The 1st Annual International Symposium on: 

Sey-yed Nourod-din Shah Nematollah Vali 

October 11-12, 2002

Morris Dailey Auditorium

  San Jose State University (SJSU), San Jose, California, USA

A very brief autobiography of Dr. Hanna Stemerding:

Study Psychology (University of Amsterdam), specialized in Social Psychology (Leiden) Research work in communication (Institute of Preventive Health (Leiden).  Authorized yoga teacher.  Together with husband and son founder and running Center for Spiritual Development. Traveled to far and nearby East; between 1996 and 2000 seven visits to Iran with groups (spiritual tours).  Founder publishing house Aambeeld, for mystic literature. Study and translations of works on Sufism and (Persian) mysticism. Married, two sons and grandchildren. Painting miniatures.

A glance at Dr. Stemerding's speech:

Comparison poetry of Shah Nematollah and Hafiz. It seems apparent that they did know poetry of each other and reacted on each other. It is not unthinkable that there was a mood of rivalry in Hafiz, reacting on certain poems of Shah Nematollah. There could be even evidence that Hafiz was seeking the guidance of Shah Nematollah. Shah Nematollah was four years in Yazd, and in this period Hafiz was two years in Yazd. Evidence is derived from their poetry. By this comparison these two great persons are coming more forward in their own spiritual significance.