:'Erfan and music as interpreted by Ostad Mortezaa Varzi
/ by Margaret L. Caton
Costa Mesa, CA
: Mazda Publishers
, 2008.
261 p.
(Bibliotheca Iranica : performing arts series
; no. 7)
Bibliography
Mortezaa Varzi -- Ostad Varzi discusses Persian music -- Concepts in the Ghazals of Hafez -- Seven stages of perfection in 'Erfan (gnosticism) -- Stage one : attracted (moshtaq) -- Stage two : seeker (taleb) -- Stage three : initiate of the way-imitation (salek : taqlid-e tariqat) -- Stage four : initiate of the way-knowledge (salek : ma'refat-e tariqat) -- Stage five : disciple (kham) -- Stage six : mature (pokhte) -- Stage seven : purified (sukhte) -- Annihilation (fana).
Hafiz, Shamsud - Din Muhammad, - 1389 - Criticism and interpretation