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OverviewThe Yazidis comprise an ancient ethnic religious group sometimes included amongst the Kurds, known to worship Malek Ta'us, the Peacock Angel. This enigmatic figure is often identified as 'the devil' or Satan -- hence the sect is known as Devil-Worshippers, and has long been persecuted. To some scholars, the Yezidi comprise a post-Islamic form of Sufism, for others they are a gnostic 'survival, ' from days of old. Some regard them as related to Mesopotamian or Harranian pagans, or as crypto-Manichaeans or Jews, or Mandaeans, or Zoroastrians, or crypto-Christians. They are clearly related to another Kurdish sect of 'angel-worshippers' called the Ahl-i Haqq, also known as 'The People of Truth.' Yazidis have been identified as Magians, Assyrians, Hittites, Mittani, Sumerians, and other ethnic and religious groups. In short, their origins are mysterious, inextricably bound with the concepts of heresy and heterodoxy that always accompany syncretic faiths. Cauda Pavonis is the study of the interior, esoteric dimensions of Yazidism, eternally embodied in the beguiling colors of the Peacock. It examines the sect's antinomian doctrines of opposition, its magical lore and taboos, and its fascinating relation to other occult traditions such as Alchemy. The book also contains the first English translation of the poetry of Caliph Yazid ibn Muawiya, venerated by the Yezidi as Sultan Ezi, and linked in some narratives to the origin of the sect. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Peter Lamborn WilsonPublisher: Three Hands Press Imprint: Three Hands Press ISBN: 9781945147401ISBN 10: 1945147407 Publication Date: 15 August 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: In stock  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationPeter Lamborn Wilson has traveled extensively in North Africa, India and Asia. He lived in Iran for nearly ten years, where he studied the historical and mystical dimensions of Sufism with many of the century's great Sufi masters. In the 1980s he began a series of bi-weekly radio broadcasts known as the 'Moorish Orthodox Radio Crusade' on WBAI-FM (NYC). He is a member of the Autonomedia collective, and author of dozens of books of poetry, and literary and cultural criticism. He presently lives in the Catskill Mountains in New York. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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