Theoy of Service
A Sufi Conference, May 16 - 19, 2002

	LYNN BARRON is a student on the Sufi Path. Prior to finding her way to Sufism she was a student/teacher of Eschatology for twenty years. extended biography Session: The Heart's Turning Toward the Holy Essence, Friday, 2:30 - 4:30pm
	LATIF BOLAT is a native of the Turkish Mediterranean town of Mersin. Now residing in California, Mr. Bolat is one of the most distinguished Turkish musicians in the US and tours internationally, including England, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, and Turkey. With a vast repertory that includes songs in classical, folk and Sufi mystic music styles, he accompanies his singing on the baglama (long-necked lute), and various other traditional instruments from the Turkish folk music tradition. extended biography and weblinks EVENING CONCERT: The Latif Bolat Ensemble: Turkish Mystic Music, Saturday, 7:30 - 9:30pm
	MARIAH DEAN is a long time teacher and guide in the Inayat stream of the Chisti Order. She is also a management consultant for the American Management Association. Through organizational consulting, coaching, and Sessions, she accelerates business leaders' ability to live their authentic selves in this time of dramatic structural change. extended biography and weblinks Session: Getting to the Heart of Business, Friday, 2:30 - 4:30pm and Saturday 10:00am - noon
	SHAYKHA FARIHA is the spiritual guide of the Nur Askhi Jerrahi Sufi Order in New York City. She received direct transmission from Grand Shaykh Muzaffer Ozak of Istanbul in 1980 and is a successor of Lex Hixon (Nur al-Jerrahi). She guides communities throughout the US and in Mexico City. extended biography and weblinks Session: Introduction to Zikr: The Circle of Divine Love, Friday, 2:30 - 4:30pm EVENING ZIKR: The Circle of Divine Love: Zikr with Shaykha Fariha, Saturday, 10:00pm - 1:00am
	KHATIBA GRAIS is a certified dance leader for the Dances of Universal Peace, a Representative of the Sufi Order International, and a Retreat Guide. She has been involved in the Sufi path for over 25 years through both the Dances of Universal Peace and the Sufi Order International headed by Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan and his successor Pir Zia Inayat Khan. extended biography and weblinks Session: Treat Everyone as a Shrine of God: Dances of Universal Peace as a Vehicle for Reverence and Joy, Saturday, 10:00am - noon and 2:30 - 4:30pm
	KABIR HELMINSKI is a Shaikh of the Mevlevi Order and is the Co-Director of the Threshold Society, a non-profit educational foundation that has developed programs that provide a structure for practice and study within Sufism and spiritual psychology. Translator of many volumes of Sufi literature, including the works of Rumi, he is the author of two books on Sufism: Living Presence and The Knowing Heart. extended biography and weblinks LECTURE: Opening Talk with Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Thursday, 8:00 - 10:00pm Session: The Culture of Love and Stages of the Spiritual Journey, Friday, 2:30 - 4:30pm and Saturday, 2:30 - 4:30pm
	PIR ZIA INAYAT KHAN is the son and successor of Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan. He serves as president of the Sufi Order International, North America, residing and teaching at The Abode of the Message, a spiritual community and retreat center in upstate New York. Pir Zia is editor of the recently published volume, A Pearl in Wine: Essays on the Life, Music, and Sufism of Hazrat Inayat Khan (Omega Publications, 2001). He is presently at work on a doctoral dissertation in Islamic Studies at Duke University. extended biography and weblinks LECTURE: The Timelessness and Timeliness of Sufi Morals, Friday, 10:00am - noon Session: Sufi Meditation, Saturday, 10:00am - noon
	LLEWELLYN VAUGHAN-LEE is a Sheikh of the Naqshbandi Sufi Order. He has specialized in the area of dreamwork, integrating the ancient Sufi approach to dreams with the insights of modern psychology. He is the author of several books including Working with Oneness (May, 2002) and The Face Before I Was Born: A Spiritual Autobiography. extended biography and weblinks LECTURE: Opening Talk with Kabir Helminski, Thursday, 8:00pm - 10:00pm LECTURE: The Signs of God, Friday, 7:30pm - 9:30pm Session: Catching the Thread: Dreamwork as a Spiritual Practice, Saturday, 2:30pm - 4:30pm LECTURE: The Joy of Service, Sunday, 10:00am - noon