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New Book Release 1 August:
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,...
Next Desert Flowers group starting week of 20 July
I will offer a video practice to share for the two-week group, followed by an online discussion. For more information on how Desert Flowers works, see the page below. There is no charge for the group. Donations are welcome. --Neil https://abwoon.org/desert-flowers/
Online conversation with Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri and Neil, Saturday, 16 May, 12 pm South Africa, GMT +2
We will be talking about "humanity" today--where we were, are, may be. Big subject. This will be live-streamed via YouTube, recording appearing later at the same link as below: SATURDAY 16 MAY 2020 12:00PM, South Africa (GMT +2) A conversation between Shaykh Fadhlalla...
Beatitudes Online Retreat to Begin April 26
Beginning next Sunday 26 April, 6pm UK time, I will be offering an online, progressive retreat for 9 weeks focused around the Aramaic Beatitudes in Matthew. We will revisit the Beatitudes and their relevance to current life concerns, starting with...
The Aramaic Prayer of Jesus in “Virus Times”
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...
Desert Flowers Special Meeting on Zoom This Sunday: March 22, 5 pm UK time
Dear Friends, Our thrice-yearly Desert Flowers online group will meet online via Zoom this Sunday, 22 March at 5 pm UK time ( for reference: 10 am North America West Coast time). I will be sharing a few prayers and practices from the Aramaic Jesus tradition suited for...