Mysticism in Selected Writings of Lalon Shah and Kahlil Gibran: A Comparative Study
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Mysticism is generally regarded as a spiritual discipline that incorporates a human soul to make a connection between mystical experiences and celestial reality through experience by individual experience which one feels as though one has been touched by one’s higher or greater truth or power. Lalon was born in the 19th—century Indian Subcontinent who understood the terms of organized religion in his principles. He is the pioneer of the movement of democratizing society removing social disparity. His mysticism is based on the human body and mind. Similarly, Gibran was a man of17th—century America who had gather experience of many religious reformations and shows his inner attitudes to the human body and mind, which he refers to be God’s book exposing His intention to humankind. Love, religion, faith, soul, God, death etc. are the recurring issues in their poems. This study explores that both Gibran and Lalon have keen observations from their core philosophy to find out the influence of mysticism upon John Gibran and Lalon Shah through the critical analysis of their selected poetry. It would like to examine Gibran’s treatment of mysticism as well as Lalon’s treatment of mysticism respectively.
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