I’m very excited for today’s episode because it’s a first for the Little Cosmologies podcast - I’m not here alone! I have a guest joining me. Her name is Sholeh Wolpé. She’s a poet, author, translator, playwright, and, as you'll see, an incredibly insightful person.

In our conversation, we spend a lot of time discussing a book she translated called The Conference of the Birds. Written in the late 12th Century by a man named Farid ud-Din Attar, The Conference of the Birds is an allegorical poem about our spiritual journey.

It’s when I felt most lost that I found Attar, and I found the language of the "Path" — a concept he uses to describe our lifelong journey to find the light of the Beloved reflected within us. 

The title of today's episode is taken from Sholeh's wonderful forward to the book.

Links

Sholeh Wolpé

The Conference of the Birds

Abacus of Loss