THE IMPRISONED BIRD ANALYSIS OF THE ORIGINS OF SOUL IMPRISONMENT IN THE WORKS OF MOWLANA – Mahmoud Jaafari-Dehaghı

THE IMPRISONED BIRD ANALYSIS OF THE ORIGINS OF SOUL IMPRISONMENT IN THE WORKS OF MOWLANA

Mahmoud Jaafari-Dehaghı

Introduction:

The idea of the imprisonment of the soul in this material world is an ancient and mystical thought which has an important place in the works of famous intellectuals and mystics. According to these mystics, the soul is trapped like a bird in a cage and that cage is the material body.