Spinning Head, Twirling Trees, and Whirling Mevlevi
August 6th 2014 Konya, Turkey
August 4th 2014
“Either seem as you are or be as you seem”
Hazrat Mevlana Mohammed Jalal al-Din (Rumi)
Unlike most of my travel in Turkey to date, coming to Konya was a premeditated plan. I had an appointment with the Mevlivi (aka the 'Whirling Dervishes' which is a western appellation). There was something drawing me to this
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