Sunday, January 2, 2011

The Tablet of Houri

This provisional translation of the Tablet of the Houri addresses the relationship between the Divine Youth and the Maiden (Houri). The Tablet uses human love and human passion, bordering on the erotic, to symbolize the bond of love between God and His creation. In this form, the Tablet is part of a long tradition of religious scripture, including the Song of Songs, the writings of some Christian saints, and much of Islamic, and particularly Sufi, mysticism.


http://www.omphaloskepsis.com/collection/descriptions/houri.html