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	Mevlevi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Whirling Dervishes perform near the Mevlevi Museum in Konya, Turkey.
		The Mevlevi, or "The Whirling Dervishes", believe in performing their dhirk in the form of a 'dance' and music ceremony called the sema.
		Whirling Dervish, painted in 1998; One of Acar's famous paintings
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Whirling_Dervishes (492 words)

	Whirling Dervishes - Wikipedia on Birmingham UK Com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The practice of Sufi whirling, a whirling meditation, originated among the ancient Indian Sufis (and is still practiced by modern Turkish Dervishes).
		The whirling is done on the spot in an anticlockwise direction, with the right arm held high, palm upwards, and the left arm held low, palm downwards.
		When the whirler is whirling so fast that he or she cannot remain upright, his or her body will fall by itself.
	www.birminghamuk.com /wikipedia/WhirlingDervish.html (932 words)

	Whirling Dervishes - All About Turkey
		Known to the west as Whirling Dervishes, the members of the Mevlevi Order (named for their founder Mevlana) from Konya lived in what we might call coisters or monasteries - what to them was a Mevlevihane.
		The ritual whirling of the dervishes is an act of love and a drama of faith.
		In the fourth selam, the sheikh enters the circling dervishes, where he assumes the place of the sun in the center of the circling planets.
	www.allaboutturkey.com /dervis.htm (1084 words)

	Whirling dervishes brighten drab Turkish city (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The dervish order was founded in the city, then the capital of the Turkish Seljuk empire, by Mevlana's son after the poet's death in 1273.
		The ``sema'' whirling dervish ceremony is performed publicly in Konya only during one week of the year, to mark Mevlana's death seven centuries ago.
		The dervishes say they come close to a direct understanding of divinity at the peak of the ceremony but slowly halt the dance to avoid committing the Moslem sin of ``shirk,'' putting yourself, another being or an object on a par with God.
	www.iol.ie /~afifi/BICNews/Islam/islam36.htm (949 words)

	Women Whirling Dervishes
		The Whirling Dervish ritual ceremony was created by Rumi's son, Sultan Veled, as a way of honouring the passing of his father, who had immersed himself in whirling and writing spiritual poetry.
		Dervish means someone who sits at the door or gateway between the visible earthly reality and invisible realms of spirit.
		For the 'wedding night' ceremony of the remembrance of Rumi's passing, a white gown is worn, reminiscent of the burial shroud, with a bonnet symbolic of a tombstone, and a belt that separates the lower chakras from the higher.
	www.kindredspirit.co.uk /articles/5837_dervish.asp (816 words)

	Library - Whirling Dervishes - JGreene's experience (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Known to the west as Whirling Dervishes, the Mevlevi Order was founded by Mevlana Rumi in the 13th century.
		Dervish literally means "doorway" and is thought to be an entrance from this material world to the spiritual, heavenly world.
		Near the end, the sheikh enters the circling dervishes, where he assumes the place of the sun in the center of the circling planets.
	www.lesartsturcs.com /whirling_dervishes/jgreene.html (1969 words)

	Whirling Dervishes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Known to the West as Whirling Dervishes, members of the Mevlevi Order (named for their founder Mevlana, also known as “Rumi”) lived in what we might call cloisters or monasteries which, to them, was a Mevlevihane.
		The first part: The dervish with his headdress (his ego's tombstone) and his white skirt (his ego's shroud) is, by removing his fl cloak, spiritually born to the Truth; he journeys and advances there.
		The fourth part is the "dervishes" greetings to each other and their thrice-repeated circular walk "Devr-i Veled," with the accompaniment of music called "peshrev." It symbolizes greetings from soul to soul, which are concealed by shapes and bodies.
	www.turkish-embassy.si /whirling_dervishes.htm (1799 words)

	Cappadocia: Whirling Dervishes
		Although the sema could be practiced singly, it was customary for the dervishes to perform the sema together at noon in the semahane or hall of dergah.
		The dervish responsible for the ritual would spread the sheepskin which symbol ised the office of the sheikh, head of the convent, on the floor of the semahane.
		Although Charlemont referred to the dervishes as monks, the resemblance is only slight, since dervishes married, kept their own homes, and made their own livings.
	www.turizm.net /cities/cappadocia/whirlingdervishes.htm (806 words)

