Sufism in Glastonbury

Sufism is a contempory expression of a perennial wisdom that leads to direct experience of Divine Reality. The various Sufi Orders (Tariqas), representdifferent chains of transmission (Silsila) passed down through theTeacher (Sheikh).The word 'Sufi' comes from the Arabic 'suf' meaning wool.
A devotional, philosophy of the heart, Sufism is 'the way of the mystic'.
To be a Sufi is to be 'lost in the company of those lost in God', when ones heart has become as warm and soft as wool.

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Dances of Universal Peace

The Dances of Universal Peace were brought together in the late 1960's by Samuel L. Lewis (1896-1971), a Sufi Murshid (teacher) and Rinzai Zen Master, who also studied deeply in the mystical traditions of Hinduism, Judaism, and Christianity. In this creation, Lewis was deeply influenced by his contact and spiritual apprenticeship with two people -Hazrat Inayat Khan, who first brought the message of universal Sufism to the West in 1910 and Ruth St. Denis, a feminist pioneer in the modern dance movement in America and Europe.

In Glastonbury there is an open evening 3rd Friday of every month at St. Margaret's Chapel, Magdalene Street, Glastonbury
All welcome, no charge.

Websites: Sheikh Pir Shada Kahn - Successor of Pir Moineddin Jablonskiwww.dancesofuniversalpeace.org

Sufi Ruhaniat Internationalwww.ruhaniat.org

To enquire further and to check dates please contact Ayesha Foot by email link

The Silent Sufis - Naqshbandiyya-Mujaddidiyya Order of Sufism

Teacher: Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee (USA) Successor of Irena Tweedie - (Author: Daughter of Fire)

Open meditation meetings and dream work held Fridays 8.00 pm. All welcome, no charge.

Websites: www.goldensufi.org www.workingwithoneness.org www.globalonenessproject.org

Contact: Jackie Crovetto 01458 832021

Naqshbandiyya Order of Sufism

Sheikh Nazim Al-Haqqani (Cyprus)
Successor of Sheikh Abdullah Faiz Daghistani

Open Zikr (Sufi chanting- meditation) Sundays 6.00pm St Margaret's Chapel, Magdalene Street.
Ladies' Zikr Wednesdays 11.30 am private location. Meet at Sufi charity shop 'Healing Hearts' in Magdalene Street at 11am.

All welcome, no charge.