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Peacock Angel - The Esoteric Tradition of the Yezidis (Paperback)
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Peacock Angel - The Esoteric Tradition of the Yezidis (Paperback)
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An examination of the beliefs and history of the secretive Yezidi
sect * Explains how the Yezidis worship Melek Ta'us, the Peacock
Angel, an enigmatic figure often identified as "the devil" or
Satan, yet who has been redeemed by God to rule a world of beauty
and spiritual realization * Examines Yezidi antinomian doctrines of
opposition, their cosmogony, their magical lore and taboos, the
role of angels, ritual, and symbology, and how the Yezidi faith
relates to other occult traditions such as alchemy * Presents the
first English translation of the poetry of Caliph Yazid ibn
Muawiya, venerated by the Yezidis as Sultan Ezi The Yezidis are an
ancient people who live in the mountainous regions on the borders
of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran. This secretive culture worships
Melek Ta'us, the Peacock Angel, an enigmatic figure often
identified as "the devil" or Satan, hence the sect is known as
devil-worshippers and has long been persecuted. Presenting a study
of the interior, esoteric dimensions of Yezidism, Peter Lamborn
Wilson examines the sect's antinomian doctrines of opposition, its
magical lore and taboos, and its relation to other occult
traditions such as alchemy. He explains how the historical founder
of this sect was a Sufi of Ummayad descent, Sheik Adi ibn Musafir,
who settled in this remote region around 1111 AD and found a
pre-Islamic sect already settled there. Sheik Adi was so influenced
by the original sect that he departed from orthodox Islam, and by
the 15th century the sect was known to worship the Peacock Angel,
Melek Ta'us, with all its "Satanic" connotations. Revealing the
spiritual flowering that occurs in an oral culture, the author
examines Yezidi cosmogony, how they are descended from the
androgynous Adam--before Eve was created--as well as the role of
angels, ritual, alchemy, symbology, and color in Yezidi religion.
He also presents the first English translation of the poetry of
Caliph Yazid ibn Muawiya, venerated by the Yezidis as Sultan Ezi.
Showing the Yezidi sect to be a syncretic faith of pre-Islamic,
Zoroastrian, Christian, Pagan, Sufi, and other influences, Wilson
reveals how these worshippers of the Peacock Angel do indeed
worship "the Devil"--but the devil is not "evil." God has redeemed
him, and he rules a world of beauty and spiritual realization.
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