Sufi Journal – Issue 97

Sufi Journal Issue 97

Table of Contents

Summer 2019
Dreams carry us across the threshold between sleep and waking, offering both warning and illumination on the spiritual path. In his discourse, Alireza Nurbakhsh reflects on dream interpretation as a way of discerning meaning through both Sufi tradition and psychology. Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh’s poem “When I Sleep” gives voice to the Beloved as the heart of every dream and the reason for our waking fervor. Other contributions deepen this theme: Josephine Evetts-Secker and Linda H. Mastrangelo explore dreaming through Jungian and visionary lenses; Jawid Mojaddedi and Mary Lane Potter turn to Rumi and spiritual inquiry as sources of light; Dani Kopoulos’s “Visiting You” speaks to the intimacy of presence; and CultureWatch considers the dream-world of Westworld. Together, these works invite us to read our inner life as a sacred text, alive with meaning, unity, and transformation.

Discourse

Articles & Essays

  • Pictures on My Eyelids: A Jungian Approach to Dreaming — Josephine Evetts-Secker
  • Through the Looking Glass: A Dream Traveler Explores Other Dimensions — Linda H. Mastrangelo
  • The Inspired Soul: The Visions of Zayd in Rumi’s Masnavi — Jawid Mojaddedi
  • The Art of Dream Inquiry: Cultivating Seeds of Light — Mary Lane Potter

Interview

  • Dream Yoga — A Conversation with Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche; interviewed by Fred Cooper and Chara Nelson

Essay

  • Visiting You — Dani Kopoulos

CultureWatch

  • Wake Up Call — An Android Version — Jairan Gahan

Poetry

  • When I Sleep — Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh
  • Holy Sonnet XXIII — Joel Armstrong
  • Last Night as I Was Sleeping — Antonio Machado (translation by Robert Bly)
  • Apple Tree — Chris Ellery
  • Intoxicated with Love Tonight — Robert Sternau
  • There’s a Place — Chris Hoffman

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