Andrew Harvey – The Alchemy Of Awe

Andrew Harvey – The Alchemy Of Awe

Check it out: Andrew Harvey – The Alchemy Of Awe

With Pioneering Contemporary Spiritual Teacher
& Internationally Renowned Scholar
Andrew Harvey
New 10-week Live Audio Program Starts
Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Reclaim the magic, beauty, and mystery at the heart of wonder…
Walk through 7 initiatory gateways to open to a much richer, wiser, and more grounded, beautiful, and ecstatic life.
Receive daily spiritual practices from one of the world’s most celebrated living mystics… and begin co-creating with the Beloved.

What’s the greatest antidote to fear, disillusionment, or despair?

Awe…

Awe revives hope. Expands our hearts. Reconnects with our sacred purpose.

Awe is not a luxury or indulgence. It connects us to our humility, compassion, and wisdom… much-needed qualities in our world.

It’s vital that we re-imagine awe — not as an idea or wish or even a momentary experience — but as an actual spiritual practice.

Many of us have grown up in social or family systems rooted in fear…

Yet, awe releases us from limited ideas of ourselves and the world and powerfully expands our identity — and reveals the splendor of a divine universe.

“Awe is the fuel for the exploration, the key to staying in the evolutionary stream of transformation, of being born into deeper embodiment of our Divine Humanity,” says mystic teacher Andrew Harvey, who invites you to “abandon yourself in rapture and awe to the One.”

And it is awe that will thaw the frozen parts of your being and open you to an enlightened consciousness. Ultimately, to be in a state of awe is to be fully awake.

The Spiritual Medicine of Awe

That’s why, according to Andrew Harvey, awe is our most potent spiritual medicine…

In The Alchemy of Awe, Andrew will usher you through seven mysteries of awe — seven initiatory gateways leading you to birth the Divine within you, and to co-create a new world rooted in joy and wonder.

Andrew teaches that when we offer ourselves up to this birth, we open to immeasurable love and bliss… and “are radically empowered to transform the crises destroying our world.”

Some of history’s greatest mystic poets, like Rumi and Kabir, have given us glimpses of the power of awe in their writings — and have pointed to wonder as a portal to a deeper, richer, and more intimate relationship with the Divine.

Real lovers serve ardently, hopefully,
And in an ecstasy of awe.
— Rumi
The Wonder of the 7 Mysteries
In this deep and transformative exploration of the birth of Divine Humanity, Andrew will draw upon the depths of his mystical knowledge and experiences to invite you into each of the seven mysteries. These initiatory gateways will expand your knowledge of the soul’s beauty and love, and dazzle you with the majestic play of God in reality.

Each of these seven mysteries will be accompanied by a simple, yet powerful practice designed to awaken your sacred imagination, intuition, and capacity for awe. Lack of awe is like a lack of oxygen to the soul, and these sacred practices will open you to a richer, wiser, more grounded and ecstatic life.

Ultimately, the gift of wonder is that it lightens everything, which is crucially important for the grueling work ahead. This work will only take us where we want and need to go if we do it in the spirit of divine, passionate, compassionate play, which will release the sacred energy required for transfiguration.

During this powerful training with Andrew, you’ll:

• Understand why awe, surrender, and adoration is the key to the beginning of this extraordinary path of transfiguration
• Experience what it actually feels like to live an embodied divine human life
• Be inspired by the rapturous poetry of Rumi and Kabir
• Be given powerful weekly practices that expand your innate capacity for awe
• Explore the dance of opposites, which sets the stage for the awe-inspiring vision of evolutionary possibility for the human race
• Engage in the Hindu Tantric practice of uniting in the golden chalice of the heart
• Embrace the essential qualities of surrender, humility, and trust
• Be able to recognize the perils of living with an unillumined mind
• Discover how to become a channel for divine invention and creativity
• Practice a Sufi sacred visualization that gives you access to the healing truth of divine mercy
• Know your heart as sacred, which opens you to ecstatic communion with all of creation
• Access the holy energy within you to triumph over apathy, exhaustion, or depression
• Experience how your Sacred Heart can heal you when you are battered, discouraged, and exhausted
• Explore the soul’s love for the body — and the transformation that takes place when that love is realized
• Examine the fundamental shadow of our culture
• Experience the presence of your soul in your body
• Understand how to consecrate your whole life through humble service
• Bless and celebrate all of the body’s desires
• Feel your body as crystallized light energy
• Practice a simplified version of Sufi whirling to experience the abandon and freedom, the emptiness and tender sensuality of the Divine Human
• Experience how to become one with the One who is the Dancer of all the Worlds

The Importance of a Sacred Guide

Mystics in every wisdom tradition through the ages have celebrated the state of reverence and awe before the unknowable mystery as the ever-open door to ever-greater transformation.

