The dervishes : or, Oriental spiritualism . recite. Previous to the commencement of their sectariandevotions, the Mureeds are all seated, piously engagedin meditating on their Peer, which occupation is calledthe Murdkebeh and the Tevejjiih, whilst those in thegallery, named the Naizen (musicians), chant a holyhymn. This gallery is called the Miitreeb (place of ex-citement), and those stationed there are attentive to thedirections made by their Sheikh with his hands. As the whole principle of the Order is the EslikVllah, or Love for God, their usual compliment is,for instance after drinking, Es
The dervishes : or, Oriental spiritualism . recite. Previous to the commencement of their sectariandevotions, the Mureeds are all seated, piously engagedin meditating on their Peer, which occupation is calledthe Murdkebeh and the Tevejjiih, whilst those in thegallery, named the Naizen (musicians), chant a holyhymn. This gallery is called the Miitreeb (place of ex-citement), and those stationed there are attentive to thedirections made by their Sheikh with his hands. As the whole principle of the Order is the EslikVllah, or Love for God, their usual compliment is,for instance after drinking, Eskk olsoon (may it be love.) THE DERVISHES. 205 None are allowed to beg, but many are seen in the streets(see page 202) bestowing water on the thirsty, Fee Sebceland Li Eschk Ullah (in the path of God, and for thelove of God). In a small treatise by a learned Sheikh of the Mevle-vee Order, lately deceased, there is a clear and distinctexplanation of the spiritual existence as believed bythem. He explains and draws his proofs from the Koran,. A MEVLEVEE ORCHESTRA. that all mankind were created in heaven, or in one of itscelestial spheres, long before God created the presentone, and perhaps any of the planets ; that in this worldthey continue to exist in varied conditions before assum-ing that of humanity ; and that moreover they will con-tinue hereafter to exist in other forms before they finallyreturn to their original ones in the sphere of blessedness,near to the Creator from whom they emanated. Heshows from a verse of the Koran, wherein God says inreference to the Prophet, Had it not been for you I 206 THE DERVISHES. would not have created the world, that he pre-existed,and only became human in this world. Adam, he says,was created from earth—a mineral, and corporeally re-turned to it, though his spirit proceeded on its course ofexistence elsewhere. He, as well as all Mussulmans,maintain that Jesus Christ was of a Divine origin, that isto say, that He was the Rooh AHah, or t
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