Table of Contents
Summer 2018
Issue 95 presents the sacred as both everywhere and transformative. In his discourse, Alireza Nurbakhsh explains how the sacred can be encountered anytime, anywhere when love and service lift the ego’s veil, and how true encounter moves us toward humility and helping others. Essays deepen the theme—from the heart as sacred space and the “prayer of being,” to Sufism’s links with ancestry, Hafez’s cosmic imagination, and the Jerrahi path across cultures—while an interview with Nyongar Elders emphasizes land, plants, and place. CultureWatch and poetry reinforce that sacred presence can permeate art and daily life, inviting readers into attentive perception, gratitude, and service.
Discourse
- The Nature of the Sacred — Alireza Nurbakhsh
Articles & Essays
- The Sacred Space of the Heart — Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
- The Greater Prayer of Being — Mark Nepo
- Sufism, Sacred Space, and Spiritual Ancestry — John L. Caughey
- Hafez — The Earthly Sky-Walker: Building Our Space in a Shifting Universe — Fatemeh Keshavarz
- The Jerrahi Path — Istanbul to New York — Matt Hanson
Interview
- Tapping into the Sacred—Places, Plants & Energy — Kim Lisson in conversation with Nyongar Elders Richard Walley and Carol Pettersen
CultureWatch
- Materializing Spirituality — Tadao Ando; interviewed by Rana Habibi
- Of Other Spaces — Film review of Wild Wild Country by Jairan Gahan
Poetry
- The Boisterous Love — Alireza Nurbakhsh
- Only One God — Allison Grayhurst
- Here — James RQ Clark
- Fireflies — Jeni Couzyn
- Ascension — Andréana Lefton