Were the poet Rumi and Shams gay lovers? (or was simply Bhakti love?)
Contents:
- WERE THE POET RUMI AND SHAMS GAY LOVERS? (OR WAS SIMPLY BHAKTI LOVE?)
- IF RUMI WAS GAY, HE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN RUMI: MUZAFFAR ALI
WERE THE POET RUMI AND SHAMS GAY LOVERS? (OR WAS SIMPLY BHAKTI LOVE?)
In a recent article here on Elephant, Yogijulian wr that Rumi, the 12th century ecstatic poet and mystic, was probably murred bee he was gay. I have also heard mored before that Rumi and Shams were gay lovers, most notably by wrer and spirual activist Andrew Harvey, who himself is openly gay.
IF RUMI WAS GAY, HE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN RUMI: MUZAFFAR ALI
This ia, that Rumi’s beloved was actually his gay lover Shams, has bee ntroversial. Was really bee Rumi and Shams were gay lovers?
Personally, I thk the ia of Rumi and Shams beg gay is one big ntemporary projectn. Not, of urse, that beg gay self is a problem, but this se I thk is unlikely. So to nflate Rumi’s love for his Beloved teacher Shams to a gay relatnship is probably as mistaken as to nflate Ramakrishna’s spirual geni, who is nsired the Este of nscns by many Indian scholars today, to a babblg lunatic.