On Song of the Sun, Andrew Harvey, the Oxford-trained authority on Rumi and bestselling author of several modern spiritual classics, takes us inside the extraordinary life and teachings of this legendary prophet and poet. Harvey sifts through the many tales associated with Rumi's life to fashion this rich and inspiring portrait of what a human being in love with and empowered by God can become. From the way Rumi's life was transformed by the mystic teacher Shams ("Sun"), to his founding of the Mevlevi order of Sufis, to his most sumptuous odes and quatrains - here is the full mystery of Rumi's life and love as we have never heard it before.