News from the Caravan – February 2026

If you have any news to share about births and deaths, or if you have written a book or composed a piece of music you think our community would be interested in, please send it to zephyr@inayatiyya.org with the subject heading “News of the Caravan.” Photos are welcome. Remembrance Mary June Strain Ross was born […]
The Invisible Country â Help Us Carry the Light of the Soul Forward

âVibrations are of five different aspects ⊠appearing as the five elements: Nur (Light/Ether); Baad (Air); Aatash (Fire); Aab (Water); Khaak (Earth)â â Hazrat Inayat Khan 23 December 2025 Dear Friends, Some landscapes cannot be found on any map. There is a terrain more intimate than the cave, more infinite than the ocean, more luminous than […]
The Zephyr, December 2025

19 December 2025 Dear friends on the path of Spiritual Liberty, It has been a while since I wrote, and as I listened to the symphony of my heart, these were the notes that wanted to be shared. I am very excited about the Dawn of Friendhood! This new dawn was wonderfully shared in a […]
News from the Caravan – December 2025

If you have any news to share about births and deaths, or if you have written a book or composed a piece of music you think our community would be interested in, please send it to zephyr@inayatiyya.org with the subject heading “News of the Caravan.” Photos are welcome. A Farmerâs Thoughts – The Gift of […]
The Mountain That Burns â Help Us Carry the Flame Forward

â[…] every rock is longing for the day when it will burst out as a volcano, and when all that is valuable in it will come outâ â Hazrat Inayat Khan 16 December 2025 Dear Friends, There are mountains that do not rest. Mountains that carry their own heartbeat, hidden beneath layers of stone. These are […]
Into the Sheltered Valley

âBreath, to a Sufi, is a bridge between himself and God; it is a rope for him, hanging down to earth, attached to the heavens.â â Hazrat Inayat Khan 9 December 2025 Dear Friends, If the mountaintop is the symbol of arrival, then the valley is the place of preparation. It is in the valley that […]
Walk With Us Through Places That Shape the Spirit

2Â December 2025 Sharing Sacred Places Wednesday, December 3, 2025 | 3:00 â 4:15 PM EST / 9:00 â 10:15 PM CET Come along for the journey! As a special gift for everyone who has donated to the Inayatiyya in 2025, we invite you to an online gathering on the theme of Sharing Sacred Places. This […]
Across the Wind-Swept Steppe â Help Us Carry the Breath of the Path Forward

âMy life speeds towards Thee as the blowing of the wind.â â Hazrat Inayat Khan 25 November 2025 Dear Friends, There is a landscape so vast, so open, that it seems the sky itself has come down to dwell upon the earth. This is the steppe â a wide and boundless plain, home to silence, […]
The Zephyr, November 2025

19 November 2025 Dear Companions on the Path, I hope these lines find you well. It was a pleasure being with some of you at the recent concluding session of Inner History. Since not everyone was able to attend (albeit the recordings are available here), I thought I would use the opportunity of this letter […]
Into the Deep â Help Us Carry the Oceanâs Teaching Forward

How many a rain of largesse hath rained, so that the sea was made thereby to scatter pearls! â RÅ«mÄ«â 18 November 2025 Dear Friends, The mystics have long spoken of the soul as an ocean â vast, unfathomable, and brimming with secrets. Its surface may shimmer with light or boil with storm, but its depths […]