Sufism is Islam's principal mystical tradition. It is a centuries-old path to spirituality with devotees throughout the Islamic world, fundamentally influencing Muslim belief. This title covers the history of the Sufi spiritual tradition, ranging from the Mughal and Safavid empires of India and Persia to the Whirling Dervishes of Ottoman Turkey.

This study in comparative mythology interprets the Greek myths in the light of the mythologies of other Indo-European cultures - Indian, Celtic, Scandinavian, Roman, Greek, Iranian and Ossetian. The author uses a modified version of the schema proposed by the French theorist Dumezil to consider the profound connections between such works as the ""Iliad,"" the ""Odyssey,"" the Indian epics - the ""Ramayana"" and the ""Mahabharata"" - the Iranian ""Book of Kings"" and the Scandinavian ""Yaglingasaga.""
The book includes a long critical exposition of the discipline of comparative mythology...