It’s a journey that is further enriched by wise guidance and a spiritual community of sincere seekers who can offer support and inspiration.

Fortunately, a gifted teacher has been called to harvest the transformational wisdom within our mystical lineages and bridge it to our current time.

This man is Andrew Harvey, the renowned mystic teacher and sacred activist.

You may know Andrew as the prolific author and editor of over 30 books and spiritual classics, including The Essential Mystics, The Son of Man, Savage Grace, and The Hope: A Guide to Sacred Activism. If you haven’t read his work or heard him speak, prepare to be amazed.

Andrew is one of the world’s leading sacred scholars, with published works covering the full range of esoteric traditions — from Christianity to Islam to Hinduism to Buddhism. Andrew is one of only a few people who have become spiritually intimate with so many great teachers in so many lineages.

He’s one of the most inspired and illuminating speakers on the subject of esoteric spirituality and sacred activism. He’s also one of the most popular Shift Network teachers by virtue of his profound teachings on The Christ Path and The Way of Passion.

Andrew knows without a shadow of a doubt that the world is at a precipice, and that it’s time to reclaim our most potent and effective spiritual technologies so we can avert our crises and joyfully transform ourselves and our world.

He knows that ancient spiritual practices hold essential keys for our individual and collective healing and awakening. He’s dedicated to bringing the depths of these traditions to you so that you can embody more of the vast divinity, joy, and wonder you hold within you.

Andrew’s teachings are appropriate for Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, pagans, those who are “spiritual but not religious”… really anyone who’s on a path of growth, transformation, and service.

Complete 7-session Course on Rumi FREE With Your Registration!
Enroll in The Alchemy of Awe and you’ll receive — at no additional charge — Andrew Harvey’s 7-session course, Rumi & The Way of Passion: Igniting the Divine Fire in Your Heart (Regular Price: $297)

Andrew’s soul-replenishing course on Rumi has aptly been described as an alchemical journey into a sacred life, making it the perfect companion course for The Alchemy of Awe.

It’s remarkable that a 13th-century Sufi poet would become the most read and beloved poet in America. Yet it’s no accident, because Jalaluddin Rumi’s mystical insights penetrate to the heart of our modern dilemmas in a way that even today’s greatest contemporary poets cannot match.

In this 7-part course with Andrew Harvey, one of the world’s most renowned mystic scholars and a great lover of Rumi, you’ll be taken on a spiritual journey to the core of your being, using Rumi’s life and words as the gateway into a breathtaking new vision of your life, love itself, and the Divine Beloved.

Andrew will be sharing texts of Rumi that awaken the awe and reverence at the wonder of creation that modern humanity desperately needs to experience if we are to preserve our world.

You’ll learn the REAL story of what it took for one man to awaken and become a prophet for the ages — and how you can apply his experience to your own life through advanced mystical practices known to the adepts of the ages.

“A powerful, provocative, prophetic appeal to sanity…”
To listen to Andrew Harvey is to swim in an emerald pond in the dazzling dessert of endless mirages. Andrew Harvey’s Rumi course, is electric, eloquent, quintessential, a free flying lesson. With gratitude from my open heart.
— Michael Moon, Quarraluna, Australia

What You’ll Discover in These 10 Weeks
Course sessions are on Tuesdays at 5:00pm Pacific.

In this 10-week transformational program, Andrew will guide you through the core teachings illuminated by great mystics of every wisdom tradition who consecrated the state of wonder and awe as the portal to transfiguration.

Each weekly contemplation and training session will build harmoniously upon the next so that you’ll develop a complete, holistic understanding of the practices, tools, and principles you’ll need to open to the magic, beauty, and mystery at the heart of wonder.

3 Integration Sessions With Andrew
Andrew has added three essential integration sessions to support you in working more deeply with the material from each of the seven teaching sessions. These dynamic sessions will be a wonderful opportunity to unpack Andrew’s rich teachings and receive additional guidance through Q&A.

