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The Philosophy of Ecstasy Douglas M. McLeod From the late 1870s toJalal al Din Rumi (1207 73), founder of the Mevlevi Sufi order of Whirling Dervishes, is the best selling poet in America today. Rumi was one of the preeminent thinkers of Sufism, the esoteric form of Islam. In this groundbreaking collection of 13 essays on Rumi, many of the world s leading authorities in the field of Islamic Studies and Persian Literature discuss the major religious themes in his poetry and teachings.