	Whirling Dervish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Whirling Dervishes trace their origin to the 13th century Ottoman Empire.
		When the Dervishes enter the pavilion, they are wearing fl cloaks which symbolize the tomb.
		After the sema, the Dervishes leave the pavilion to celebrate the occasion at their retreat in the hills.
	www.dankphotos.com /whirling/index.shtml (300 words)

	Whirling Dervishes in the Islamic Tradition
		In order to become a dervish, young boys were required to attend schools called tekkes, where they would undergo an intense 1001-day retreat before they could perform the dance.
		It is believed that during the sema the power of Heaven enters into the dervish's upturned right palm, passes through the body, and leaves through the downward facing left palm into the Earth.
		The police stated that "performing dervish practices, holding meetings in the tekkes, the profession of tomb-keeping and the office of sheike and other dervish initiations were abolished and, as of the reading, against the law of the Republic" (Friedlander 111).
	home.wlu.edu /~lubint/Touchstone/2000/Dervish-Fischer.htm (1841 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Whirling Dervishes
		For 830 years, the beauty and mysticism of the "whirling Dervishes" has enthralled many around the world with their dancelike form of meditation.
		Dervishes are just one form of a mystical branch of Islam known as Sufism.
		Dervishes' fl robes signify the shrouds of their egos; their hats are tombstones.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,595080733,00.html (975 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Arts features \| The whirling wind of God
		Dervishes and Sufi singers have long been revered in the West, even as their practices have come under threat across the Islamic world.
		The dervishes are all Sufis, seekers on the mystical path to God, and are members of different Brotherhoods, chief among them Mevlevis, the school founded by the mystic poet Rumi 700 years ago.
		Their path is an attempt to transcend the ego and achieve unity with the divine, with the help of a sheikh (also called pir) and of prayer, meditation and, in the case of the whirling dervishes, dancing.
	www.guardian.co.uk /arts/features/story/0,11710,1594199,00.html (2413 words)

	Dervishes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Dervishes were a sect of Mohammedian priests, occasionally exercising a semi-esoteric doctrine, and their "paths" or systems were of great antiquity, perhaps originating in Persia and/or Egypt, which strongly resembled Magism.
		One of the leaders was Bektash of Bokhara, living in the 15th century, received his mantle from Ahmed Yesevee, who claimed to be the descent of the father-in-law of Muhammed.
		A notable exercise indulged in by several Dervish sects, is that of gyration in circles for extended periods of time, or prolonged dancing.
	www.themystica.com /mystica/articles/d/dervishes.html (606 words)

	Whirling Dervishes Releases Namespace Extension Library That Unlocks Hidden - Press Release
		Whirling Dervishes founder Henk Devos said, " During the development of this product, Whirling Dervishes revealed hidden Windows' interfaces that are crucial to the development of such applications but which the existence of was denied by Microsoft.
		Whirling Dervishes plans to write extensive documentation on how to use these interfaces, as they have always done in the past, even for developers who do not purchase NSELib.
		Whirling Dervishes software offers libraries for developers to help them implement this technology and applications that are based on this technology.
	computer-software.press-world.com /v/12169.html (568 words)

	Scenes From Turkey: Whirling Dervishes
		On dervishes' heads are tall, conical felt hats signifying the tombstones of their egos.
		Through whirling, the dervishes relinquish the earthly life to be reborn in mystical union with God.
		At the conclusion of the whirling, the hafiz reads the Koran, especially the verse from Sura Bakara 2, verse 115: "Unto God belong the East and the West, and wherever you turn, there is God's countenance.
	www.shira.net /dervturk.htm (1297 words)

