by Neil Douglas-Klotz | Aug 12, 2021 | News from Abwoon Network, News from ARC, News from Neil, Uncategorized
Dear Friends, With the recent report by the UN climate panel, it becomes more urgent than ever to change our consciousness of nature and our activity within it. Arguably, the source of all of our current challenges lies in our inability to do this. We need to think...
by Neil Douglas-Klotz | Jul 23, 2021 | News from Abwoon Network, News from ARC, News from Neil, Uncategorized
Live podcast with Neil on Saturday, 31 July, 9 am North America West Coast, 5 pm Scotland. Click below to rsvp and receive the link. These talks are free and the recording will be archived at their site:...
by Neil Douglas-Klotz | Jun 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
Schedule and Details Our meeting this year will be held from 1-3 July, 1700-1830 UK time. The Summer School 2021 is directed by Neil Douglas-Klotz with a staff of international and European teachers. Recordings will be made for those unable to attend live, you need to...
by Neil Douglas-Klotz | Dec 3, 2020 | News from Abwoon Network, News from ARC, News from Neil
Desert Flowers, our oldest online group, which meets three times a year for two weeks each time, will be opening in the next few days. If you are interested in joining, please see the description and details below. The group is run through a closed listserv. There is...
by Neil Douglas-Klotz | Nov 16, 2020 | News from Abwoon Network, News from ARC, News from Neil, Uncategorized
with Neil Douglas-Klotz and Br. Joseph Kilikevice Dear Friends of Abwoon, I am privileged to offer this special day with my friend Brother Joe, with whom I co-led many of the early Aramaic Jesus retreats in the 1980s. Together we shared teaching, sharing, Dances of...
by Neil Douglas-Klotz | Aug 19, 2020 | News from Abwoon Network, News from ARC, News from Neil
Aramaic Prayer retreat via Zoom 8 Sessions on Sundays: September 20-November 8 With translation into Spanish Dear Friends, At the request of friends in Colombia, I will be offering an 8-week retreat on the Aramaic Prayer (the “Lord’s Prayer”) in English with Spanish...
by Neil Douglas-Klotz | Jul 31, 2020 | News from Abwoon Network, News from ARC, News from Neil
Dear Friends of Abwoon, For the past two years, I have been working on a major revision of my book Sufi Vision and Initiation (1986), the autobiography of Samuel L. Lewis. It is now complete and the book, entitled Gardens of Vision and Initiation,...
by Neil Douglas-Klotz | Mar 25, 2020 | News from ARC, News from Neil, Uncategorized
These are two selections from the meditation and teaching that I shared in the online Desert Flowers group (https://abwoon.org/desert-flowers/) on March 22, 2020. The first is a short commentary on the Aramaic Prayer of Jesus for today (13 min): Aramaic prayer text...
by Neil Douglas-Klotz | Dec 30, 2015 | News from Neil
Dear Friends of Abwoon, Millennia before humans invented myth and religion, we lived in a state of profound interconnection and inter-being with our environment and with the “great mystery” that we intuited was behind it. Over the course of time, lifespans became...
by Neil Douglas-Klotz | Oct 1, 2022 | News from Abwoon Network, News from Neil
The Aramaic Jesus and the Naked Voice: Sacred Sound, Healing, and Compassion with Neil Douglas-Klotz and Chloë Goodchild, author of The Naked Voice. Video conversation, live with recording available later for all who register. Sunday, October 23...
by Neil Douglas-Klotz | Sep 14, 2022 | News from Abwoon Network, News from Neil
The Aramaic Jesus and World Wisdom: Resources for Burnout, Climate Crisis, and Renewal with Neil Douglas-Klotz andRev. Prof. Stephen Wright, founder of the Sacred Space Foundation in the Lake District, England. Sunday, October 9: 1000-1115 West Coast North...
by Neil Douglas-Klotz | Aug 25, 2022 | News from Abwoon Network, News from Neil
The Aramaic Jesus and the Cosmic Christ: Enduring Lessons for a World in Confusion Live video conversation online between Dr. Matthew Fox and Dr. Neil Douglas-Klotz. A pre-launch event for the release of Revelations of the Aramaic Jesus (October 1). Sunday, September...
by Neil Douglas-Klotz | Jul 13, 2022 | News from Neil
Dear Friends, Requesting a favour here: now would be a good time to pre-order your copy of Revelations of the Aramaic Jesus (that is, if you were going to order it anyway!). This will help the book both in its advance ratings and foreign rights sales. I find the...
by Neil Douglas-Klotz | Jul 4, 2022 | News from Neil
A group that has been running for decades–you are welcome to join: Initial video practice from Neil One week of doing the chant and meditation on your own. One week of sharing based on the practice in relation to one’s life in the private Desert Flowers...
by Neil Douglas-Klotz | Jun 3, 2022 | News from Abwoon Network, News from Neil
Coming up at the end of the month–our online European Sufi Summer School for this year: “The Real That Remains.” What many of us considered ‘normal’ is no longer so, both due to the pandemic as well as other world events, particularly climate change and now the...
by Neil Douglas-Klotz | May 25, 2022 | News from Abwoon Network, News from Neil
Registration closes on Friday…. How can we reclaim our original nature (called fitra in the Qur’an and “original nature” in Zen) when the artificial is all around us? It seems we are constantly looking for clarity and “meaning” in distorted mirrors. Tasnim...
by Neil Douglas-Klotz | Apr 28, 2022 | News from Neil
Dear Friends, Sorry for the multiple defective posts earlier today! We have been launching the new Abwoon website, and there were a few bugs to work out! When you have a chance, please head over to the site, and you’ll find many new resources, as well as some...
by Neil Douglas-Klotz | Apr 28, 2022 | News from Neil
How do we feel when we’re at a crossroads, between going forward and going back? Or between what seem like two bad alternatives, or two good ones? On May 15, I’ll be getting together with my longtime friend Brother Joseph Kilikevice, founder of the Shem Interfaith...
by Neil Douglas-Klotz | Feb 16, 2022 | News from Abwoon Network
In less than two weeks, on February 26-27, I will be doing a weekend retreat with Tasnim Fernandez, entitled “Illuminating the Shadow.” Details and online registration here. A week later, on Sunday March 6, I will share an online day...