DervishProject.com
Title
The Dervish Project
Description
by Rabia Lynn Clark, Ph.D.
The purpose this 40-minute DVD movie is to help people to understand the evolution of the stages of a spiritual journey, as it transforms the personality of a mystic.
This is an illustrated diary of Rabia Clark's spiritual journey, from 1976-2003. Instead of keeping a written diary about the stages of her transformation, she did paintings and sculptures. From studying these over many months, she began to understand what was happening in each stage. She was able to find earlier mystics who had similar experiences, who wrote about them. A few mystics, including Hildegard de Bingen, made paintings of them. This DVD movie is a unique collection of paintings about an individual's visionary experiences during their spiritual studies. They came from visions in dreams, regression and, hypnosis sessions, retreats and workshops with Sufi teachers. Other paintings and sculptures are not shown here. The journey continues.
A dervish is a mystic in the Sufi tradition. Sufism is an ancient school of spiritual transformation. It is a journey of the heart to its true home. Although most Sufis are Muslims, there are also influences from other religions. Rabia's journey was through the Sufi Order International (SOI). It is inter-religious in its outlook, and was founded by Hazrat Inayat Khan in 1910. He was a Chishti Sufi and musician from India. Rabia's primary teacher was Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, his son. The current head of the SOI is Pir Zia Inayat Khan. Books are available by all three teachers.
Contact
- William Meacham (
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- Austin Texas
- US 78748-2424
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- +1.5122914300
