Many thanks to Sally Smith for sharing her drawings of the dervishes whom we met on our first night in Turkey.The dervishes move from the crossed arm position, symbolizing being at one with Allah, to the whirling on an axis position with right hand facing up, left down, and head tipped to the side (over the heart).
Wikipedia states:
The Sema represents a mystical journey of man's spiritual ascent through mind and love to the "Perfect". Turning towards the truth, the follower grows through love, deserts his ego, finds the truth, and arrives at the "Perfect". He then returns from this spiritual journey as a man who has reached maturity and a greater perfection, able to love and to be of service to the whole of creation.
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