The night of the gods; an inquiry into cosmic and cosmogonic mythology and symbolism . acovinus, which exhibits a striking resem-blance to the Salonica example above is taken from the French edition of Guhland Koners Every tarik or path, that is order, of theMuslim dervishes has its particular sign. That of the Kadiri is therose (gul) worn on the cap. It is thus expounded by Ibrahim elEshreme. Mahomet called his two grandsons Hasan and Hosein,his two Eyes, his two roses. The rose is a sign of the prophethimself. The Kadiri rose of Bagdad has two outer and two innerrings and thr
The night of the gods; an inquiry into cosmic and cosmogonic mythology and symbolism . acovinus, which exhibits a striking resem-blance to the Salonica example above is taken from the French edition of Guhland Koners Every tarik or path, that is order, of theMuslim dervishes has its particular sign. That of the Kadiri is therose (gul) worn on the cap. It is thus expounded by Ibrahim elEshreme. Mahomet called his two grandsons Hasan and Hosein,his two Eyes, his two roses. The rose is a sign of the prophethimself. The Kadiri rose of Bagdad has two outer and two innerrings and three circles, and is made of green cloth. The first circlesignifies shirat, the Law [which is just the Buddhists wheel of theLaw] : the second the tarik or path of the order ; the third the 1 La Vie antique: Rome. Paris, 1SS5, fig. 36c The covlnus or covinnus was alsoa Breton and Belgic war-chariot. The word is said to be from the Celtic, and perhapscontains the same root as our cover, and cove, to arch over,was barrel-arched over in the manner common in our own London brewers Wheel?^ The Romaunt of the Rose. 615 marifet or Knowledge; the three together mean the hakikat orTruth. This rose is also the sign of the seven names of Kadiri dervish copyist of this MS. of Ibrahims calls himself the fakir, the hakir, the kitmir (that is, dog of the Seven Sleepers)of the gate of the sultan of the saints who dwell by the rivuletsof One of the cap-roses of the Rufai dervishes is aperfect circle, or rather two circles, one within the other ; withinthese is another circie, much resembling a wheel with its M. Napoleon Ney3 says the secret societies of Islam in Algeriaform a clan of the Chain (Ahl es Selselat) ; their holiness is aLadder, at the summit of which is the Routs, the refuge orSaviour ; the members followed the Way, trika ; and the initiationis called taking the oitrid or rose. What Rose do youwear ? is the question of one Moslem to another. M. Ney
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