Module 1: The Mystery of the Unknowable
Staying Open to New Ways of Doing Everything (December 4)

Turning to this ultimate mystery — the mystery of the unknowable One… the One that is at the core of all the authentic mystical traditions… the great emptiness that can never be known, described, or understood… the final transcendence hidden behind its own walls of light, unreachable by everything — in awe, surrender, and adoration is the key to the beginning of this extraordinary path of transfiguration and to becoming divinized by the mystery of the One.

It is the way to stay endlessly open to new wisdom, new formulations, new concepts, new skills, and new ways of being and doing everything, because this limitless intelligence and wisdom is ever fresh.

This week’s practice: Saying the Name. You’ll discover how to say the name of God that resonates most deeply with you with the full devotion of your mind, body, and soul. Saying the Name keeps you constantly connected with the unknowable mystery and in love with the unknowable One, which keeps you open to being constantly filled with grace. This practice will be illumined by Rumi and Kabir’s teachings on the sublime secret.

As we burn like the full moon itself, You and I
The fire-winged birds of heaven will rage with envy.
— Rumi
In this module, you’ll:

Understand how to approach the mystery of the unknowable
Be invited to the practice of unknowing
Behold the unending creativity and possibility that are revealed through awe at the One
Experience that the key to evolution is awe, joy, and surrender to the One

Module 2: The Mystery of the Sacred Marriage
How to Become a Dancer of Life (December 11)

This is the mystery of how the One created the universe… and how the birth of the Divine Child can only take place in the core of our being… through the dance of opposites — the joyous dance of transcendence and immanence, of light and matter, of soul and body, of heart and mind, of masculine and feminine — offering us a way in the midst of extreme chaos and crisis to birth our own Divine Humanity.

This is the mystery of how the interpenetration of spirit and matter makes possible infinite transformations of matter in spirit and spirit in matter — and opens up the most extraordinary awe-inspiring vision of evolutionary possibility for the human race.

This week’s practice: The Hindu Tantric practice of uniting in the golden chalice of the heart, with the golden light pouring down from the transcendent Father, and the red light, the great Shakti light, shooting up from the earth, from the embodied Mother. This practice unites the archetypal lights that created the universe and pours them into the golden cup of your heart, where they circulate and then race all along your body, giving you a deep experience of being utterly empowered, both from the invisible and from creation.

I see with eyes open
And behold His beauty everywhere.
— Kabir
In this module, you’ll discover:

What the Sacred Marriage is
What the vision of the Sacred Marriage opens up
How this vision is one of endless expansion and transformation
The practice of awe, which will help you approach the body as sacred

Module 3: The Mystery of the Birth of Divine Humanity
Experiencing Radical Humility, Patience, Joy & Trust (December 18)

This rich and embodied vision is drawn on the truth of what’s coming through, not only from the great evolutionary mystics but from own experience as well, about what it actually feels like to live an embodied divine human life — and what extraordinary power and inspiration it gives us access to.

This birth engenders seven essential qualities — radical humility, radical patience, radical joy, radical trust, radical courage, radical clarity, and radical, passionate, embodied compassion, expressed in sacred service. Ultimately, this mystery inspires you to open to the awe of being both human and divine, and to keep all these qualities constantly alive and evolving through imbuing them with awe, which can bless you with endless stamina.

This week’s practice: The Prayer of Saint Francis. This comprehensive and majestic prayer expresses the total dedication of the Divine Human to serving peace and love in every thought, emotion, and action. Over time, praying it with intense faith can help you build a new level of embodied passionate compassion that will always guide you to your most sacred self.

God has come to live with me
And I am drunk on boundless youth.
— Kabir
In this module, you’ll discover:

How to experience the wonder of your Divine Humanity
The essential qualities of surrender, humility, and trust
How to fuel your courage and service through the practice of awe
A way to align yourself with your birthing Divine Human to get through difficulties
Endless stamina through this alignment

Module 4: Integration Session With Andrew (January 8)
This first integration session will start with a short practice to unite your hearts and souls. You’ll then plunge into sacred conversation with Andrew about the teachings in the first three modules — and any questions and experiences that are rising will be shared and explored.

Module 5: The Mystery of the Illumined Mind
Cultivating Creativity, Discernment & Guidance (January 15)

The next level of human evolution will be nothing less than the birth of the Divine in a divinized mind, heart, soul, and body together — and the birth of the mind illumined by heart knowledge, by being embodied and felt in the body, and by the mysteries radiated to it from the soul.

