A dervish is an apprentice, one who is learning the profession that will provide eternal livelihood. This profession is still taught in certain “schools of higher learning.” While there are many skills that can be self-taught or learned alone, the skills of dervishood are learned by being in relationship to a shaikh, or guide, and…
Walking the Path: A book Review of Deserts and Mountain By Yilmaz Alimoglu More than just being Yilmaz Alimoglu’s debut novel, I have come to see Deserts and Mountains as a personal invitation to explore the depth of the human experience in our modern times. Though the story of Ali Dogan, the main character of…
Je viens comme un pécheur vers son Dieu Je viens comme un martyr vers le feu Je viens comme un fou vers sa folie Comme un nouveau-né qui veut la vie I am here writing again after a long silence. On the one hand many things have happened possible worthy of mention, but yet…
Postneshin Jelaluddin Loras Interview – Santo Domingo/Dominican Rep. – April 2003 Q: To begin with the interview we would like for you to place Sufism inside the Moslem religion, the role it plays and how it comes and the difference. Jelaluddin: There isn’t any difference because Sufism is the mysticism of Islam. In every Sufi…
Friends I was asked today how do I reconcile working in science and two science degree with my writings and experiences on mysticism and religion. I thought it would be something interesting to write about. I don’t know when it started but I have this insatiable thirst for learning all sorts of things. When I…
Sufi Saying To whomever has sense, a sign is enough. For the heedless, a thousand expositions are not enough. -Haji Bektashi Meaning Sufi Materials, experiences, explanations may be registered in the mind on one level, and may have to wait or their full understanding until ‘heedlessness’ is removed. The main source of this is the…
