The question addressed in this article explores the intersection of theology and mysticism in Judaism and Islam. All religions have mystical elements in every aspect of religious life, from the ...

BIRZEIT, West Bank — For most tourists, iconic religious landmarks like the Dome of the Rock, the Western Wall and the Church of the Nativity are an important part of any visit to the Holy Land. Now a ...

BIRZEIT, West Bank (AP) -- For most tourists, iconic religious landmarks like the Dome of the Rock, the Western Wall and the Church of the Nativity are an important part of any visit to the Holy Land.

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 ...

“Give up the intellect for love and see in one brief moment all eternity,” said Persian Sufi master Hazrat Farid al-Din Attar (1145-1221) in his seminal work Manṭeq al-ṭayr (The Conference of the ...

There is probably no Sufi practice that has historically been more evident and more controversial than sama’, or listening to music as a means of altering one’s state of consciousness. Sama’ ...

SEHWAN SHARIF, Pakistan (Reuters) - Yielding to the hypnotic beat of drums and the intoxicating scent of incense, the woman danced herself into a state of trance, laughing and shaking uncontrollably ...

New Delhi: The Invisible Sun by Sholeh Wolpé centres on the Sufi understanding that the soul is imprisoned in the body and seeks reunion with the Creator. The book explains that this union cannot be ...

In recent years, the dominant image of islam in the minds of many Westerners has been one loaded with violence and shrouded with fear. The figures commanding global attention — be they al-Qaeda’s ...

Vilayat Inayat Khan, 87, head of the Sufi Order International, representing members of a mystical type of Islam, died June 17 at his home in the Paris suburb of Suresnes. No specific cause of death ...