Portland Unity Zikr September 12th– Kenton Masonic Lodge February Issue 2, Vol. 20 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat IRELAND Oct 11—22, 2017 A pilgrimage led by 1 2 3 4 Mariam Baker and Zahira Noor Gill. For info con- 6:30 Mevlevi 7 PM Salem DUP tact Jeri Anne Hampton [email protected] Threshold 7 :30 PM Eugene “May we awaken to the mystery of being here and DUP the quiet immensity of our own presence, and may 7:30 PM Zikr we experience each day as a sacred gift woven Deepening 7:30 PM Friday DUP Portland around the heart of wonder.”~John O Donohue 5 6 7 8 9 6:30 Mevlevi 10 11 PORTLAND- Threshold 7 PM Newport DUP SUFI SATUR- 7:30 PM Portland DUP 7 PM Corvallis DAY Urs of Hazrat Inyat Khan DUP 7:30 PM Friday 2-4:45 PM 7:30 PM Seekers DUP Portland Circle - 5-6 Universal Worship Shadhiliyya Sufi 7:30 PM Hillsboro Order 6:15-7:15 PM 7:30 PM Zikr DUP Potluck Deepening 7:30 PM Zikr 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 7:30 PM Friday 1 PM Mureeds 6:30 Mevlevi DUP Portland 7:30-9 PM Rumi Class w/Kalama 7PM Lincoln City DUP Threshold Poetry evening and Iman 7:30 PM Hillsboro in Montavilla! 7:30 PM Portland DUP 7 PM Salem DUP DUP Contact Fatush 808-347-0731 4-6 PM MOA Turn class with potluck 7:30 PM Zikr for info and Deepening after directions 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 4 PM One Heart 7:30 PM Portland DUP DUP Circle— 6:30 Mevlevi Threshold 7:30 PM Friday DUP Portland 7:30 PM Zikr 7:30 PM Hillsboro Deepening DUP 26 11:45 AM DHO 27 28 Coming Events: 8536 SE Stark, Sufi Sesshin with Leilah Be in Eugene, OR Portland 7:30 PM Portland DUP April 14-16 2017 1 PM Mureeds The Radiant Heart with Leilah & Bodhi Be in Class w/Kalama and Iman Williams, OR June 15-18, 2017 1 PM Inayati Order Mureeds class – Zikr Immersion with Leilah & Bodhi Be in 1505 NW 23rd St Trout Lake, WA July 1-5, 2017 4 PM MOA turn class February 11th next Portland Sufi Saturday at Kenton Lodge, Page 2 Portland, OR. Dances of Universal Peace HEALING ZIKR WEEKEND Celebration of The URS of Hazrat Inayat Khan Murad Malvin Finkelstein, Senior Teacher Tuesday, February 7, 2017 February 24 -26 2017 St David of Wales Fellowship Hall Friday afternoon –Sunday morning 2800 SE Harrison St., Portland, OR 97214 1633 Willamette Street, Eugene, OR Hazrat Inayat Khan brought Sufism to the West over a In the Healing Zikr weekend, we will dive deeply hundred years ago. He was Murshid Samuel Lewis’ into the Healing Zikr. This will give us ample time teacher of the heart, and is considered the grandfather of for self-healing and to clear, cleanse, balance and the Dances of Universal Peace. The Urs is the annual cele- strengthen our spiritual centers/chakras. To heal bration of his passing on to join with The Beloved on others, we will charge our hands with the spiritual healing energy of the earth and the Divine. To reg- February 5, 1927. Contact: Michelle 503-419-7876 ister or info: [email protected], 541-343-9952. www.movingmeditations-dup.com $25 deposit to: 2767 Friendly St., Eugene, OR 97405 Inayati Order and Sufi Order North America Awakening the Interconnected Universe Mevlevi Order of America with DEVI TIDE February 12, 2017 February 4th & 5th, 2017, 9:00 AM 1st turn class at Alethea’s Lane County Mental Health 1537 SE Madison, Portland, OR 2411 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. Rm 198 from 4-6 PM with a potluck to follow. Eugene, OR New and returning students are welcome. For more information contact Kalama Devi is Convener of the Awakening the World 971-998-7908. Also Rumi Poetry evening resumes Project, and she has travelled the world bringing elders, 3rd Sat. Feb 18th: Contact Fatush 808-347-0731 healers, and wisdom keepers of many indigenous tribes together in communion for the revitalization of human RETURN TO THE HEART OF THE DANCES wisdom. Devi travels the world offering ceremonies for Saadi Neil Douglas Klotz & the healing of our water, land, sky and selves. These in- Tasnim Hermila Fernandez clude dance, songs, and zikr (chanting). She brings the April 21—23, 2017 message of the unity of All– everyone is included in our Slavonian Hall world family and our covenant with all life. 2306 N 30th Street, Tacoma, WA 98403 She had been the head of the Sufi Healing order in North Lifting the veils of perceptions through the American since 1999 and as a Senior Teacher in the Dances and Walks. Sound, breath, body aware- Inayati Order has taught meditation and healing prac- ness, concentration, invocation, strengthening tices for over 30 years. She is the creator of Inner Yoga our container as channels for health and bless- Therapy, a method of releasing discomfort