	Whirling Dervishes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Sema, which highlighted the Whirling Dervishes' visit,x is a serene ceremony of meditation used to bring the Sufi Muslims closer to God.
		The dervishes visited as practitioners of religion, an aspect of the Year of Religion that also brought the Buddhist monk and the dean of the Harvard divinity school earlier in the year.
		The dervishes, he said, are a fairly small sect of the Sufi Muslims as a whole, but are one that gains attention through the beauty of their ceremony.
	ogb.wfu.edu /back_issues/1998_Spring/02-12-98/News/dn.dervishes.html (582 words)

	Whirling Dervishes (Mevlevi) in Turkey
		The sema (seh-MAH) is derived from Rumî's habit of occasionally whirling in ecstatic joy in the streets of Konya, capital of the Seljuk Turkish Sultanate of Rum, and his home for the greater part of his life.
		Though all dervish orders were closed shortly after the foundation of the Turkish Republic, the Mevlevi were soon allowed to reform as a "cultural organization," perhaps because they were not overtly political and reactionary as were some other orders.
		However, you may also be able to witness whirling, and perhaps even a proper sema, in Konya near (but not in) the Mevlana Museum: a modern shopping-and-restaurant complex near the museum arranges whirling sometimes.
	www.turkeytravelplanner.com /WhereToGo/CentralAnatolia/Konya/mevlevi.html (339 words)

	The Whirling Dervishes
		The sema, or whirling dance, of the dervishes is an expression of the cosmic joy experienced by the simultaneous effect of annihilation and glorification.
		The chief of police read the law which stated that performing dervish practices, holding meetings in the tekkes, the profession of tomb-keeping and the office of sheikh, and other dervish initiations were abolished and, as of the reading, against the law of the Republic.
		Although the Whirling Dervishes represent the planets, it is unlikely that the esoteric information of the Pythagorean have been passed on to those who turn today.
	www.cassiopaea.org /cass/dervish.htm (10095 words)

	Sema - Human Being in the Universal Movement
		The dervish with his headdress (his ego's tombstone), his white skirt (his ego's shroud) is by removing his fl cloak spiritually born to the truth, he journeys and advances there.
		The fourth part is the "dervishes" greetings to each other and their thrice repeated circular walk "Devr-i Veled," with the accompaniment of a music called "peshrev." It symbolize the salutation of soul to soul concealed by shapes and bodies.
		The forth salute Just as the Prophet ascends till the "Throne" and then returns to his task on earth, the whirling dervish reaching the state of "Fenafillah," return to his task in creation, to his state of subservience following the termination of his spiritual journey and his ascent.
	www.mevlana.net /sema.htm (722 words)

	New Page 1
		Through the Whirling Dervishes program we hope to bring to you a hint of one of the remarkable ways of achieving this: the way of Rumi, the great Muslim mystic and poet.
		semazen, or whirling dervishes, during the procession represent the three stages of knowledge: ilm-al yaqin (received knowledge, gained from others or through study), ayn-al yaqin (knowing by seeing or observing for oneself) and haqq-al yakin (knowledge gained through direct experience, gnosis).
		At the end, by the salute, the dervish demonstrates again the number ‘1’ in his appearance, arms consciously and humbly crossed, and, by this, the unity of God.
	www.whirlingdervishes.org /whirlingdervishes.htm (672 words)

	The Whirling Dervishes of the RNC, by Steven Vincent - Democratic Underground
		The purpose of the ritual whirling is for the Dervish to empty himself of all distracting thoughts, achieving a trance-like state beyond reality.
		Gaze upon the mysterious powers of the Whirling Dervishes of the RNC and forget what you saw in the debates.
		The pursed smiles and tight faces of the RNC Dervishes as they came in to face the media reflected their failed hopes and dashed dreams for what the debates might have produced.
	www.democraticunderground.com /articles/04/10/05_dervish.html (976 words)

	Scenes From Turkey: Whirling Dervishes
		Whirling is one of the tools used by Sufis (Islamic mystics) to come closer to Allah, but it's not the only one.
		The vast majority of whirling dervishes in Turkey trace their spiritual roots to Celaleddin Mevlâna Rumi, who founded the Mevlevi Sufi order in the 13th century.
		His son organized his followers into the brotherhood of whirling dervishes now known as the Mevlevi.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/6072/51380 (452 words)

