A Sufi matriarch: Hazrat Babajan (Intercultural research series of anthropography) [Hardcover]

Kevin R. D Shepherd (Author)

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• Hardcover: 78 pages
• Publisher: Anthropographia Publications (1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0950868019
• ISBN-13: 978-0950868011
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,740,829 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Very readable and informative, January 5, 2005

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Hafizullah Chishti "Hafizullah" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Sufi matriarch: Hazrat Babajan (Intercultural research series of anthropography) (Hardcover)

Hazrat Babajan was a female qalandar, an attained Sufi who functioned outside the usual structure of a Sufi 'Order' and formal Islamic religious practice. She lived to a very advanced age (possibly in excess of 120 years) and was instrumental in the spiritual elevation of the renowned Hazrat Inayat Khan and of Meher Baba.

This account of her life by Kevin Shepherd is readable, obviously informed by his personal involvement with the living tradition of Sufism (Tasawwuf), and is useful to serious students of the Way. The narrative is marred somewhat in the Introduction by the author's rant-and-rail against the materialism and profanity of postmodern society; I can't say that, on balance, I don't agree with him -- but the same thing could have been said with less ink and a more thoughtful tone.

If you can get this book, it is otherwise quite worthwhile.