakanligi / Ministry of Culture, Republic of Turkey
		Some of the dervish convents grew up around the mausoleums of saints whose miracles were believed in by the people or who had, in their lifetimes, been greatly respected.
		The first dervish convents was formed by the building of dervish cells in the manner of a madrasa around certain mosques during the classic age of Ottoman Turkish art, that is, in the l6th and l7th centuries.
		This Dervish convent, which was razed to the ground after the closure of the dervish convents, had been a place of isolation for lepers.
	www.discoverturkey.com /english/yeni/istanbul/dervish.html (1585 words)

	Dervish
		Dervishes are also known as Sufis, but Sufi has more of a connotation of structure, who might stay in one place serving and/or teaching her/his community.
		There maybe dervishes who have been rich (materially), but usually the call to become a dervish means having to give up all worldly posessions/titles/careers etc. A dervish comes to realize that anything other than the Real is not reality, and so gives up the present world in exchange for the quest for the Beloved.
		But the reality is that dervishes are the ones who follow Islam right down to the dot, for them all of the rituals and practices have the ultimate aim of being united with their Beloved.
	www.mindspring.com /~altafb/dervish.html (789 words)

	Dervish (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Many of the dervishes are mendicant ascetics who have taken the vow of poverty unlike mullahs, though some of them were beggars by choice.
		Whirling dervish rituals have also become tourist attractions, particularly in Turkey (home of the Mevlevi order), though it should be noted that they are religious ceremonies of meditation, not entertainment.
		The dervish's primary weapon is the scythe, and whirls around when attacking, in very much the same fashion as the cultural 'whirling dervish' dance.
	www.artistopia.com /dervish (623 words)

	JigTime, Bluegrass,Irish and World music at your fingertips
		Dervish have always been proud of their home town and now are set to be rewarded for being its great unofficial ambassadors.
		This honour was bestowed on Dervish for being one of the most sucessful Irish traditional music groups of our time and also for bringing their local Sligo style of music to a worldwide audience.
		Dervish have a brilliant new album out called Spirit and will be touring the US soon to promote it.
	www.jigtime.com /dervishhonour.htm (269 words)

	Dervish Decade and Midsummer's Night by Steven Stone
		Dervish have been around awhile, eleven years to be exact.
		Dervish is a seven-piece band from the Irish county of Sligo (not to be confused with Slugo where the denizens are far more hostile).
		Dervish does for Celtic music what young bands like Nickel Creek are doing for bluegrass music; pushing it vibrantly into the 21st century.
	www.enjoythemusic.com /magazine/music/0403/dervish.htm (426 words)

	gerard wozek - Dervish
		Part travelogue, part memoir, part dreambook, the poems in "Dervish," lead the reader on a skittish sojourn where familiar borders blur and redemption seems to always be the elusive destination.
		Dervish is a poetic travelogue that takes the readers on a journey through time and across various landscapes.
		Dervish is an impressive and memorable compendium showcasing the poetry of Gerard Wozek.
	www.gerardwozek.com /dervish.htm (1077 words)

	Dervish Tales
		While the 1st Dervish was thinking about this, reflecting upon the perversity of humanity and it's persistance in error, he suddenly saw a strange sight.
		From the island the other Dervish was coming towards him, walking on the surface of the water...
		The 2nd Dervish walked up to him and said: "Brother, I am sorry to trouble you, but I have to come out to ask you again the standard method of making the repetition you were telling me, because I find it difficult to remember it."
	members.shaw.ca /lightwithoutheat/dervish.html (988 words)

	Dervish - Biography - AOL Music
		A turning point in Dervish's history came when Kelly, Mitchell and Holmes were joined by mandola and mandolin player Brian McDonagh, a founding member of Oisian.
		Two years later, Dervish released two albums (Playing with Fire and At the End of the Day and toured in the U.S. Live in Palma, released in 1997, is a 22-track double CD, recorded during a concert in Palma, Majorca.
		Although the majority of their repertoire consists of traditional tunes, Dervish has been increasingly performing original tunes by Kelly and Holmes.
	music.aol.com /artist/dervish/174901/biography (444 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Dervish (disambiguation)
		Dervishes, Sufi Muslim ascetic worshipper in a fraternity
		Dervishes, a class in the role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons, which can be found in The Complete Warrior book.
		In the Halo (video game series), Dervish was an early name in development for The Arbiter.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Dervish_%28disambiguation%29 (151 words)

	Dervish DV-6M
		Commissioned in 2520, the Dervish received only one major change over the years, the replacement of the 270 GM engine with the present-day 275 Core Tek to boost its maneuverability.
		Most Dervishes were made before the dissolution of the Star League and so have served in all corners of the universe.
		The one undeniable effect of the attack of Whirling Dervishes, however, was that it boosted morale on both New Rhodes and on New Avalon, where smuggled tapes of the event were broadcast.
	members.cox.net /vagabond4/campaign/tro/dervish_dv-6m.htm (1174 words)

	Official Ticketmaster site. Dervish tickets, concerts and tour dates
		Dervish is one of Ireland's most exciting tradition-rooted bands.
		A turning point in Dervish's history came when Kelly, Mitchell and Holmes were joined by mandola and mandolin player Brian McDonagh, a founding member of Oisian.
		Two years later, Dervish released two albums (Playing with Fire and At the End of the Day and toured in the U.S. Live in Palma, released in 1997, is a 22-track double CD, recorded during a concert in Palma, Majorca.
	www.ticketmaster.com /artist/779229?brand=none (632 words)

	Amazon.ca: Dervish Is Digital: Books: Pat Cadigan (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Then she is assigned to track a cyberstalker known as "Dervish," whose virtual persona is capable of manipulating AR in unprecedented ways.
		Dervish Is Digital is the witty, sharp-edged, hardboiled sequel to the equally exciting and stylish SF mystery Tea from an Empty Cup.
		The problem, she says, is that Dervish is digital: somehow he's managed to leave his body behind and enter AR completely.
	www.amazon.ca /Dervish-Digital-Pat-Cadigan/dp/B000BZEPEG (1480 words)

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