Jonathan Star has assembled selections of Rumi s verse in a treasury that spans the mystic - poet's life and includes his most celebrated and poignant work. It is an illuminating volume of classic Eastern thought that creates an exhilarating experience for all readers.
Star's translation of Rumi's poetry is the best to date and he is to be applauded for the inclusion of a generous complement of heretofore untranslated extracts."

-The Boston Book Review

A breathtakingly gorgeous presentation of the beyond-belief joy of liberated vision."

-SYLVIA BOORSTEIN

Jonathan Star has highlighted those quintessential outbursts of the soul on fire that shatter commonplace, matter-of-fact thinking.

-SIR VILAYAT INAYAT KHAN

JONATHAN STAR has been widely acclaimed for his translations of Rumi, I-Iafez, the poet-saints of India, and the Christian mystics. He is the author of the celebrated Tao Te Clung: The Definitive Edition and other books. He lives in upstate New York.