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When oceans merge : the contemporary Sufi and Hasidic teachings of Pir Vilayat Khan and Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi / Gregory Blann ; foreword by Netanel Miles-Yepez.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blann, Gregory, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Schachter-Shalomi, Zalman, 1924-2014.
- Schachter-Shalomi, Zalman.
- Sufism.
- Hasidism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (284 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Rhinebeck, New York : Adam Kadmon Books : Monkfish Book Publishing Company, 2019.
- Summary:
- Foreword: The Merging of Two Oceans--The Making of a Sufi-Hasidic Lineage and a Universal Priesthood Netanel Miles-Yépez Toward the One The Perfection of Love, Harmony, and Beauty The Only Being United with all the Illuminated Souls Who form the Embodiment of the Master The Spirit of Guidance --- Likhrat ha-ehad Ha-yahid ha-ehadv'ha-m'yuhad.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword by Netanel Miles-Yépez
- Introduction by the Author
- PART 1: PIR VILAYAT KHAN
- The Formative Years
- Hazrat Inayat Khan
- The Message Brought by Hazrat Inayat Khan
- The Flowering of Universal Sufism in the 1960s
- Murshid S.A.M.
- Pir Vilayat Khan and the Blossoming of the Sufi Order
- The Alchemical Retreat
- Stages of the Retreat
- The Cosmic Celebration
- Connecting with Pir Vilayat Khan
- Reb Zalman and the Jewish-Sufi Connection
- A Pilgrimage to Mount Sinai
- A Pir Vilayat Interview with Ellen Burstyn
- The Divine Programming
- Universalist Sufism and Islamic Sufism
- A Pir Vilayat Radio Interview with Lex Hixon
- Words from a Universal Worship Service
- Pir Vilayat's Visit to Nashville
- A Peak Experience
- Discovering in Ourselves the Awakening of the Universe
- Pir Vilayat's Last Years
- Endnotes
- PART 2: REB ZALMAN SCHACHTER-SHALOMI
- The Early Years
- Connecting with the Universalist Rebbe
- Universalism and the Renewal of the Sacred Traditions
- Jews Seeking Fulfillment Outside Judaism
- There Are Still Treasures in the Tradition
- Considering Critiques of the Traditional Image of God
- Distinguishing Myth and Allegory from Literal History
- Issues Around Spiritual Renewal
- Generic Religion
- The Four Levels of Reality and the Multidimensionality of God 142
- God in the Physical World
- God in the Feeling World
- God in the Mind World
- The World of Divine Transcendence
- The Four Paths of Yoga
- Karma Yoga (in the World of Action)
- Bhakti Yoga (in the World of Feeling)
- Jnana Yoga (in the World of Knowledge)
- Raja Yoga (in the World of Being and Transcendence)
- Introduction to the Four Worlds in Kabbalah and Sufism
- The Four Worlds in Psychology and Jung's Four Types.
- Archetypal and Accessible Models
- Further Elaborations on the Four Worlds by Reb Zalman
- Patterns of Good and Evil
- Four Levels of Meaning in the Scriptures
- The Levels of the Soul in Kabbalah
- A Conversation About the Soul with Reb Zalman
- Accessing Your Fully Enlightened Self
- The Ten Sephirot and the Inner Council
- Further Sephirotic Considerations from Reb Zalman
- Updating Our God Language and Concepts
- If God is Good, Whence Comes Evil?
- How Our Language Misleads Us
- God as Father, Enthroned on High
- Spiritual Paradigm Shifts and the Evolution of the God Ideal
- Teilhard de Chardin
- How the Divine Ideal Has Changed Over Time
- The Age of Taurus, the Bull
- The Age of Aries, the Ram
- The Age of Pisces, the Fish
- The Age of Aquarius, the Water Bearer
- The Astrological Ages in the Context of the Four Worlds
- The Second Axial Age
- The Buddhist Connection: Meetings with the Dalai Lama
- Renewing the Sufi Connection
- The Passing of Reb Zalman
- Appendix A: Kabbalistic Meditations by Pir Vilayat Khan
- The Sephirot on the Tree of Life
- Meditation on the Descent
- The Christian Meditation of Nicholas of Flüe
- Appendix B: The Gospels as Midrash
- Christ as Archetype of the Divinity in Humanity
- Behold, I Show You a Mystery
- The Christian Mystery
- Parabolic and Symbolic Content
- Archetype and Allegory in the Christ Story
- Some Final Thoughts from Reb Zalman
- Appendix C: Waza'if and Sephirot by Pir-o-Nagid Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-948626-00-4
- OCLC:
- 1077482778
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