Nabhan al-Babili assembles his followers every night in the Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza. The 62-year-old is the head of Gaza’s al-Rifaiya order of Sufi Islam, a position that was held by his father, ...

Participants use breath practices, new frontiers of cosmology, the art of light and light on art to enter into meditation. Joseph Newland is a long-time meditator who has sat with various groups, and ...

“After experiences of ego death and cosmic unity, abuse of alcohol or narcotics, and suicidal tendencies, are seen as tragic mistakes caused by an unrecognized spiritual craving for transcendence.” ...