Iranian Persian Language and Literature Promotion Society Research on Mystical Literature HTTPS://JP 17 2 2024 02 20 The Theory of Mystical Poetry Viewed From Rumi's Poetical Experience The Theory of Mystical Poetry Viewed From Rumi's Poetical Experience 127 143 28690 10.22108/jpll.2024.140612.1816 FA Alireza Mozaffari Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Humanities, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran 0000-0002-9586-4527 Journal Article 2024 02 19 Mystical poetry, as it expresses the mystical experiences of poets, can be considered from different points of view. In this research, with a Hegelian approach and with an emphasis on the spiritual realm, the author examined Rumi's mystical poetry as a clear example. Iranian mystical poets have chosen a distinct language for their works, considering the drive of differentiation in the field of expression as in other aspects of their material and spiritual life. The main difference between their language and the language of other linguistic groups is the restriction of the language of their poetry to the mental text, the personalization, the symbolic nature of that language, and the breaking of the relations between the signifier and the signified to add physical and emotional dependencies between the two. Mystical poetry, where it is limited to the expression of purely mystical experiences, is affected by the poet's unconscious mind, it is the supplier of the poet's main suppressed and unfulfilled desires and interests. Imagination in such poems to make tangible the intangible and meaningful dimension of the world beyond nature is one of the essentials of mystical poetry. Mystical poetry is not just a confrontation between two spiritual and physical levels; rather, the third element, the mediator of the two, has the most active and effective role in that field. Although "love" often appears in the role of the intermediary element, in the poem of a poet like Rumi, Rumi himself contributes with "love" to achieve such a role. Beauty in such poems is more concentrated in the field of meaning. The pleasure of reading mystical poems mainly depends on the principle of "tazkar". This means that reading these poems evokes eternal memories and the desire to experience those memories. Mystical poetry, as it expresses the mystical experiences of poets, can be considered from different points of view. In this research, with a Hegelian approach and with an emphasis on the spiritual realm, the author examined Rumi's mystical poetry as a clear example. Iranian mystical poets have chosen a distinct language for their works, considering the drive of differentiation in the field of expression as in other aspects of their material and spiritual life. The main difference between their language and the language of other linguistic groups is the restriction of the language of their poetry to the mental text, the personalization, the symbolic nature of that language, and the breaking of the relations between the signifier and the signified to add physical and emotional dependencies between the two. Mystical poetry, where it is limited to the expression of purely mystical experiences, is affected by the poet's unconscious mind, it is the supplier of the poet's main suppressed and unfulfilled desires and interests. Imagination in such poems to make tangible the intangible and meaningful dimension of the world beyond nature is one of the essentials of mystical poetry. Mystical poetry is not just a confrontation between two spiritual and physical levels; rather, the third element, the mediator of the two, has the most active and effective role in that field. Although "love" often appears in the role of the intermediary element, in the poem of a poet like Rumi, Rumi himself contributes with "love" to achieve such a role. Beauty in such poems is more concentrated in the field of meaning. The pleasure of reading mystical poems mainly depends on the principle of "tazkar". This means that reading these poems evokes eternal memories and the desire to experience those memories. https://jpll.ui.ac.ir/article_28690_91854845c564ba16a1857403aee246ed.pdf