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.