Sacred Middle Eastern Writings from the Goddess through the Sufis

By Neil Douglas-Klotz

Following threads of myth and story, Desert Wisdom weaves a deep, rich, colorful tapestry that gives new meaning to many familiar and sacred writings from the Middle East. Translations from the Goddess era, Jewish scriptures, the Dead Sea Scrolls and Gnostic literature, the Aramaic words of Jesus, the Quran and the classical Sufi poets Hafiz, Saadi, Shabistari and Rumi. Experience these sacred earth traditions and open another door to wisdom. Harper SanFrancisco

B105 ..... ISBN 0-06-061996-1 266 pages hardcover book ..... $20.00

By Neil Douglas-Klotz

The first sura of the Qur’an, with its emphasis on love, unity and surrender to the One Being, in musical form for chanting. An expanded translation of the sura appears in the book Desert Wisdom.

“These melodies came through while on a personal retreat during the passing of my own Sufi guide, Moineddin Jablonski, in February 2001, and are dedicated to him. The melodies contain much of his feeling and emphasis on embracing both the shadow and the light in one’s own being with joy and acceptance. I encourage it to be used as a chanted prayer for peace.” —Neil Douglas-Klotz Abwoon

CD241 ..... 37 minute Compact Disc ..... $15.00

Decoding the Spiritual Message of the Aramiac Jesus

by Neil Douglas-Klotz

The Book: The hidden gospel of Jesus is in plain sight. We find it in Jesus’ familiar sayings newly translated from Aramaic. What emerges is a hopeful, nurturing, and very contemporary spiritual message. Each chapter includes meditative exercises and body prayers of Jesus’ original mystical tradition. Quest Books

B131 ..... ISBN 0-8356-0795-X paperback ..... $14.95

A beautiful recording of music for a cycle of the Dances using the words of the first seven Beatitudes in Aramaic, the original language of Yeshua (Jesus). These chants were recorded live in the traditional site of the ‘‘Upper Room’’ where Yeshua last offered bread and wine before his passing, now located at St. Mark’s Syrian Orthodox Convent, Jerusalem. Auspiciously recorded during a pilgrimmage by members of the Dances of Universal Peace Network to the Middle East in 1993, coinciding with the signing of the preliminary Israeli-PLO Peace Accords. An instruction booklet for the movements is not yet available. Abwoon

Contents: Beatitudes 1-7. Based on Prayers of the Cosmos: Meditations on the Aramaic Words of Jesus (HarperSanFrancisco) by Neil Douglas-Klotz.

CD119 ..... 55 minute Compact Disc ..... $15.00

By Christian Bollmann and The Overtone Choir

This video features selections from a live performance of the Abwun Oratorio composed by Christian Bollmann from the original melodies of Neil Douglas-Klotz. The performance, in Berlin in 1999, was organized by the local Dance community and drew more than 600 people. Most of the first 20 minutes of the oratorio is included in the video along with selected footage of the remainder. Excerpts of a short address by Neil (in German) precede the performance. Neil also sang in the performance, stepping in at the last moment for a singer who had to cancel! Lichthaus Musik

M251 ..... 35 minute Video cassette ..... $5.00

An Introduction to Islamic Spirituality

By Neil Douglas-Klotz and Lex Hixon

900 key passages of the Qur’an rendered into English with a focus on their spiritual experience and meaning, revealing the Qur’an’s teachings as one of the great wisdom traditions of humanity. In this new edition, Neil Douglas-Klotz has rearranged the passages thematically and provided commentary for each major theme. The result makes the teachings even more accessible, allowing the reader easily to find relevant readings for guidance on everyday issues such as love, relationships, work, justice, gratitude, self-knowledge, and prayer. Quest Books

B132 ..... ISBN 0-8356-0822-0 275 pages  Paperback ..... $18.95

By Neil Douglas-Klotz

Allows the listener to learn to say and chant the words to 14 chants in Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and Arabic related to our shared cosmic creation stories. Each phrase or word is repeated several times, with space for the listener to repeat it, which allows for easy memorization and/or use in conjunction with the meditations in the book. Abwoon

CD129 ..... 68 minute Compact Disc ..... $15.00

By Neil Douglas-Klotz

with original artwork by Sufi artist Fatima Lassar

“The New Story about the Oldest Story in the World . . .”Uniting Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, this book teaches how early mystics may have meditated in all three great religions springing from the Middle East. World-known religion scholar and translator Neil Douglas-Klotz (Saadi) finds that all three faiths, in spite of apparent differences, share an emphasis on sacred beginnings. Over the centuries Westerners have progressively lost this sense, instead emphasizing apocalyptic endings. Now Dr. Douglas-Klotz seeks to reclaim the life-affirming energy of sacred ‘beginning time,’ so that we can experience its creative power for ourselves and for our world. Having already enjoyed the many new wonderful Bereshith (Genesis) Dances and meditations, the Dance Network has eagerly awaited this latest book of Saadi’s. Quest Books

See www.genesismeditations.com

B129 ... ISBN 0-8356-0824-7 275 pages hard cover ..... $24.95