Wine of the Mystic

This award-winning work brings to light the deeper truth and beauty of a well-loved but long-misunderstood masterpiece-The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. With an in-depth commentary on every quatrain, Paramahansa Yogananda reveals the profound kinship between the Rubaiyat's hidden metaphysical philosophy and India's ancient science of yoga.

Features include:* Fifty original full-color illustrations* Edward FitzGerald's English translation* The Persian text of the poem* Paramahansa Yogananda's complete commentaries