The Path is perhaps the most complete and detailed account available of the aim and method of Sufism in the contemporary world. This was was written by Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh, the former master of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order for over 50 years. The books consists of a series of essays on various aspects of the sufi path and provides an overview of the sufi mystical way. In addition, it describes in an accessible manner, the practices taught by Sufi masters for centuries and followed today in traditional sufi orders throughout the world.