Across
- 3. The date of Attar’s death coincides with the invasion of the __ army.
- 5. The Prophet ___ intercedes for Sam'an's soul.
- 8. “Though you are wise your wisdom cannot know the wild ___ through which lovers go.”
- 9. The name of mystical creature that the birds set out to find but end up finding within themselves.
- 11. The nickname for the author is Attar, which translates into the profession of a ___.
- 16. Sufism is the form of religious practice sought to build up Muslim’s experience of divine presence through devout ___.
- 17. “This Sheikh who had the whole Koran by heart, felt wine spread through him and his faith __.”
- 19. The Orthodox Church is based on Mysticism, which is based on intuition, __, and divine illumination.
- 21. Attar creates Simorgh as a source of spiritual __ and proves to be a manifestation of divinity although the birds discover it inside themselves.
- 22. “All things are possible, and you may meet, despair, forgiveness, ___ and deceit.”
- 25. __ translates into inner silence which monks developed.
- 26. In __ it is thought that the ultimate Friend is that of God.
- 28. “Love binds my feet and I cannot depart; Love holds the hand pressed hard against my __.
Down
- 1. a belt or cord worn by Eastern Christians and Jews; thus a symbol of heresy.
- 2. Mystics believe that we are a replication of the ___.
- 4. The Conference of Birds focuses on the __ of thirty birds as they try to find the great bird “Simorgh".
- 5. The path of __ leads the seeker to the highest levels of human consciousness with the journey beginning in the body.
- 6. The object of Sam'an's affection, the Christian girl, asks him to give up three Islamic religion things. She asks him to burn the __, drink wine, and eat pork.
- 7. Rome is the Islamic name for ___.
- 10. “The loved one, __, patience – all are gone and I remain to suffer love alone.”
- 12. “But where love thrives, there __ is always found; Angels alone escape this weary round.”
- 13. Mind, Breath, and ___ of the body to create energy are the focuses of practitioners of Gi-Gong.
- 14. Taoist __ is where one learns to move energy within the body and circulate it into something you can feel.
- 15. “The pupils of her eyes grew wide and smiled, and countless souls were glad to be ___.”
- 18. For Christian Mystics, one of the most profound paths of transcendence is the __.
- 20. Sufi's try to follow the path of the ___, Prophet Mohammad.
- 23. Sam'an has a dream that he falls in love with a beautiful Christian girl in __.
- 24. The title given to Sam'an that means "wise" or "learned".
- 27. Sam’an’s love for the Christian woman isn’t looked at as him straying from the ___ of God but him going toward God.
- 29. This Chinese word translates into “the way” but is also impossible to completely describe.