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This is the first systematic examination of the esoteric significance of the bawdy tales and explicit sexual passages present in Rūmī’s (d. 1273) Mathnawī , a masterpiece of medieval Perso-Islamic mystical literature and theosophic teachings. Using the relevant features of postmodern theories as strategic conceptual tools, and drawing on the recent interpretations of medieval kabbalistic texts, it is a fascinating examination of the link between the dynamics of eroticism and esotericism operative in Rūmī’s Mathnawī . In some of these bawdy tales, the phallus is used as an esoteric symbol. The book concludes that these tales are used primarily to communicate esoteric secrets, particularly when this communication is contemplated along gender lines, mediated through erotic imagery, or expressed in sexual terms.

Erotik --- Erotik. --- Esoterik. --- Eroticism in literature. --- Sex in literature. --- Erotica in literature --- (Motiv) --- Djalāl al-Dīn Rūmī. --- Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, --- Balkhī, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, --- Balkhi, Jalaludin Mohammad, --- Balkhy, Jallal ed-Din Muhammad, --- Celâleddin-i Rûmı̂, --- Celâleddin Rûmı̂, --- D̲jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, --- Djalâl-od-Dîn Rûmî, --- Dschalaluddin Rumi, --- Dschelal-Eddin Rumi, --- Dschelaladdin Rumi, --- Dschelaleddin Rumi, --- Dzhalaliddin Rumi, --- Dzhaloluddin Balkhii Rumi, --- Dzhaloluddin Rumi, --- Ǧalāladdīn Rūmī, --- Gialâl ad-Dîn Rûmî, --- Jalāl ad-Dīn ar-Rūmī, --- Jalal-e Din Rumi, --- Jalal Eddine Rûmi, --- Jalal-ud-din Rumi, --- Jalāladdīn Rūmī, --- Jalaladdin Rumi, --- Jalālauddīna Rūmī, --- Jalálu-ʼd-ʼDín Muhammad i Rúmí, --- Jalāluddīn Balk̲h̲ī Rumī, --- Jalaluddin Mohammad Rumi, --- Jalāluddīn Muḥammad Balk̲h̲ī Rūmī, --- Jalaluʼddin Rumi, --- Jaláluddin Rumi, --- Jalaludin Mohammad Balkhi, --- Jallal ed-Din Muhammad Balkhy, --- Jallal Molavi Rumi, --- Jaloliddin Rumiy, --- Jaloluddin Muḣammadi Rumī, --- Jelaluddin Rumi, --- Jolalud-Din Rumi, --- Mavlono Jaloluddin Muḣammadi Rumī, --- Mevlâna, --- Mowlavi, --- Roumi, Tzalalountin, --- Rum, --- Rūmī, --- Rūmī, Jalāl al-Dīn, --- Rumi, Jalal-e Din, --- Rumi, Jalaladdin, --- Rūmī, Jalālauddīna, --- Rumi, Jaláluddin, --- Rumi, Jallal Molavi, --- Rumi, Mawlana, --- Rumi, Mevlana Jaláluddin, --- Rumiĭ, Zhaloliddin, --- Rumiy, Jaloliddin, --- Rumy, Jelaleddin, --- Tzalalountin Roumi, --- Ŷalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, --- Zhaloliddin Rumiĭ, --- Джалолуддин Руми, --- Джалолуддин Балхии Руми, --- Mawlavī, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, --- Mowlavi, Jalaloddin Mohammad ibn Mohammad, --- بلخى، مولانا جلال الدين محمد بن محمد, --- مولوى, جلال الدين محمد بن محمد, --- جلال الدين بلخى رومى، --- جلال الدين رومى، --- ‏جلال الدين رومى،‏ --- رومى، مولانا جلال الدين، --- رومى, --- ‏جلال الدىن رومى،‏‏ --- ‏جلال الدىن رومى،‏ --- Criticism and interpretation.