LIVING OPEN SPACE. The Interspiritual Journey of Lex Hixon.

Blann, Gregory.

ISBN 10: 0999355287 / ISBN 13: 9780999355282

Published by Pir Press, New York NY 2021., 2021

About this Item

1st edition. 8vo. [xxvi] + 329pp. B/w. illustrations. Paperback in original pictorial black wrapps. lettered in white. Very good. ISBN 9780999355282 US$12.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: LIVING OPEN SPACE. The Interspiritual Journey of Lex Hixon.
• Publisher: Pir Press, New York NY 2021.
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0999355287
• ISBN 13: 9780999355282
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Living Open Space: The Interspiritual Journey of Lex Hixon is a spiritual biography and compendium of the universalist teachings of the American mystic, author, radio host, and Sufi sheikh, Lex Hixon, also known as Sheikh Nur al-Jerrahi. Deeply inspired by the conviction that there is One Source underlying all the world’s great traditions, Lex passionately embraced and practiced the teachings of Vedanta, Tibetan and Zen Buddhism, Orthodox Christianity and Islamic Sufism, as well as other sacred paths, reconciling these diverse sacred ways in the non-dual “open space” beyond the boundaries of sectarian religion.

About the Author

Gregory Blann has been an active student of Sufism and the world's religions for over three decades. He received initiation from Pir Vilayat Khan in the Sufi Order International in 1980 and served as a representative in that order for a number of years. In 1990, he received bayat (initiation) in the Halveti-Jerrahi Order from Sheikh Nur al-Jerrahi (Lex Hixon), and also studied with Safer Efendi. He was given the name Muhammad Jamal, and became a Jerrahi sheikh in 1994. He worked closely with Sheikh Nur for four years, translating the traditional mystic hymns of the Jerrahis from Turkish into English, to be sung by dervishes in the West.