Tears from the Mother of the Sun

Esoteric legends that track history across multiple continents and planes of existence

Synthesising ancient mythologies across time, space, and cultures to resacralise the human experience, Tears from the Mother of the Sun is a unique work of literature. Written as a novella interspersed with metered quatrains in the tradition of medieval Persian belles-lettres, this book is a visual and intellectual delight. It includes full-colour paintings of key figures and motifs, such as Sita, Yggdrasil, the Minotaur, Quetzalcoatl, and the Three Marys.

In this globe-spanning chronicle, Pir Zia Inayat Khan, leader of the Inayatiyya, presents a remarkable sequence of legends that reveal little-known connections between ancient cultures and spiritual lineages. Framed as a dialogue between the Iranian epic poet Firdausi and his tutelary daimon, the novella follows the tradition of medieval Persian belles-lettres, where prose passages are enhanced with metered verses. The daimon unveils to the previously despondent poet the hidden history of the world as seen in the missions of a succession of sages travelling through Earth's lands and ages.

Readers will uncover tales of the universe's creation, the war of the angels and the jinns, the exile of Adam and Eve, and the deeds of Melchizedek and Enoch. They will also delve into the rise of the Nephilim, the emergence of ancient civilisations, the origins of the Abrahamic faiths, and the history of the Grail and Emerald Tablet. The legends are brought to life through the exquisite paintings by Amruta Patil.

The cumulative effect of the traditions synthesised in Tears from the Mother of the Sun is a resacralisation of the human experience across time, space, and cultures, achieved through an unexpected marriage of myth and history.