The Road to Mecca

By Muhammed Asad

In this extraordinary and beautifully-written autobiography, Asad tells of his initial rejection of all institutional religions, his entree into Taoism, his fascinating travels as a diplomat, and finally his embrace of Islam.

A unique book. Its haunting overtones will linger in the memory — New York Hearld Tribune

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Forty Days

A Diary of a Traditional Sufi Retreat

By Michaela Ozelsel

This first-hand account of a Sufi halvet (forty day retreat) is unique because it combines an autobiographical account of a spiritual education with contemporary research from several disciplines, thus being a bridge between ancient wisdom and scientific investigation.

The Drop That Became The Sea

Selected Lyric Poetry of Yunus Emre

Translated by Refik Algan & Kabir Helminski

Yunus Emre (d. 1320?), called the “greatest folk poet in Islam” (Talat Sait Halman), was an unlettered Turkish shepherd who sang mystical songs which are still popular today. He was the first of a whole tradition of Turkish Sufi troubadours who sang of the Divine Presence, the Beloved, the Friend. His songs/poems convey a profound yet earthy spirituality. His subject is the Heart, the point of awareness where God is realized in us. “I’ve come to build some heart,” Yunus sings. We are proud to introduce this great poet to readers of English.

Awakened Dreams

Raji’s Journeys with the Mirror Dede

By Ahmet Hilmi

Awakened Dreams was written in the early 1900′s at the end of the Ottoman era by Ahmet Hilmi — humorist, revolutionary, and Sufi mystic. In this allegory of the soul’s transformation, a confused and dissolute young man meets a wise mentor in a cemetery and is guided through a series of revelatory experiences. Raji meets Buddha, Zoroaster, and other prophets, experiences himself in strange new worlds, and journeys through the levels of spiritual attainment. Awakened Dreams has been used a teaching tool in various Sufi traditions for the last ninety years.

Feeling The Shoulder of the Lion

Poetry and Teaching Stories from the Mathnawi of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi

Versions by Coleman Barks

These selections from the poetry of Rumi express the courage and intensity needed to overcome our ego-imprisonment. Much of Rumi’s poetry circles around the mystery of Surrender. Some of it expresses a longing and even a bewilderment, but there is also much that expresses the discipline, clarity, and integrity that true Surrender requires.

This Longing

Poetry, Teaching Stories and Selected Letters of Rumi

Versions by John Moyne and Coleman Barks

Yet another dimension of Rumi is revealed in these teaching poems from the Mathnawi, Rumi’s most mature work. Also included are personal letters which have never before been available in a Western language.

Love is the Wine

Tales of a Sufi Master in America

By Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak

Generosity, faith, self-knowledge, submission, love… these themes unfold through the conversations of the Turkish Sufi master Sheikh Muzaffer, head of the Halveti-Jerrahi Order and one of the most important Sufi teachers of our time. A fine storyteller, a mature human being, a respected author in his native country, he was well-suited to bring the richness of the Sufi tradition to the West. The chapters of this book, skillfully edited and compiled by the noted psychologist Dr. Robert Frager, were derived from talks given during visits to America over the last years of his life.

Masters of Wisdom

An Esoteric History of the Spiritual Unfolding of Life on This Planet

By J.G. Bennett

J.G. Bennett was working on this book when he died. He details the unfolding of Spirit in matter to yield its ultimate fruit: a conscious human being totally free of egoism. He considers the possibility of an inner circle of humanity exerting its influence to establish cosmic Love in human life. In the course of telling this story, Bennett touches on the most ancient spiritual traditions of humankind: the Savior God, the Great Mother, the Creator God, and the Great Spirit traditions. He offers his own insights into the real mission of Christ, and for a good part of the book examines the teaching methods of the Central Asian Sufis, the Khwajagan.

The Most Beautiful Names

Compiled by Sheikh Tosun Bayrak al-Jerrahi al-Halveti

Here is a contemporary presentation of the ninety-nine names of God according to the Islamic Sufi tradition. Compiled from the original Arabic and Turkish text of Al-Ghazzali, Ibn ‘Arabi, Djili, and Abdulkadir Geylani, among others, this is the most extensive presentation available to readers in any Western language.

What The Seeker Needs

Essays on Spiritual Practice; The One Alone; Majesty and Beauty

By Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi
Translated by Tosun Bayrak al-Jerrahi al-Halveti and Rabia Terri Harris al-Jerrahi

Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi is known as “the greatest shaikh” and “the pole of knowledge” in Sufism. He was born in 1165 in Murcia, Spain, and died in 1240 in Damascus. According to Annemarie Schimmel his influence “on the general development of Sufism can hardly be overrated. For most of the Sufis after the thirteenth century his writings constitute the apex of mystical theories.”