New York: Ballantine Books, Date: 2000. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 144 pages. ; 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 2000. Ballantine Books ISBN 0345435451 9780345435453 [US]

ISBN10: 0345435451, ISBN13: 9780345435453, [publisher: NY. Janurary 2000. Ballantine Wellspring] Hardcover First Edition speckly tan & green hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). no dustwrapper. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of all markings. nice clean copy but lacks the dustwrapper. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking , underlining, remainder markings etc ~first edition so stated. first printing ( # 1 in # line). full color glossy illustrated ½ title, frontis. & title pg. 144p. glossy pages throughout. every page illustrated and/or decorated in full color. religion. philosophy. theology. theosophy. psychology. esoteric islam. sufism. dervishes. medieval literature. islamic myticism. The Prayer is a drawing of the curtain, an invitation to a secret place that is discovered and explored. According to tradition and the testimony of Sufi mystics, The Prayer~or Salat~was first taught by the angels, who themselves practiced it in celestial adoration. The Prayer is God's gift to all humankind, and in this gorgeously illustrated volume, its simple, archetypal practice unfolds like a fragrant, many~petaled flower, joining words and movements into a single luminous event that engages our entire being. These ancient rituals are presented here as a gift for anyone with a heartfelt desire to set aside for a moment the concerns of every day and enter ...