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Department of Persian language and literature. Slman Farsi Kazeroun University.
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Salman Farsi Kazeroun University.
10.22099/jba.2021.39236.3961
Abstract
From the late eighteenth century onwards, following Schleiermacher, an idea spread among philosophers of religion that religion should be considered apart from the rational argument, i.e. as a personal experience, and that religious and epistemological experiences should be given more importance. After introducing religious experience and its characteristics from the Western philosophers’ point of view and considering that mystical experience falls into the subcategory of religious experience, this type of experience is analyzed from the perspective of Iranian mystics and philosophers. Attar, as one of the mystics, and his work “The Conference of the Birds”, are introduced in connection with this subject as a personal and spiritual travelogue, and by looking at Mulla Sadra's "Four Journeys", this notion and its dimensions are examined. “The Conference of the Birds” is seen as a travelogue that arrests caravan to the confines of its presence; The “Four Journeys” is seen as a single journey with caravans who have all been through a religious and mystical experience. The article is based on the question: What was the basis of Attar's knowledge? Exploring “The Conference of the Birds” and keeping up with the birds, it is concluded that Attar, in addition to believing in an empiricist religion, tries to bring the seekers to this painful experience. Also, the characteristics of religious experience and obstacles to achieving this experience and the equipment and travel baggage that lead to this experience are expressed and the product of this religious experience is analyzed from the perspective of Attar.
Ghalavandi, Z., Shekoohi Khanamini, A. (2021). The Conference of the Birds and the religiosity of the empiricist. Journal of Poetry Studies (boostan Adab), (), -. doi: 10.22099/jba.2021.39236.3961
MLA
Ziba Ghalavandi; AhmadReza Shekoohi Khanamini. "The Conference of the Birds and the religiosity of the empiricist". Journal of Poetry Studies (boostan Adab), , , 2021, -. doi: 10.22099/jba.2021.39236.3961
HARVARD
Ghalavandi, Z., Shekoohi Khanamini, A. (2021). 'The Conference of the Birds and the religiosity of the empiricist', Journal of Poetry Studies (boostan Adab), (), pp. -. doi: 10.22099/jba.2021.39236.3961
VANCOUVER
Ghalavandi, Z., Shekoohi Khanamini, A. The Conference of the Birds and the religiosity of the empiricist. Journal of Poetry Studies (boostan Adab), 2021; (): -. doi: 10.22099/jba.2021.39236.3961
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