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About Sufism | A thought-provoking and personal study, ranging from medieval mystics to TS Eliot and kraut rock, from Britain's most engaging and innovative philosophers Chosen by Andrew Miller as one of the Daily Mail's best books of the year . “An important and bold call to rethink the kinds of thinking that matter; the kinds of thinking that keep us on our toes.” - Rowan Williams Mysticism has been described as “experience at its most intense,” and philosopher Simon Critchley asks: Wouldn’t you like to taste that intensity? Don't you want to rise up and get out of yourself? Sufism is not about religious beliefs, but rather about sensory experience and daily practice. It is a way to liberate oneself from habits, illusions, and familiar perceptions, to see _reality as it is_ and interact with it _with spiritual ecstasy_. It is achieving a smooth openness between thought and existence. This is a book about Julian of Norwich and the mystics of the Middle Ages, and also touches on the works of Anne Carson, Annie Dillard, and T. S. Eliot. It also looks at Nick Cave and German kraut rock, and shows how music can be secular worship. The book opens the door to Sufism not as something strange or unimaginable, but as a way of life.