‘The Universe, continually emerging from the Divine Source, is in reality a Tricosm of angelic, imaginal and physical beings. These angelic and imaginal presences, which we sometimes feel and are inspired by, are our partners in the unfoldment of our life, light and our love.
In the angelic realm, four vast beings function as celestial personifications of the essential vibratory currents pervading and organising the Universe. These four archangels – Mika’il, Israfil, Azra’il, and Jibra’il – have their being both outside us and within us. In this weekend retreat we will familiarize ourselves with their natures and learn to invoke and recognize their presence.’
(Pir Zia Inayat Khan)Â Sufi scholar and teacher of Sufism in the lineage of his grandfather, Hazrat Inayat Khan, guides us in spiritual discourse (suhbat), contemplation (muraqaba), meditation (mushahada), and ritual remembrance (zikr).Â
RECOMMENDED READING
Immortality: A Traveler’s Guide by Pir Zia Inayat Khan (Suluk Press 2023)
Caravan of Souls: An Introduction to the Sufi Path of Hazrat Inayat Khan compiled and edited by Pir Zia Inayat Khan (Suluk Press, 2ndEdition 2023)
BIOGRAPHY
Pir Zia Inayat Khan, PhD, is a scholar of religion and teacher of Sufism in the universalist Sufi lineage of his grandfather, Hazrat Inayat Khan. Pir Zia is president of the Inayatiyya and founder of Sulūk Academy, a school of Sufi contemplative study and practice.
He is author of Immortality: A Traveler’s Guide; Dream Flowers: The Collected Works of Noor Inayat Khan with a Critical Commentary by Pir Zia Inayat Khan; Mingled Waters: Sufism and the Mystical Unity of Religions; and Saracen Chivalry: Counsels on Valor, Generosity and the Mystical Quest. He is editor of Caravan of Souls: An Introduction to the Sufi Path of Hazrat Inayat Khan and A Pearl in Wine: Essays in the Life, Music and Sufism of Hazrat Inayat Khan.Â
Pir Zia divides his time between Richmond, Virginia and Suresnes, France. inayatiyya.org