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Gayatri is a prayer book designed for use by the family of Sufi lineages descending from Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan (1882-1927). Included within are all prayers of the "Gayatri" sections of the Gayan and Vadan, as well as other prayers and remembrances, composed by Hazrat Inayat Khan, held and honored in the tradition of Inayati Sufism. Additionally, there is a section of universalist prayers and remembrances of the Inayati-Maimuni Sufi community composed by Pir Netanel Miles-Yépez and Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Zalman Sulayman Schachter-Shalomi, for the use of that community. For this volume, the original prayers & remembrances have been edited and adapted for clarity in modern English and made gender inclusive. Notes have also been added in the back to explain context, non-English vocabulary, and the origins of various prayers.

THE PREVIOUS REBBE of Chabad-Lubavitch, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn (1880-1950) said, "When we remind ourselves of the 'sayings of old, ' it enlivens us." That is to say, the expressions used through the generations in Lubavitch are permeated with a life and a holy energy. In them is preserved an entire culture, a lifestyle, and a place of genuine warmth . . . for they come from a time and a place when people truly cared for one another. LubavitchSpeak is a fascinating dictionary of words, sayings and colloquialisms used by generations of Chabad-Lubavitcher Chasidim to express the most important concepts and contents of their unique culture which has been so influential on modern Judaism. It is a language which has evolved through 200 years of pious and dedicated service to G-d, and includes the terminology of the Chasidic gathering (farbrengen), the synagogue (shul), the seminary (yeshiva), and even Lubavitch 'street language, ' the day-to-day talk of Lubavitcher Chasidim, young and old, male and female, past and present. The more one is familiar with 'LubavitchSpeak, ' the better one will appreciate the Lubavitch lifestyle and its holiness. For, to know a culture, you must first understand its language.

A disciple, fool, and pious heretic, Daniel Jami weaves a map of poems, from separation to union and back again. Inviting the reader into the mythic realm of Love, Lover, and Beloved, this contemporary collection explores traditional motifs of Sufism's 'school of love, ' through an interspiritual lens, in modern American language.

Tamam Kahn's poetry carries bright exuberance, as well as empathy and sorrow. Her work is inspired by the mystical Middle East, and her time in Morocco and Syria. The poems are anchored with her research on women from early Islam to today. Anecdotes from history are mixed with today's unchosen difficulties. The reader is introduced to the remarkable Rabia of Basra (Rabi'a al-Adawiyya), eighth-century leader on the path of Unity of Being. What would it be like to meet with her today? Across the Difficult presents tales of other famous mothers such as Eve (known as Grandmother Eve in Arabia), Hagar, Sayyida Zaynab-granddaughter of Prophet Muhammad, her niece Ruqayya, and Fatima al-Fihri, founder of the great Qarawiyyin University, who changed history with her life's work. The brutal difficulties of living at this time in countries such as Afghanistan, Syria, Ukraine and other countries, are included in the final poems.Winner of The BookFest First Place award for Poetry, Spring 2024, and an International Book Award, 2024

Here is a handbook for accessing the secrets of the second half of life. In the first half of life, we strive, work, achieve, compete, and accumulate. Will we do this until we die? Because we live in a world that worships youth-often disparaging aging (and our elders)-we have little imagination for embracing the possibilities that aging offers. Based upon the pioneering work of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Embracing Wisdom: Soaring in the Second Half of Life (Revised Edition) presents aging as an opportunity on the frontier of human development, an opportunity to complete life successfully and leave a legacy of wisdom to future generations.

"Alejandra is a highly respected leader and role model in both childhood education and spiritual development. Her book, Remembrance, offers us a vision of the evolution of human life on Earth grounded in a mature feminine wisdom. It is a story of the energetic power of love as a universal force behind the creation of all life. It is a story of how humanity has been created to mirror the universe to itself and how human beings are endowed with the capacity to rediscover the essence of love that is at the heart of their existence. With this rediscovery of who we really are, life on Earth is healed from the trauma of centuries of abuse."- Edward W. Bastian, Ph.D., author of InterSpiritual Meditation and Mandala: Creating an Authentic Spiritual Path "Sensitive mystic and spiritual teacher, Alejandra Warden, invites us into a richly descriptive and cellular journey back to our essential and shared nature, that of the "golden substance" of "primordial love" and Oneness. Guided by the ancestral feminine and the angelic, Alejandra serves as a conduit for a mythopoetic narrative of Earth's birthing, nonlinear knowing, embodiment, loss, and a call to remembrance. May we accept her beautiful gift of wisdom and listen deeply, particularly at this crucial time."- Juliet Rohde-Brown Ph.D., author of Imagine Forgiveness, and Chair of Integrative Therapy and Healing Practices specialization of the Depth Psychology program, Pacifica Graduate Institute

In The Merging of Two Oceans, Pir Netanel Miles-Yépez follows his In the Teahouse of Experience with a new collection of talks, laying the foundations for understanding the historical and spiritual connections between Sufism and Hasidism, two of the world's great mystical traditions. He explores the many 'meetings' between these two traditions in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, details his own role in the formation of a new Sufi lineage connected with Hasidism, and gives a series of teachings drawing on both traditions. The Merging of Two Oceans is a book that will fascinate admirers of these traditions and their teachings.

In God Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown, Netanel Miles-Yépez and Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi offer little-known stories of the kabbalist, Isaac Luria, and explore the profound implications of the kabbalistic idea of Tzimtzum, the 'contraction' of God that allows for creation, through different paradigms of Jewish belief over the centuries, and look at its function in Judaism and Jewish practice today.