Category: Issue 89

Archives 89 – The Ecstacy of Music

89-MEHMETSANLIKOL-SliderMehmet Ali Sanlikol in conversation with Sholeh Johnston

CultureWatch: At the turn of the millennium, successful jazz musician Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol embarked on an odyssey of discovery that would profoundly reshape his musical career as a composer and performer.

Archives 89 – Summer Issue 2015

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FROM THE EDITORS

At the heart of nearly every spiritual tradition is the figure of the spiritual guide or leader whom seekers turn to for guidance and inspiration and choose to follow as disciples. In this issue of SUFI, various facets of the role of the guide are explored across different spiritual paths, READ MORE

 

 

 

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DISCOURSE

Web-89Latest-MastersGraceTHE SPIRITUAL GUIDE
by Alireza Nurbakhsh

ARTICLES AND INTERVIEW

Web-89Latest-ValentineTEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS IN TIBETAN BUDDHISM
by Jay Valentine

Web-89Latest-HalmanIRADA / DEVOTION: THE SPACE WHERE SUFISM HAPPENS
by H. Talat Halman

Web-89Latest-TheGuide THE GUIDE: INTERVIEW WITH A SUFI SHAYKH
interviewed by Safoura Nourbakhsh

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ARTICLES AND ESSAYS

Web-89Latest-BurtTRANSCENDANT BEING OR FALLIBLE HUMAN?
by Angela Burt

NARRATIVE

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by Dani Kopoulos

CULTUREWATCH

Web-89Latest-CW-YoganandaAWAKE: THE LIFE OF YOGANANDA
Director Paola Di Florio
interviewed by Sholeh Johnston

 

Web-89Latest-SanlikolTHE ECSTACY OF MUSIC
Mehmet Ali Sanlikol in
conversation with Sholeh Johnston

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CULTUREWATCH
BOOK REVIEWS

Hafez—Translations and,
Interpretations of the Ghazals
translated by Geoffrey Squires
reviewed by David Paquiot

The Principles of Sufism
by A’ishah Al-Ba’uniyyah
reviewed by Terry Graham

 

POETRY

THE MASTER’S GRACE
by Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh

Narrow Street In VeniceIN GETTING THERE
by Mark Nepo

THE BEYOND WITHIN
by DANIEL SKACH-MILLS

GIVE UP WHAT YOU SEE WITH YOUR EYES
by Kathleen M. Kelley

I LOVE YOU
by Ali Asghar Mazhari

FEATURED POET
BILL WOLAK

LOST AT THE CROSS ROADS

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FEATURED ARTIST
MATTHIEU RICARD

585. On a bright winter morning, Tibetan and Bhutanese monks jump for joy at the sight of the ocean. They will throw themselves up in the air again this evening, on the stage of a theatre in Brittany, France, defying gravity. This image is not a multiple exposure, but a single shot of seven monks jumping. 1997 Les moines volants du Toit du Monde devant l’océan Atlantique ; moines du monastère de Shéchèn au cours d’une tournée européenne de danses sacrées. 1997

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