in the body, ings. The Dances and Walks of Murshid Samuel mind and spirit. She has presented to audiences at medi- Lewis originally invoked many new dimensions cal schools and was an invited guest to the UN Millen- of age-old spiritual practice. While the Dances’ nium Peace Conference. initial outer attraction may be beauty, their inner Cost is $125/weekend or $70/day. To register contact side leads to harmony and the deepest sense of Haqiqa at [email protected]. For workshop info: love, both including and beyond the personal. Wali at [email protected] Registration: Entire Workshop, 3 full days, ($225- $300 sliding scale); Part time 2 days Fri & Sat, ($180-$200); 2 days Sat & Sun ($165); 1 day, Fri Portland Sufi Saturday or Sat ($100) and Sunday only ($75). Lunch in- February 11, 2017 cluded for the Friday & Saturday sessions. A list Kenton Masonic Lodge of recommended housing options will be avail- 8130 N Denver, Portland, OR 97217 able. Scholarships & work trade available, con- 2-4:45 PM Practices by Ruhaniat leaders tact registrar. To register or info, contact Farishta 5-6 PM Universal Worship Service Lindsay: [email protected]. Fill out the 6:15 –7:15 PM Potluck Dinner registration form and mail with payment to 7:30 - 9 PM Unity Zikr Cost: $10-30. Farishta Karen Lindsay, 515 North L Street, Ta- Bring potluck dish to share. For more info contact Ahura coma, WA 98403. Confirmation of registration Grace Henke 503-260-1426 [email protected] will be sent once payment is received. Page 3 SUFI CLASSES AND ONGOING EVENTS IN OREGON Some class listings are for Sufi Initiates only ~ please call before attending Dances of Universal Peace- Ashland Sufi Heart Circle Portland Inayati Order/Raphaelite Work Con- www.ashlandsufi.com www.dancesofuniversalpeace.org and tact : Hayyat & Wahhab Dohrmann 503 Khalil Elliott 541-890-1337 www.pdxdances.org -305-6450 or mddohrman (at) comcast 1st Thursdays Dances at 7:30PM at Hidden First Sundays– 11 AM—Noon at Port- (dot) net. Springs Wellness Center, 1651 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland. Zikr—2nd & 4th Thursdays at land Family Peace Fellowship, 2620 Sufi Healing Order Hughes Dr., West Linn, OR 97068. Con- Peoples Choice Acupuncture, 1640 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland. tact Ph: 503-380-2817 www.sufihealingorder.org Tuesday Dance Circle– 7:30 PM at St http://www.twinoakscenter.com/ Corvallis: DUP –7 PM 2nd Thursdays at David of Wales Episcopal Church, 2800 sufism.html Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2945 NW SE Harrison St., Portland. Circle Blvd, Corvallis, OR 97330. Contact www.movingmeditations-dup.com Contact: Hayyat & Wahhab Dohrmann 503-305-6450 or mddohrman (at) com- Stephen Pierce at [email protected] Friday DUP Portland –7:30 PM at St or 503.936.5318 Michael’s Episcopal Church, 1704 NE cast (dot) net. 43rd Avenue, Portland. Contact Ahura Eugene Dervish Healing Order Grace 503-260-1426 Inayati Order One Heart Circle - 4 PM, Third Sun- Murad Finkelstein [email protected] days, at Mt. Tabor Presbyterian, 5441 www.inayatiorder.org 541-343-9952 Healing Circle, Sunday, 7 PM SE Belmont St., Portland. Contact Nasiban & Samuel Vilayat Schatz 503- Eugene Sufi Community Zaynab 503-260-9916. 281-0265. Call for info. Or email: Hillsboro Dance Circle– Fridays, 7:30 [email protected] (New Email) Initiates class: 1st & 3rd Thursdays each PM at Unitarian Universalist Church, month. Zikr on 4th Fridays each month. 22785 NW Birch Street, Hillsboro. Mureeds class - Every 4th Sunday Ruhaniat Contact: Murad Finklestein 541- www.movingmeditations-dup.com 1 –3 PM at 1505 NW 23rd St., Portland, 343-9952 or [email protected] Mevlevi Order of America OR (next door to the Float Shoppe). www.hayatidede.org Dances: — 1st and 3rd & 5th Fridays Sufi Movement 7:30PM at Friends Meeting House, 2274 Kalama Reuter 971-998-7908 Onyx St., Eugene, OR. Call Haqiqa 541-221- Current offerings of the Sufi Movement 8412 or [email protected]. Turn Class– 4 PM 2nd & 4th can be found under Events at the web- Mevlevi Rumi Study Circle and Turn Class: Sundays– at Collins View Dance site: Nwsufimovement.org Tuesday evening class from 7:00—9:00PM. Center, 318 SW Palatine Hill Rd., For any questions please call Rani at Contact Husamed-din at 541-521-8655 or Portland. Call Kalama 971-998- 503.245.9311. [email protected] for location 7908. All are welcome. Lincoln City Dances of Universal Peace Mevlevi Threshold Society Sufi Ruhaniat International — 2nd Tuesdays at 7 PM, Lincoln City www.ruhaniat.org Cultural Center, 540 NE Hwy 101, Lincoln www.sufism.org City, OR Contact: Stephen Pierce at 503- 9365318 or [email protected].