Mark Dyczkowski talks about Kashmir Shaivism and chants Sanskrit verses that spell out some of its key teachings. Everything in the universe is shakti and spiritual life is the discovery of shakti. There is no difference between shakti and the possessor of shakti. Shiva is consciousness. There is but one energy and that energy is awareness, is freedom.
Unraveling Feminine Sufi Mysticism in Palestine
For Palestine's Sufis in occupied Nablus, every week, women gather around Iman Abu Mariam, a female cleric, referred to as a Sheikha in Jabal Jarzeen in the occupied city