2. Oracles Among the Ancient Greeks

2. The Horse

3. Customs of the Marriage Ceremony

2. Customs of Courtesy

1. ‘Eat My Flesh and Drink My Blood’

8. The origin of the Custom of the Seclusion of Women

The custom of the seclusion of women has its source in mystical thought. There used to be the mystical orders of people in the East who contemplated in solitude and lived in seclusion. The magnetism and power of influence that they developed by seclusion was in itself a marvel. This gave power to their gaze, power in their word, and influence in their atmosphere. This custom of seclusion was then imitated by the kings and people of high rank.

The term ‘belief’ is used of an idea that one believes and for which one cannot give reason. When such ideas are of an ordinary nature they are termed superstitions, and when they are of a sacred nature they are called beliefs.

ETEKAD RASM U RAVAJ

by Hazrat Inayat Khan : typed by Connie Zareen Delaney

1. Belief and Supersition