In the Fire and the Silence – Help Us Carry the Desert’s Teaching Forward

“The fire of love is the glow of God.” – Hazrat Inayat Khan 4 November 2025 Dear Friends, Across spiritual traditions, there is one place to which seekers have always fled, or been led: the desert. The desert is not silent. It speaks in flames and stillness. Its fire refines, not destroys. It is a […]

Toward the Summit Within – Help Us Uphold the Mountain of the Heart

“The silence of the mountains speaks, and the stars in the sky sing the music of the spheres.” – Hazrat Inayat Khan 28 October 2025 Dear Friends, There is a mountain that cannot be seen by the eyes of the world, but only by the gaze of the soul. Beyond the horizon of perception, rising […]

The Zephyr, October 2025

15 October 2025 Dear Community, And therefore upon God let them that trust put all their trust. – Qur’an, Chapter “Abraham,” verse 12 In times of difficulty, who can you trust? The image above was taken by my wife, Eva, in March 2009 during the early morning hours when she traveled to the city of Lira […]

The Hidden Light Within the Cave 🦇

“Go within the cave of your heart; it is there that the Friend awaits.” – attributed to Hazrat Ali 14 October 2025 Dear Friends, The path inward, toward the Heart of hearts, has often been likened to a descent – not into darkness as absence, but into a deeper seeing. Among the most enduring symbols […]

⭐ Inayatiyya Fall Appeal 2025 ⭐

“Every atom of the universe is as a messenger to proclaim the Unity of God.” – Hazrat Inayat Khan 30 September 2025 Dear Friends, Every path is a landscape, and every landscape a mirror of the soul. Every atom of the landscape is full of the Friend. This Fall, the Inayatiyya invites you to journey […]

The Zephyr, September 2025

17 September 2025 Dear Companions on the Path, Behind Fazal Manzil stands a chestnut tree planted by Amina Begum a hundred years ago. When Pirani Sartaj and I left for London last week it still had most of its leaves. We’ve returned to find that its branches are now mostly bare. It seems that summer […]

News from the Caravan – September 2025

„Day of Water“ – Sunday, September 21st Dear friends, This year at Easter, Pir Zia proposed a Ziraat lodge at the sources of the Danube, Brigach, and Breg in the Black Forest. Along the Danube, the second longest river in Europe after the Volga, Europe was settled upstream from the Black Sea. Through Ukraine, Romania, […]

Astana Executive Leadership Update — Join Us to Celebrate & Welcome

Dear Beloved Friends of the Caravan, I hope this message finds you well. It is with a heart full of joy and gratitude that I reach out on behalf of the Board to share exciting news about our new Executive Director of Inayatiyya North America & Oceania. We are truly blessed to welcome Mika’il Petin, […]

The Zephyr, August 2025

20 August 2025 Dear Companions on the Path, There is a cool, subtle breeze flowing through the window on a beautiful summer’s day in England. The noise of the bombs, the cries of hungry children and the images of floods, fires and earthquakes are loud. Hazrat Inayat Khan said, “Verily, the power of the word can […]

The Zephyr, July 2025

16 July 2025 Dear Companions on the Path, If the world were flat and square we might be having a different conversation. Then perhaps we could speak of a “center of the world” and “corners of the world.” But the reality is, the Earth is spherical. On the surface of a sphere, the center is everywhere. Whenever […]