Wildcard Cameron's review of The Conference of the Birds 5/5: I don't care who you are, this book is a standout example of why Persian lore is super underrated. Is it a collection of parables that range from thinkers to absolutely nonsensical? Absolutely. ...

I too aspire to one day write a book of parables in the guise of a bird negging his bird friends into going on a road trip.
#TheConferenceOfTheBirds is just another reason why #Attar was #Rumi's #GOAT

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Sufism was an esoteric system, partly because it was continuously accused of being heretical, partly because it was held to be incomprehensible to those who had not received the necessary spiritual training.
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when, at the opening of the Epilogue to The Conference of the Birds, Attar says that he has filled the world with 'these mysteries' musky scent', he is making a punning reference to his pen-name.
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The name Attar is the same word from which we derive 'attar', meaning a distilled scent, in phrases like 'attar of roses':
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