Dervish Diary - Vett, Carl

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Résumé :
The rediscovery of this almost forgotten book in which the author, the Danish publicist and anthroposophist Carl Vett, is telling of a forgotten time is a lucky coincidence. In 1925 I was in Constantinople, and was, so it was generally said, the first non-Mohammedan to be allowed to live for a time as a dervish in a Sufi monastery . Many years of study had made me familiar with the phenomena of psychic research, and I wanted to observe at first hand the ecstatic states attained by the dervishes in their way of initiation - for the dervish orders of Islam are schools of initiation. Before and during my stay with the dervishes I kept a diary. It was not intended for special publication, but in view of the execution of twenty-nine men, most of whom were sheiks or members of the Naqshbandi order . it has seemed that these experiences might be of more general interest; and so I have decided to offer them to the public.(From the author's foreword) Even now, more than 70 years after its initial publication, this book is a valuable read for anybody interested in the Islamic aspect of the mystical heritage of mankind.

Biographie:
Carl Vett (1871-1956). Sein Vater war Mitgr?nder von D?nemark gr??tem Kaufhaus in Kopenhagen, dem Magasin du Nord, das heute noch existiert. Carl Vett war verheiratet und hatte zwei T?chter. Er war nicht nur ein erfolgreicher Gesch?ftsmann, sondern auch Weltreisender, Publizist, ?bersetzer und M?zen f?r viele kulturelle und soziale Projekte. Carl Vetts Hauptinteresse galt dem Weltfrieden und Br?derlichkeit, wovon dieses Buch lebhaftes Zeugnis gibt. Eine zeitlang korrespondierte er mit Mahatma Gandhi. Vett war enger Freund Rudolf Steiners und ?bersetzte einige B?cher desselben ins D?nische. Zwischen 1923 und 1935 organisierte er f?nf internationale Kongresse f?r Metaphysik, die in Kopenhagen, Oslo, Warschau, Paris und Athen stattfanden und die von Experten aus bis zu 16 Nationen besucht wurden. In den 1930er-Jahren f?hrte Vett Rudolf Steiners biodynamische Landwirtschaft in D?nemark ein. In den sp?ten 1930er-Jahren zog Carl Vett nach Kalifornien, wo er ca. 14 Jahre verbrachte. Auch hier war seine Hauptbesch?ftigung die Einf?hrung der biodynamischen Landwirtschaft entlang der amerikanischen und mexikanischen Westk?ste. Am 1. Februar 1956 verstarb Carl Vett in Rom. Die H?lfte seiner Asche wurde in D?nemark ins Meer gestreut. Die andere H?lfte der Asche ruhte in einer Urne in Rudolf Steiners Goetheanum in Dornach/Schweiz, wo sie 1989 im Anthroposophischen Gedenkhain beigesetzt wurde....

Sommaire:
In 1925, the Danish publicist and anthroposophist Carl Vett became the first non-Muslim to be granted permission to live for two weeks as a dervish in a Sufi monastery in Constantinople (Istanbul).Many years of study in psychic research and esoteric traditions had awakened his deep interest in the ecstatic states and inner experiences cultivated by the dervish orders - widely regarded as schools of spiritual initiation within Islam. During and after his stay in the Kelami Tekke, Vett kept a detailed diary of his observations and personal encounters.Originally not intended for publication, the manuscript gained new significance in light of the turbulent political events of the time: the execution of twenty-nine men, many of them sheikhs and members of the Naqshbandi order. What began as a private record became a rare and valuable eyewitness account of a spiritual world on the brink of disappearance....