This will give you the capacity of working directly with the Divine to co-create a majestic new world — and reveal the wonder of what the mind that’s birthed into its essential illumined nature can achieve.

This week’s practice: The Tibetan Practice of uniting with the Wisdom Mind of the Universe. In this sublime practice, you’ll imagine your favorite representation of God and merge with it, melting into the emptiness that manifests you both. You can use this practice in the core of ordinary life to align yourself immediately with a spacious awareness that keeps you calm, focused, alert, and open to guidance, making you immeasurably wiser, more peaceful, and more effective.

Mind has turned into Deathless Mind.
— Kabir
In this module, you’ll discover how:

To recognize the danger of the unillumined mind in yourself and in others
To use that recognition to fuel an urgent, humble path of awe
That path of awe transforms your mind to become a reflection of the Divine Mind
That transformation of your mind can flood your life with new wisdom and creativity and faith and joy
A divinized mind that is also embodied, ensouled, and filed with heart wisdom can become a channel for divine invention and creativity in all the realms of human endeavor
Module 6: The Mystery of the Sacred Heart
Awakening Ecstatic Communion With the Whole of Creation (January 22)

The Sacred Heart is the mystical heart center known in all the mystical traditions and evolutionary traditions as the place where body and spirit meet in ecstasy and in the place of revelation. When the heart knows that it is sacred, it wakes up to an ecstatic communion with everything that lives and the whole of nature.

We’ll explore the catastrophe of the debasement of the heart and its addiction to consumerism, power, nihilistic hedonism, and addictions that starve it of its essential sacred nature. The corrupted heart collaborated with the destructiveness of the mind drunk on power to advance the destruction of the planet. Hence, the urgency to transform and sacralize the heart so it can become not the organ of madness that destroys, but the organ of radiant perception and abundant compassion that initiates the reign of justice in the world.

This week’s practice: The universalist version of the great Catholic visualization of the Sacred Heart to connect through grace with the burning, ecstatic joy at the core of the Sacred Heart’s endless giving of itself, which will refuel and invigorate you with holy, impassioned energy. You’ll then have this energy available in your day-to-day life to bring you back from the brink of paralysis, apathy, exhaustion, or depression — and to plunge yourself into the living fires of resurrection that are the fires of the Sacred Heart.

The person to whom is unveiled the mystery of love
Exists no longer, but vanishes into Love.
— Rumi
In this module, you’ll discover:

How to face the tragedy of the humiliation of the heart in our time, with its values having become discarded and degraded
How to use this devastating knowledge as a way to yearn for the authentic revelation of the mystical Sacred Heart
The astounding vision that the growth in the Sacred Heart opens you to
How to sustain the immense passion of compassion that arrives in your heart when it becomes open to the Sacred Heart
How to access the healing fire of the Sacred Heart when you are battered, discouraged, and exhausted
Module 7: Integration Session With Andrew (January 29)
This second integration session will start with a short practice to unite your hearts and souls. You’ll then plunge into sacred conversation with Andrew about the teachings in the previous two modules — and any questions and experiences that are rising will be shared and explored.

Module 8: The Mystery of the Embodied Soul
Embracing Matter With Wonder & Love (February 5)

The mystery of the embodied soul is the mystery of the soul’s love for matter, for embodiment. The soul is in love with the body and longs to express that love, to realize the body’s love for it in complete consciousness. When the soul’s love is realized, the soul and the body become one.

We’ll examine the terrible repercussions of not believing in the soul’s existence, and not staying in subtle connection with the soul. This is the fundamental shadow of our culture. Not realizing that we are ensouled bodies and embodied souls has been the source of terrible depression, divisiveness, nihilism, and exhaustion. The most extraordinary discovery of the evolutionary mystics is that they revealed to us a soul that is longing to be experienced consciously and for the body to thrill to its embrace.

This week’s practice: The Sufi sacred visualization of imagining the melting of the light drop of your soul in the infinite ocean of light that is God. Through this practice, exalted though it is, you’ll gain immediate and subtle access to the healing truth of divine mercy, of the Divine pouring grace always towards you.

