Kabir Helminski
Kabir Helminski is founder and director of the Threshold Society, and has been working within the Mevlevi tradition of Sufism for about twenty years. Kabir is the author of three books of Sufi poetry, and Kabir and his wife Camille have collaborated on two collections, “Rumi: Daylight” and “Jewels of Remembrance, 365 Selections from the Wisdom of Rumi”. Kabir's “Living Presence, A Sufi Way to Mindfulness and the Essential Self”, was published in 1992 by Jeremy Tarcher/Putnam Publishing Group. His new collection of essays, “The Knowing Heart”, was published by Shambhala in August 1999.
Kabir began his Mevlevi training as a student of the late Shaikh Suleyman Loras. In 1990 he was subsequently appointed a Shaikh by the late Dr. Celaleddin Celebi of Istanbul, Turkey, head of the Mevlevi Tariqa (Order) and twenty-first generation descendant of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi. Under Kabir's direction The Mevlevi Order is working to apply traditional Sufi principles to the conditions of contemporary life.
Kabir and Camille are closely associated with Sufi teachers from other tariqats in Turkey and Syria, all of whom are committed to integrating the classical methods with modern needs.
Edited from: Threshold Society
The following is a collection of Rumi books authored by Kabir Helminski, but is not considered inclusive. For further information on how to purchase these and other books by Kabir, please visit the Threshold Society.
“The Rumi Collection”
Shambhala
224 pages, Paperback, ISBN 1-57062-717-7.
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“Pocket Rumi Reader”
Shambhala
144 pages, Paperback, ISBN 1570627398.
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“Jewels of Remembrance”
Threshold Books
225 pages, Paperback, ISBN 1-57062-524-7.
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“Unseen Rain - Quatrains of Rumi”
Threshold Books
96 pages, Paperback, ISBN 0-939660-16-4.
