The Whirling Dervishes Journey

The whirling dervishes are Sufi muslims who represent the fundamental ideals of the Islamic religion of peace, love and tolerance. They participate in a form of dance that often slips them into a “trancelike” state of consciousness with God. This art form of dance involves the devoted dervishes whirling in a counterclockwise direction similar to the direction the sun rotates around the earth. Although this ritual is synonymous with dancing, the whirling dervishes also pray and sing in the “celebration of love”. The whirling dervishes dance originated from sema. Sema is a spiritual concert that leads to the connection of man with God. It is also a celebration by the Sufi muslims that later by the guidance of Şems-i Tebrizi (Shams al-Din of Tabriz) developed into the whirling dance we know today. …show more content…
He goes beyond the religious aspect of the dervish dancing. This form of art means more to him than just the religious aspect of it and he’s willing to go past that. Unlike the normal dervishes, I believe Ziya Azazi also goes past the regular form of the whirling in order to get closer to God, because If you don’t go beyond what everyone does then you will not receive the best form of experience. Participants in the journey to reach God are devoted like Azazi and are willing to do anything necessary in order to get close to the most high. Sufi muslims believe that the purpose of the whirling dervishes is to allow God to manifest himself into their bodies. By going above and beyond like the way Azazi feels like he’s almost