Henry Bayman

  (The Black Pearl: Spiritual Illumination in Sufism and East Asian Philosophies was published in 2005. Its first chapter, “Secrets of the Tea Ceremony,” discussed…

With the movie Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 (2018) coming up, this seems like a good time to take a closer look at one of…

Human beings: The noblest among you in the eyes of God is the most pious. —God (49:13) Human beings, your Lord is one and your…

Superman Returns (2006), Bullet Scene. The following article will be met by certain predictable responses. Those with a materialistic outlook will fail to come to…

Introduction The 2017 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the Geneva-based International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). The abolition of all weapons of…

  Inside each of us there is a caged animal, struggling to break out. In Sufism, it is called the Base Self (nafs al-ammara). Nor…

  [T]he Jewish Cabalists…thought that a work dictated by the Holy Spirit was an absolute text: in other words, a text in which the collaboration…

How to Respect the Prophet Nâbi (pronounced “Nobby”) was an Ottoman poet who flourished in the 17th century. Master Ahmet Kayhan once related the following…

  “We had taught him Knowledge from Our side (ilm al-ladun).” —God (18:65) “Now the discoveries of modern science are all Hidden Knowledge, that’s how…

  “Never condemn sinners until you’ve learned for sure whether I have forgiven you.” —God in a Holy Tradition (Bursevi,  Ruh-ul Beyan, 9/806.) “No father…