Here is a link to Chapter 7 of my book Vinylia. The chapter is mostly about an artificial language called Dervish and the attempts of a woman called Confucia Wang to bring it under control. Dervish is invented in order to overcome the unavoidable misunderstandings and ambiguities in drafting treaties and conventions using natural languages... Continue Reading →
Thirty-seven ways of looking at a dervish
A secret turning in us makes the universe turn. Head unaware of feet, and feet head. Neither cares. They keep turning. - Rumi As everybody knows, the Mevlevi are an order of dervishes founded in Konya in the 12th Century by the followers of the great mystical poet Rumi and who are best known for... Continue Reading →