Living from the Heart: Universalist Sufism In America

Sep 3, 2018

0h 40m

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Overview

Living from the Heart: Universalist Sufism in America, directed by Chuck Davis and Netanel Miles-Yépez, offers an introduction to the mystical path of Sufism as expressed in the universalist Sufi teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan by contemporary Sufi teachers in America. The film contextualizes Sufism as a spiritual path of the heart, addressing the distinction between Islamic Sufism and Universalist Sufism, and introduces viewers to Sufi teachings on Love, Beauty, Music, God, and the Sufi practices of Zikr (remembrance) and Pilgrimage.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Throughline Productions

Albion-Andalus Productions

Living from the Heart: Universalist Sufism In America Trailers

Cast

Self - Pir of the Inayati-Maimuni Order

Netanel Miles-Yépez

Self - Pir of the Sufi Ruhaniat Order

Shabda Kahn

Self - Inayati Order

Satya Inayat Khan

Self - Executive Director of the Inayati Order

Jennifer Alia Wittman

Self - Pir of the Inayati Order

Zia Inayat-Khan

Self

Amir Peter O'Loughlin

Self - Sufi Qawwali Musician

Sukhawat Ali Khan

Self - Traditional Mevlevi Whirler

Aziz Isaiah Abbatiello

Self - Senior Teacher, Inayati Order

Taj Inayat

Self - Teacher, Inayati Order

Deepa Gulrukh Patel

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