The Republic of Rumi: A Novel of Reality | ||||||||||||||
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Chapter 52 Revisiting the Past By Khurram Ali Shafique
It is possible to break up your journey into seven stages: 1. Stage 1 started with meeting Iqbal as the Poet in the Garden and led you to the Old Man of the Desert. 2. Stage 2 started with recognizing your connection with Shams of Tabriz and led to recognition of a connection with the Quran. 3. Stage 3 started with Goethe and ended on Shakespeare. 4. Stage 4 started with Khizr and this is where you
are now. Joseph is to be found here.
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The first three sets of poems in the First Chamber offer allegories about the stages the reader has passed through in the Garden. |