Mysticism and magic in Turkey An account of the religious doctrines, monastic organisation, and ecstatic powers of the dervish orders - Garnett, Lucy M. (AMS Press, 1979)
Reprint of the 1912 edition. published by I. Pitman, London
Includes bibliographical references (page 197) and index
Foreword / by Omar Burke -- The dervish orders and their tenets -- The spiritual hierarchy -- The metaphors of the poets -- Monasteries and shrines -- Monastic rule and discipline -- The stages of initiation -- The costumes, musical instruments, and symbolic objects of the dervishes -- The various religious exercises -- Survivals of paganism -- The acts of the adepts -- Women mystics -- Status and influence of the orders.