Glossary Welcome antipodal atom Bach, Johann Sebastian bandwidth Big Bang Theory Buddha Buddhism catalyst cell Church cross-pollinate Dervish Deuter Earth Ekagrata electron epiphanic extrapolate fractal hadith hologram Khan, Hazrat Inayat Khan, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, Pir Zia Kirlian photography light year magnetic field maya molecule Mosque n-dimensional Nirvana Nirvitarka peri-personal perspicacity Pir o Murshid quintessence Reincarnation retina Samadhi Satipathana Shabistari, Mahmood stalwart Synagogue transducer Vichara Vitarka wave interference Khan, Pir Zia           Go back Mysticism Pir Zia Inayat Khan is the son and successor of Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan and president of the Sufi Order International. In addition to the interfaith mystical training he has received from his father, Pir Zia has studied Buddhism under the auspices of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and Sufism in the classical Indian tradition of the Chishtiyya. He is the editor of the recently published volume, A Pearl in Wine: Essays on the Life, Music, and Sufism of Hazrat Inayat Khan. He has also authored two booklets published by the Sufi Order Secretariat: Risala, and the Chishti Silsila of Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan. Pir Zia is currently completing his doctoral dissertation on Sufism at Duke University. He currently resides and teaches at The Abode of The Message in New Lebanon, New York. Source: an introductory pamphlet on the Sufi Order International