In this module, you’ll discover:

How the evolutionary mystics teach how to not separate your soul from your body
How to experience the presence of the soul in the body
The extraordinary new relationships with all beings that embodied love makes possible
How the balanced passion for honoring others as you honor the Divine in yourself leads you naturally to consecrate your whole life through humble service
You are the talisman protecting the world’s treasure;
Within yourself you are the Mine.
— Rumi
Module 9: The Mystery of the Ensouled Body
Sanctifying Your Flesh as a Holy Hologram of the Whole (February 12)

The mystery of the ensouled body is that the body becomes a consciously and normally experienced microcosm of the entire universe, and open to knowing itself as a hologram of everything. It’s about blessing all of the body’s desires by sanctifying and divinizing them — not repressing them, but illuminating them at the deepest intensity with love.

The difference between your body and the Sacred Body is simply a difference in perspective — your body is already the temple of the soul, a crystallization of light energies, and a manifestation of divine beauty and divine intelligence.

This week’s practice: A simplified version of Sufi whirling, a form of physically active meditation similar to what Shams and Rumi engaged in. Whirling is done in and for the One, and is something that anyone can do to experience the abandon and freedom, the emptiness and tender sensuality of the Divine Human.

In this module, you’ll discover how:

To feel your body as crystallized light energy
To unlearn the patriarchal messages that have demonized the body
To invite the divine light down into your body
To experience the joy of the cells in your body
To imagine and explore the passions and emotions of the awakened Sacred Body
Through whirling, to become one with the One who is the Dancer of all the Worlds
After the wild storm
Torrents of Divine Love
Drenched me, body and soul.
— Kabir
Module 10: Integration Session With Andrew (February 19)
This final integration session will start with a short practice to unite your hearts and souls. You’ll then plunge into sacred conversation with Andrew about the teachings in the previous two modules — and any questions and experiences that are rising will be shared and explored.

The Alchemy of Awe Bonus Collection
In addition to Andrew’s transformative 10-week virtual course, you’ll receive these powerful training sessions with leading visionaries and teachers. These bonus sessions complement the course — and promise to take your understanding and practice to an even deeper level.

Kundalini Now: A Vision of Evolution
Video Interview With Andrew Harvey and Dorothy Walters

Andrew and Dorothy Walters, a leading mystical poet and profound expert on the Kundalini, share nakedly their experience and vision of how Kundalini — the outrageous and endlessly creative force of the Mother — is awakening humanity through its transfiguring power.

Dorothy Walters, born in 1928, has pioneered women’s rights since the 1970s. After completing a PhD in English Literature, she became one of the first college professors in the country to set up a Women’s Studies program, against much opposition from both men and women alike. Later in life, she experienced a Kundalini awakening which changed her life forever and put her on a spiritual path of discovery. She has since published a number of books of mystic poetry and prose, and also keeps a blog called Kundalini Splendor.

Kabir Turn Me to Gold
Video Recording From Andrew Harvey

This video celebrates the great 15th-century Indian mystic Kabir, whose testimony to the wild and holy process of transfiguration is needed now more than ever.

Kabir was a mystic poet and saint of India whose writings have greatly influenced the Bhakti movement. Many legends abound about the birth, life, and death of Kabir, one of India’s most quoted poets and mystics. His birth itself is shrouded in mystery — some say he was the son of a Brahman widow, others that he was of virgin birth, what is known though is that he was brought up in a family of muslim weavers. He was never formally educated and was almost completely illiterate. Legend has it that he relinquished his body when he was about 120 years old.

Becoming God: 108 Poems of Angelus Silesius
PDF From Andrew Harvey

Becoming God includes 108 telegrams from the path of transfiguration. They were written by 17th-century Christian mystic Angelus Silesius, who personally experienced the birth that humanity is now being called to.

Angelus Silesius was a German Catholic priest and physician, known as a mystic and religious poet. An enthusiastic convert and priest, Silesius worked to convince German Protestants in Silesia to return to the Roman Catholic Church. He’s now remembered chiefly for his religious poetry, and in particular for two poetical works both published in 1657: Heilige Seelenlust (literally, “The Soul’s Holy Desires”), a collection of more than 200 religious hymn texts that have been used by Catholics and Protestants; and Der Cherubinischer Wandersmann (“The Cherubinic Pilgrim”), a collection of 1,676 short poems, mostly Alexandrine couplets. His poetry explores themes of mysticism, quietism, and pantheism within an orthodox Catholic context.

Join the Global Community

The Alchemy of Awe not only offers some of the most advanced online teachings currently available, it’s also a thriving global community of learning and practice.

Join your fellow students and practitioners from across the world in the live interactive conference calls or in the custom online community to support and learn from each other while you learn to fully embody a deeper love and awaken your spiritual potential.