	New Page 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Whirling Dervishes have performed previously in Europe and the Far East as well as the major cities of Texas such as Houston, Austin, Dallas and San Antonio.
		Thus the whirling dervish or semazen, intentionally and consciously participates in the shared revolution of other beings.
		While whirling, his arms are open: his right arm is directed to the sky, ready to receive God's beneficence; his left hand, upon which his eyes are fastened, is turned toward the earth.
	www.orgs.ttu.edu /ida/rumi/rumi.htm (1365 words)

	A Survey of Sufi Music : Its Geographical Distribution and Marketability (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Whirling Dervishes of Damascus are led by Sheikh Hamza Shakkur, but are equally famous for the accomplished Swiss-born musician, Julien Weiss, the head of Ensemble Al-Kindi, which was founded in 1983.
		The Whirling Dervishes of Damascus also play to audiences world-wide (they are, in fact, managed in France), but the Syrian dervishes have a much shorter cultural tradition.
		Whirling Dervish rituals take place regularly, though compared with several years ago, when their tolerant spirit enticed listeners of all ages, they are now far less prominent.
	www.musicjournal.org /01sufi.html (9458 words)

	Penn State College of Arts and Architecture \| News
		The Whirling Dervishes, an Islamic Turkish spiritual group founded in the 13th century by Muslim poet and philosopher Jalal al-Din Rumi, will perform their unique ritual revolving dance in a three-part program at 7 p.m.
		The Dervishes’ ritual dance reflects Sufism’s modern interpretation of Islam, which focuses on love, tolerance, worship of God, community development and personal development through self-discipline and responsibility.
		For more information on the Whirling Dervishes, visit www.whirlingdervishesofrumi.com, and for more information on the Dialog Forum, visit www.clubs.psu.edu/dialog.
	www.artsandarchitecture.psu.edu /news/2004/sep/17_dervishes.html (427 words)

	Whirling Dervishes
		As a sign of "Celebrating Tolerance", Islamic Dialogue Student Association is sponsoring Whirling Dervishes from Konya*, Turkey.
		The Konya Whirling Dervishes group was formed in 1995 by a group of businessmen.
		After several performances in cities throughout Turkey, the Konya Whirling Dervishes were invited to perform in Bern and Zurich, Switzerland.
	studentorgs.utexas.edu /idsa/whirling (373 words)

	Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes Sema in Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey
		Mevlevi dervishes perform the whirling sema ceremony with traditional orchestra at Istanbul's Galata Mevlevihanesi in Beyoglu on the first and last Saturdays each month, from 15:00 (3 pm) to 16:30 (4:30 pm) from October through April.
		In addition, evenings of spiritual discourse are held on Thursdays in Üsküdar, on the Asian shore of the Bosphorus, with a prayer service, sema, and question-and-answer session (with English translation).
		Dervishes whirling to ecstasy in the Mevlevi sema (religious ceremony).
	www.turkeytravelplanner.com /WhereToGo/Istanbul/Sights/Beyoglu/mevlevi_program.html (175 words)

	60 Whirling Dervishes Links
		http://www.sufism.org/society/reviews.html Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim Whirling Dervishes of Turkey and The Mevlevi Ensemble with Kani Karaca Winter Tour 1997 Sema is the food of the lovers of God, for within it is the taste of tranquility of mind.
		http://abone.superonline.com/~orienthostel/startevents.html The Orient Hostel, Istanbul The Whirling Dervishes of Konya: The Mevlevi Dervishes are liberal, esoteric, Islamic followers of the Holy Koran and teachings of Celaludin Rumi, the Mevlana.
		http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/8628/vertigo/issue3/v1is3page3.html the Whirling Dervishes TRIVIA: The Whirling Dervishes were an earlier incarnation of the band we now know as the Swirling Eddies.Although they never achieved the legendary status of the Eddies, they did play at a junior high prom once.
	www.mysteries-megasite.com /main/bigsearch/whirling.html (582 words)

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