Posts Tagged ‘mysticism’

Mystical union: Jewish-Sufis in the Holy Land

Mystical union: Jewish-Sufis in the Holy Land

Jews and Muslims worship right next to each other in the Holy Land, yet they are separated by walls, barriers and hostility. Some Jews, however, are trying to break that pattern. They have found a path in Sufism, the mystical dimension of Islam.


Unlocking the mystical and secretive in religion: March 14, 2011

Unlocking the mystical and secretive in religion: March 14, 2011

Safed, once a town of Jewish mysticism is now an artists’ hub. Not far from Safed is Meron, a cooperative village that houses the tomb of Shim’on Bar Yokhai.