By Samuel Lewis, edited by Neil Douglas-Klotz Published by Ruhaniat Press A moving personal history of how Sufism and Zen came to America. Lewis' meetings with remarkable beings include Swami Papa Ramdas, Nyogen Senzaki, Mother Krishnabai, and others. Click here to order. Available in paperback and e-book. The story of Samuel Lewis’s remarkable life in his own words, drawn from his letters, diaries, unpublished retreat notebooks and other writings. Sufi Vision and Initiation offers an intimate view of the various budding spiritual movements of the 20th century: A moving personal history of how Sufism and Zen came to America The story of meetings with remarkable beings like Swami Papa Ramdas, Nyogen Senzaki, Sokeian Sasaki, Mother Krishnabai, Ruth St. Denis, Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan, and others who sought to bring East and West together through the universality of genuine mystical experience The background story of the role of religion in geo-political machinations in the Middle and Far East An early attempt to offer ecological agriculture as an alternative to corporate agribusiness in Asia The birth story of the worldwide movement of the Dances of Universal Peace in the world.

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