Introduction: The relation between Islamic art and Islamic spirituality
Art and the Sacred. The spiritual message of Islamic calligraphy
The principle of unity and the sacred architecture of Islam
Sacred art in persian culture
Literature. Metaphysics, logic, and poety in the Orient
The fligh of birds to union : meditations upon 'Aṭṭār's Manṭiq Al-ṭayr
Rūmī, supreme poet and sage
Rūmī and the Sufi tradition
The influence of Sufism on traditional Persian music
The Plastic Arts. The world of imagination and the concept of space in the persian miniature
The significance of the void in Islamic art
Postscript: The spiritual message of Islamic art.
