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.
