Alternative Religion/ features/ Resources

Introductions and histories:

• What Sufism Is
• An Introduction to Sufism
• An Intro to Sufism
• Sufism: an Introduction
• Sufism in a nutshell
• Classical Sufi Definitions of Sufism
• Sufism and Islam
• The Origin of the School of Sufism

Sufi Beliefs and Practices:

• Tarighat: The Way
• An Essential Principle in Sufi Teaching
• Murid: The Student
• The Origin of the Word "Tasawouf"
• What is Ihsan?
• Iman-greatest blessing
• A Salik's First Step
• The Kalima
• Breathe & Remember
• Sustaining Presence During Zhikr
• Struggle With One's Nafs (self)
• Obstacles on the Path
• Love's Universe
• Adab: The Courtesy of the Path
• Soul Loss & Soul Making
• What is Ihsan?
• The Sobriety That Surpasses Intoxication
• Direct Knowledge from God
• The Sufi's Spiritual Course
• Excerpts from the poetry of Rumi
• The Dream of the Sleeper, by Refik Algan
• Index to excerpts from The Knowing Heart

Philosophy:

• What is a Truly Universal Spirituality?
• From The Heart
• What the Seeker Needs
• Tawhid
• The Completed Human Being
• The Heart, Threshold Between Two Worlds
• Human-ness
• Alienation & Faith
• Shirk-greatest sin
• Awakening to the Awareness of the Unmanifest World
• The Forgotten Realm of Destiny
• Practical Sufism and Philosophical Sufism

Dervishes

• Dervishood
• Sema, the Universal Movement
• The Gate of Secrets
• The Sema Ceremony Illustrated
• Sema, The Turning of the Soul

Issues and society:

• Women in Islam
• Women in the Qur'an
• Women in Sufism
• Sufism & Quran

Websites:

• Sufi Studies Today
  Large site with a focus on the teachings of Idries Shah. Includes introductory information on Sufism and the complete works of Shah.
• International Association of Sufism
  Large site for a group in Novato, California. Many articles, a calendar, outreach programs and membership info.
• Assunna Foundation of America
• The Threshold society
  Site of the Mevlevi Order; has lots of essays on a variety of topics.
• Ibn Arabi Society

Idries Shah coming soon!

Rumi coming soon!

Ibn 'Arabi coming soon!