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DERVİŞ'İN EVi BROŞÜR ENGLİSH VERSİON
Sema, the whirling dervish ceremony, is the
inspiration of Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi (1207 -1273)
as well part of Turkish custom, history, beliefs, and
culture. Sema has seven parts and each part
symbolizes a stage of the mystic journey to perfection
called ascension ("Miraç" in Turkish).
Contemporary science definitely confirms that
the fundamental condition of our existence is to
revolve. There is no object or being which does not
revolve, and the commonality amongst beings is the
revolution of the electrons and protons in their atoms,
which constitute all things from the smallest particles
to the stars in the sky. As a consequence of this
similarity, everything revolves and man carries on his
life, his very existence by means of the revolution in his
atoms, in the structural elements of his body, by the
circulation of his blood, by his coming from the earth
and return to it, and by revolving with the earth itself.
Howewer, all of these are natural, unconscious
revolutions But man is the possessor of a mind and
intelligence which distinguishes him from and makes
him superior to other beings Thus, the whirling
dervishes ("Semazen" in Turkish) cause their minds to
participate in the shared similarity and revolution of all
other beings.
The Sema ceremony represents a mystical
journey of man’s spiritual ascent through mind and
love to perfection ("Kemal'in Turkish). Turning toward
the truth, a dervish grows through love deserts his ego,
finds the truth, and arrives at "Perfection". Then he
returns from this spiritual journey as a man who
reached matuurity and a greater perfection, so as to
love and to be of service to all of creation, and to all
creatures without discriminating in regard to belief,
class, or race. The dervishes with their head-dresses
(representing the ego’s tombstone), their white skirt
(representing the ego’s shroud) are spirituallyborn to
the truth by removing their black cloaks and they journey and advance to spiritual maturity through the stages of the Sema ceremony. At the onset and at each stege of the Sema ceremony holding their arms in a criss-cross position they represent the number one, and testify to God’s unity.
While whirling, their arms open their right hands directed
towards the sky and ready to receive God’s beneficence, gazing
up, they turn their left hands towards the earth and turn from right
to left, pivoting around the heart.
This is his way of conveying God’s spiritual gift to the people
upon whom God "looks with a divine” watchfulness. Revolving
around the heart, from right to left, they embrace all of humankind,
and all of creation with affection and love.
THE SEMA CEREMONY CONSISTS OF SEVERAL
PARTS WITH DIFFERENT MEANINGS...
1-İt starts with a eulogy ‘’ Nat-i serif’’
to the Prophet, Muhammad, Who
represents love and all probhets
before him To praise them is praising
God,who created all of them.
2- This eulogy is followed by a drum
sound symbolizing the Divine order of
the Creator...’’ Kun=Be!’’
3-Then follows an instrumental music
improvisation ("Taksim"in Turkish)
with a reed wind instrument
called a "ney", which represents
the first breath which gave life to
everything: The Divine breath.
4-The fourth part is where the
dervishes greet each other and
perform their thrice repeated circular
walk called the "Devri
Veledi",accompanied by music
called”peshrev”. This part symbolizes
the salutation of saul concealed by
shapes and body
5-The fifth part is the Sema (whirling), wich consists of four
salutes or "selams". At the end of each salute, as in the
onset, the dervish testifies to God’s unity with his
appearance.
A- First salute Is man’s birth into truth through feeling and
the mind it represents his complete conception of the
ecstasy of God as the creator and his own state of being.
B- Second salute expresses the rapture of man witnessing
the splendor of creation in front of God’s greatness and
omnipotence.
C- The third salute Is the dissolution of rapture into love
and thereby the sacrifice of the mind to love. It is complete
submission; it is the annihilation of self in the loved one, in
His unity.
This state of ecstasy is known as " Nirvana " in Buddhism
and " Fenafillah " in Islam. In Buddhism, this is the highest
state of ecstasy. However, the highest rank in Islam is the
rank reached by the Prophet: He is called God’s servant
foremost and subsequently his messenger. The aim of
Sema is not unbroken i ecstasy and loss conscious
thought, but realization of submission to God.
D- The fourth salute just as the Prophet ascended to the
"Throne" and then returned to his task on earth, the
whirling dervishes, following the termination of their
spiritual joyrney and ascent,return to their tasks and to
their state of subservience. "He is a servent of God, of his
Books,of his Prophets and all creation.(Sura Bakara
2,verse 285) At the end of their salute,they demonstrate
this again with their appearance,arms criss-crossed over
the chests to represent the unity of God,consciously and
feelingly.
6-The sixth part of the Sema is a reading from the Quran,
especially of the verse "Unto God belong East and the
West and wherever you turn,there is Gods countenace.He
is Allemracing,All-Knowing"(Sura Bakara 2, verse 115).”
7- The Sema ceremony ends
withs a prayer for peace of the
souls of all probhets and all
believers.After the completion of
the " Sema " ceremony all the
dervishes return silently to their
cells for meditaion (”tefekkür” in
Turkish).