This international community is also at the leading edge of a global movement of people committed to manifesting a better world for all beings. This emerging planetary movement is rooted in an open heart and stands for the principles of mutual support, cooperation, harmony, and reverence for all of life.

Here’s What You’ll Receive

Seven 105-minute LIVE Class Sessions With Andrew Harvey

Experience a rare opportunity to learn from one of the world’s leading spiritual teachers, Andrew Harvey, from the comfort of your own home. Each module will consist of 60 minutes of teaching, 30 minutes of Q&A, and 15 minutes of Deepening Practice transmission from Andrew. The class sessions will guide you to discover specific skills and abilities to awaken your spiritual potential. Course sessions are on Tuesdays at 5:00pm Pacific.

Three 60-minute Integration Sessions With Andrew Harvey

These additional interactive sessions with Andrew will give you access to his spontaneous exchanges and enlightened teachings. As he engages directly with your most important explorations, he’ll help to deepen your learning and embodiment and synthesize it all in a truly powerful and deeply heartfelt manner.

Ten Audio Recordings of Class Sessions

After each class, the audio will be available for you to download in high-quality MP3 format. You’ll never have to worry about missing a session, and you can listen anytime and anywhere — on any connected device and at your convenience.

Ten PDF Transcripts of Class Sessions

In addition to the high-quality MP3 audios, you’ll also receive the entire class transcription in PDF format after each session is completed. You can then review, print, and highlight the most important insights and practices you were given.

Interactive Exercises and Questions for Each Lesson

After each lesson, you’ll have the option of completing related exercises, practice new tools and answer questions in order to accelerate your learning and integrate each week’s lesson.

Online Community

Our exclusive Facebook online community is the perfect place to continue your discovery process after each class. Here, you can ask additional questions, interact with your fellow students, and get access to additional resources to take your exploration to an even deeper level.

Invitation to Participate in the Co-created Compilation, Accounts of Awe

As a special feature of this course, you’ll be invited to participate in a co-created compilation of personal experiences called Accounts of Awe. Throughout the course, you’ll have an opportunity to share your experiences as pioneers of awe based on reflections received from the course material. WIth your permission, your contribution will be included in a compilation document which you can keep after the completion of the course as a means of accessing the richness of your course experience and the sense of community you shared with your fellow participants.

The Alchemy of Awe Bonus Collection

Kundalini Now: A Vision of Evolution
Video Interview With Andrew Harvey and Dorothy Walters
Kabir Turn Me to Gold
Video Recording From Andrew Harvey
Becoming God: 108 poems Angelus Silesius
PDF From Andrew Harvey
An Unprecedented Opportunity to Join The Alchemy of Awe Virtual Training
We feel honored that Andrew Harvey has chosen to partner with The Shift Network to offer this exclusive online training. This is a rare opportunity to interact directly with a modern mystic and renowned scholar who draws from his own awakened heart, and connect with a global community of spiritual seekers who are doing this important and transformative work.

Through this powerful online format, you’ll not only save time and money on workshop costs (plus travel, accommodations and meals, which would cost thousands of dollars). But you’ll be able to benefit from Andrew’s sacred teachings and practices from the comfort of your home — at your own pace!

If you’re serious about deepening your spiritual life and diving ever deeper into the unknowable mystery, then you owe it to yourself, your loved ones, and our world to take this one-of-a-kind training.

About Andrew Harvey

Andrew Harvey is an author, speaker, and founder/director of the Institute of Sacred Activism, an international organization focused on inviting concerned people to take up the challenge of our contemporary global crises by becoming inspired, effective, and practical agents of institutional and systemic change in order to create peace and sustainability.

Andrew has taught at Oxford University, Cornell University, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, The California Institute of Integral Studies, and the University of Creation Spirituality as well as at various spiritual centers throughout the U.S. He was the subject of the 1993 BBC film documentary, The Making of a Modern Mystic, and appears also in Rumi Turning Ecstatic and The Consciousness of the Christ: Reclaiming Jesus for A New Humanity.

He is co-author of the bestselling The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying, and has worked with the great Iranian Sufi dancer, Banafsheh Sayyad, in producing a film, In the Fire of Grace, which marries Sufi-inspired dances to the stages of Rumi’s understanding of the path of divine love. He has written or edited over 30 books and received many awards, including the Benjamin Franklin Award and the Mind Body Spirit Award.