Scandal: Essays in Islamic Heresy
by Peter Lamborn Wilson
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A search for the “poetic facts” of heresy in Islamic history, ranging from “sacred pederasty” in Persian sufism and forbidden imagery in Islamic art to the inner teachings of the Assassins, the heretical influences on Shiite terrorism, and the mystical uses of wine, opium, and hashish.Tags
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Peter Lamborn Wilson has traveled and worked in India and Persia, including Iranian Kurdistan (1968-1980), where he studied the historical and mystical dimensions of Sufism with many great Sufi masters. In the 1980s, he produced a series of biweekly radio broadcasts known as the Moorish Orthodox Radio Crusade on WBAI-FM (NYC). The author of more show more than 60 books and monographs, he lives in the Hudson Valley. show less
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