The Rumi Prescription: How an Ancient Mystic Poet Changed My Modern Manic Life
by Melody Moezzi

WHAT CAN A THIRTEENTH-CENTURY POET TEACH US ABOUT MODERN LIFE?

Rumi's inspiring poetry is ecstatic, mystical, and devotional. To Iranian-American Muslim author and activist Melody Moezzi, it became a lifeline. In The Rumi Prescription, we follow her path of discovery as she translates Rumi's works for herself. With the help of her father, she immerses herself in this rich literature, discovering an ancient prescription for modern life. Addressing isolation, distraction, depression, fear, anger, and other everyday human emotions, the book offers a road map for living with intention and embracing love at every turn. Most of all, it presents a vivid reminder that no matter where we find ourselves, we are all already home, already loved, already whole.

"This book enlightened, delighted, and actively helped me. It's a love letter sent across centuries, from one artist to another–and decades, from a daughter to her father–and in the here and now, from a writer to her readers.

The Rumi Prescription is the sweetest medicine I've ever taken."—NINA DE GRAMONT, author of The Mystery Writer