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Peter E. Pflaum Ph.D.
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September 17, 1994
Peter E. Pflaum Ph.D.
225 Robinson Road New Smyrna Beach FL 32169- (904)428-9609
October 8, 1994
From WAKING UP by Charles T. Tart, Ph.D. Institute of Noetic Sciences, New Science Library SHAMBHALA (1986) 475 Gate Five Road, #300 Sausalito CA 94965
CC: Box 37, El Cerrito, CA 94530
(From G. I. Gurdjjeff)also Oscar Ichazo, Arica TrainingIdries Shah - Sufis
RE: SUFI and the Atlantic Center for the Arts - 1414 Art
Center New Smyrna Beach, Fl. 32168 904-427-6975
The Atlantic Center for the Arts provides
Artist-in-Residenceprograms where internationally prominent artist work with
a fewselected Associates.
The facility is a beautiful set of
housesand studios in the woods. Creative interaction comes from
therelationships between various expressive forms and ideas.
Newconcepts grow from the contact between graphic,
literature,musical artists and actors.
Since 1982 the list of residence artist include; Edward
Albee,Herbert Laws, Ferlinghetti and Ginsberg, James Dickey,
ElizabethSwados, Rauschenberg, Faith Ringgold, Lukas Foss, Howard
Nemerov,out of 100's of participants.
I am trying to put together a Sufi program - writers like
DorisLessing, music like Harperin or Philip Glass, artist,philosophers, Sufis. From your writing and your wide
range ofinformation I thought you could help locate working
artist whohave been influenced by Sufi thought and practice.
Other possible authors etc: James Gleick, Chaos, Making a new Science Robert Ornstein,
The Evolution of Consciousness Ed Regic,
The Great Mambo Chicken and the Transhuman
Condition Merlin Donald,
The Orgins of the Modern Mind Maxine Hong Kingston, Woman Warrior, Memoirs of a
Girlhood amongGhosts Jonathan Kozol, Andrew Hacker - Two Nations Toni
Morrison -James Burke Edward T. Hall,
The Silent Language - Lewis THING1 -
The
FragileSpecies, Rene DuBos, Marvin Harris, Cows, Pigs, Wars and Witches,
TheRiddle of Culture
The Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge, P.O. Box
176, LosAltos CA 94023
MAKATAB TARIGHAT OVEYSSI SHAHMAGHSOUDI, P.O. Box 1135 San
Rafael,CA 94915 (4150 454-1555 Sounds to me like you're equating "Sufism"
with"Perennial Philosophy/Wisdom" or
"Mysticism." Some OfficialOrders ofSufis may disapprove of that equation, but I don't
mind... ofcourse, I don't mind if by "muslim" you mean
"servant of GOD"(that's what the non-capitalized word in Arabic means).
That'sbecuz I identify with ALL (or NO) "orders" or
"denominations" (if"mystic" or "sufi" is used in an
exclusive way, it's not my way)! My friend & mentor, Hasan Askari, is the
"Sufi" (or even"beyond-Sufism") Teacher/Author/Seer whom I
would 1strecommend to you. Would you like his address? (not on
Internet)
You should be aware of Idries Shah (Is he still alive?
Last Iknew he lived mostly in London-?).
The best-known Sufi in
U.S.is surely Pir Vilayat Khan, whom I heard speak at the
Parliamentof W. Rs. Another order quite wide-spread is the
Nimatullahi SufiOrder, whose magazine, _Sufi - A Journal of Sufism_, I
got a copyof in 1991. It gives 9 U.S. Centers' addresses. 1= 306
West11th Street, New York, N.Y. 10014. I myself am like Dr.
Askariin being one who "travels in the Wilderness between
the Cities ofReligions." My book, _Seeking Communion_ is sufist,
taoist,Omaha Indian... ++---! Your Humble Servant, Steven
("Sufi")Marsh
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