"Unto God belong the East and the West, and whither over ye turn, you are faced with Him. He is All-Embracing, All-Knowing." Quran, Bakara 2, verse 115

The "dance" of the Whirling Dervishes is called Sema. Sema is part of the inspiration of Mevlana (1207- 1273) as well as part of Turkish custom, history, beliefs and culture.

It represents a mystical journey propelled through the love of perfection and involving a spiritual ascent through the mind. Turning towards the truth, the person grows through love, deserts the ego, finds the truth and arrives at perfection and then returns from this spiritual journey as someone who reached maturity and greater perfection, so as to love and to be of service to the whole of creation, to all creatures without discrimination of creed, race, class or nationality.