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 | Sep 10, 2020 | News from Abwoon Network, News from ARC, News from Neil
This Sunday September 13 is the last day to sign up for the online retreat in the Aramaic Prayer, which begins on Sunday 20 September, 5 pm UK time. We need a week in between for the organizers to send the details to everyone and make sure they have them. All sessions...
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 | Jul 11, 2020 | News from Abwoon Network, News from ARC, News from Neil, Uncategorized
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...
by Neil Douglas-Klotz | May 12, 2020 | News from Abwoon Network, News from Neil
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...
by Neil Douglas-Klotz | Apr 18, 2020 | News from Abwoon Network, News from ARC, News from Neil
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...
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 | Mar 19, 2020 | News from Abwoon Network, News from ARC, News from Neil
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...