The dervishes of Turkey / by Lucy Mary Jane Garnett; with a foreword by Omar M. Burke.

Reprint. Originally published in 1912 in London and New York under title: Mysticism and magic in Turkey

Contents: Foreword / by Omar Burke -- The dervish orders and their tenets -- The spiritual hierarchy -- The metaphors of the poets -- Monasteries and shrines -- Monastic rule and discipline -- The stages of initiation -- The costumes, musical instruments, and symbolic objects of the dervishes -- The various religious exercises -- Survivals of paganism -- The acts of the adepts -- Women mystics -- Status and influence of the orders