SKU: 0930872495

• 1994
• Author: Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan
• ISBN: 0930872495
• Book (Paperback)
• Omega Publications
• 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches
• .7 lbs
• 211 pages

On the first weekend of March, 1993, 100 people gathered for an intensive, three-day spiritual retreat, guided by Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan. The text of That Which Transpires Behind That Which Appears is composed of the edited transcripts of Pir Vilayat's teaching during this retreat weekend. The result is an accessible, step-by-step guide to the discovery and unfoldment of the soul, offering one of the clearest expressions of authentic esoteric teaching to be found in print.

Pir Vilayat uses words with healing magic to stimulate our growth and to entrain us in our growth to God. Fly home on his maps. --Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

Behind that which appears on these pages transpires a fiery teacher, an agile mind, a voice that arouses the heart like music. --Brother David Steindl-Rast

In a clear and straightforward manner Pir Vilayat describes the transformation of consciousness that is at the core of the spiritual journey. --Llewellyn Vaughn-Lee

We are fortunate to have a Sufi Master like Pir Vilayat in the West. By offering this retreat book he gifts us a splendid treasury of practices, perspectives, and wisdom of the heart. --Jack Kornfield

Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, (19 June 1916 - 17 June 2004) was the eldest son of Sufi Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan, head of the Sufi Order International. Pir Vilayat’s mother, Ora Ray Baker, was a cousin of Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Christian Science movement.

Born in London, England, Pir Vilayat was a teacher of meditation and of the traditions of the East Indian Chishti Order of sufism. His teaching derived from the mystical tradition of the East brought to the West by his father combined with his knowledge of the esoteric heritage and scholarship of western culture.

Vilayat Inayat Khan was educated at the Sorbonne, Oxford, and L'Ecole Normal de Musique de Paris. During World War II he served in the British Royal Navy and was assigned the duties of mine sweeping during the invasion at Normandy. His sister, Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan served in the French Resistance as a radio operator.

After the war, Pir Vilayat pursued his spiritual training by studying with masters of many different religious traditions throughout India and the Middle East. While honoring the initiatic tradition of his predecessors, Pir Vilayat continually adapted traditional Eastern spiritual practices in keeping with the evolution of Western consciousness.

Pir Vilayat initiated and participated in many international and interfaith conferences promoting understanding and world peace

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