Oriental Mysticism

E. H. Palmer’s work presents an early English-language survey of mystical thought in the Islamic and broader Eastern traditions, written from the standpoint of a nineteenth-century scholar of Arabic and Persian literature. Readers will find comparative observations on spiritual disciplines, devotional ideas, and the language of inner experience as understood through the sources available to Palmer.

E. H. Palmer is associated with the translation and study of Arabic, Persian, and Islamic texts, some of which were of interest to later occult and comparative-religion readers. He is best remembered as a scholar whose work made Middle Eastern literary and religious materials more accessible to English audiences.