Living from the Heart Universalist Sufism in America |
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| Editor:
| Davis, Chuck
Miles-Yépez, Netanel |
| Consultant Editor:
| Miles-Yépez, Netanel |
| ISBN: | 978-0-692-74340-9 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2020 |
| Publisher: | Albion-Andalus Books
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $15.00 |
Book Description:
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Living from the Heart: Universalist Sufism in America offers a glimpse into the mystical path of Sufism as expressed in the universalist Sufi teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927) by contemporary Sufi teachers in America. A companion to the documentary of the same name, the book contextualizes Sufism as a spiritual path of the heart, addressing the distinction between Islamic and Universalist Sufism, and introduces readers to Sufi teachings on Love, Beauty, Music, God, and the...
More DescriptionLiving from the Heart: Universalist Sufism in America offers a glimpse into the mystical path of Sufism as expressed in the universalist Sufi teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927) by contemporary Sufi teachers in America. A companion to the documentary of the same name, the book contextualizes Sufism as a spiritual path of the heart, addressing the distinction between Islamic and Universalist Sufism, and introduces readers to Sufi teachings on Love, Beauty, Music, God, and the Sufi practices of Zikr (remembrance) and Ziyaret (pilgrimage). Following Sufi teacher, Netanel Miles-Yépez, pirof the Inayati-Maimuni Order of Sufis, to Sufi pilgrimage sites across the country, the book also includes interview material with a variety of contemporary universalist Sufi teachers, including Murshida Taj Inayat, Pir Shabda Kahn, Pir Zia Inayat-Khan, Jennifer Alia Wittman, Deepa Gulrukh Patel, and Satya Inayat Khan.