THE DERVISHES OR ORIENTAL SPIRITUALISM

The Object of this volume is to afford information in regard to the Belief and Principles of The Dervishes as well as to Describe their various modes of worshipping the creator. That the Spiritual Principles of the Dervish Orders existed in Arabia previous to the time of the great and talented Islam Prophet cannot be doubted. The historical portions of the old and new Testaments were also well known among the Arabs, differing traditionally, however, in many respect from the narratives of the sacred writings and if a conjecture may be made as to the starting point of Islamism, we Would say that it originated in the act of Perfect submission of Abraham to the will of the Almighty when he determined to offer up his son Isac in Obedience to the Divine Command.