Dervishes in the Muslim World

Dervishes have been seen as powerful magicians and known charlatans, keepers of ancient knowledge and simply Muslim sectarians, sages and pitiful drug addicts. What are they really like? How do the Sufi orders - tariqats - differ from each other? What meaning lies behind the zikr - the dance of whirling dervishes? Discover their whimsical world together with the author of this book.