Affan Yesvi is a Sufi scholar, columnist, and entrepreneur. As a descendant of the 11th-century Sufi saint, Khawaja Ahmed Yasawi - a mystic, poet, and founder of the Yasaviyya Sufi order in Central ...

The present lecture will serve as an introduction to the art and science of dhikr or “meditative remembrance” in Islamic mysticism or Sufism through a comparative lens. After opening with a survey of ...

It’s March 24, the final Monday night of Ramadan, and Barzakh Cafe — a cozy venue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn — is packed for a qawwali, the Sufi devotional music tradition that originated in ...

FAIRBANKS — The ancient practice of divine remembrance is open to all at 7 p.m. Saturday, next door to Sipping Streams, 3535 College Road, Suite B, presented in context traditional to the ...

It was a crisp morning last autumn, and, against the dramatic backdrop of the Caucasus Mountains, Georgia’s storied Pankisi Gorge seemed calm and sleepy. In the valley’s main village, Duisi, columns ...

Sufism, the mystical path within Islam, like other inner traditions such as Yoga and Kabbalah, has both an element of philosophical esotericism and a dimension of practice that can more easily be ...