Hessam Abedini

Documenting the Ineffable: A Comparative Analysis of Mystical Representation in Kimiavi’s The Garden of Stones and Western Sufi Documentary

This article examines how documentary film attempts to represent mystical experience through comparative analysis of Parviz Kimiavi's The Garden of Stones (1976) and American documentaries featuring Samuel Lewis, particularly Sunseed (1973). Rather than assuming terms like "sacred" or "authentic," the study grounds its...