German Spring Retreat 2023 – Cosmic Celebration
German Spring Retreat 2023 – Cosmic Celebration
Prayer, Music and Contemplation w/ Pir Zia Inayat Khan
Gersfeld (Rhön, Germany), and Online via Zoom
Thursday 6th to Monday 10th of April 2023
Between the years 1973 and 1983, Pir Vilayat conceived and set into motion an interreligious mystical pageant he called the Cosmic Celebration. Forty years have since passed, and the seeds of the Cosmic Celebration are quietly flowering in our time.
In this spring retreat, we will return to the music and sacred vision of the Cosmic Celebration, approaching the pageant this time as an interior experience of illumination. Through contemplation, meditation, prayer, and music we will make our way through the successive transformative stations of the immanence of the glory of the One, the renewal of faith, the descent of the Holy Spirit, Divine aid, communion with life’s essence, and the promise of the heart’s resurrection.
Click here to see the trailer for 2023.
REGISTRATION
If you plan to attend this year’s German Easter Retreat in person, or if you live in Germany, please visit the Inayatiyya Deustchland website for details.
If you plan to attend via Zoom and/or to receive the recordings, please register in advance via the link in the sidebar.
For participants from North America, the first of Pir Zia’s sessions is late at night. Therefore, we’ll make every effort to have uncut recordings available within one hour after the session ends. This way, starting at 7.15 am EDT, participants from North America could follow Pir Zia’s first session, and would still get a break before the second session commences. Of course, the full recordings will also be available via Dropbox long-term.
GERMAN EASTER RETREAT SCHEDULE
Thursday, 6th of April
3.30 – 5.00 am EDT / 9.30 – 11.00 am CET: Pir Zia Inayat Khan
Break
5.30 – 6.30 am EDT / 11.30 – 12.30 pm CET: Inayatiyya activities (no Zoom broadcast)
Lunchbreak
8.00 – 8.45 am EDT / 14.00 – 14.40 pm CET: Choir practice with Ophiel (no Zoom broadcast)
9.00 – 10.30 am EDT / 15.00 – 16.30 pm CET: Pir Zia Inayat Khan
Break
11.00 am – 12.30 pm EDT / 17.00 – 18.30 pm CET: Pir Zia Inayat Khan
Break
2.00 pm EDT / 20.00 pm CET: General meeting of Inayatiyya Deutschland e.V. (Zoom broadcast for members)
Parallel: Sufi Music w/ Mehmet Ungan (no Zoom broadcast)
Friday, 7th of April (day of silence)
1.00 – 2.00 am EDT / 7.00 – 8.00 am CET: Morning meditation with Zumurrud Butta
3.30 – 5.00 am EDT / 9.30 – 11.00 am CET: Pir Zia Inayat Khan
Break
5.30 – 6.30 am EDT / 11.30 – 12.30 pm CET: Inayatiyya activities (no Zoom broadcast)
Lunchbreak
8.00 – 8.45 am EDT / 14.00 – 14.40 pm CET: Choir practice with Ophiel (no Zoom broadcast)
9.00 – 10.30 am EDT / 15.00 – 16.30 pm CET: Pir Zia Inayat Khan
Break
11.00 am – 12.30 pm EDT / 17.00 – 18.30 pm CET: Pir Zia Inayat Khan
Break
2.00 pm EDT / 20.00 pm CET: Concert
Saturday, 8th of April (day of silence)
1.00 – 2.00 am EDT / 7.00 – 8.00 am CET: Morning meditation with Zumurrud Butta
3.30 – 5.00 am EDT / 9.30 – 11.00 am CET: Pir Zia Inayat Khan
Break
5.30 – 6.30 am EDT / 11.30 – 12.30 pm CET: Inayatiyya activities (no Zoom broadcast)
Lunchbreak
8.00 – 8.45 am EDT / 14.00 – 14.40 pm CET: Choir practice with Ophiel (no Zoom broadcast)
9.00 – 10.30 am EDT / 15.00 – 16.30 pm CET: Pir Zia Inayat Khan
Break
11.00 am – 12.30 pm EDT / 17.00 – 18.30 pm CET: Pir Zia Inayat Khan
Break
2.00 pm EDT / 20.00 pm CET: Zikr evening
Easter Sunday, 9th of April
1.00 – 2.00 am EDT / 7.00 – 8.00 am CET: Morning meditation with Zumurrud Butta
3.30 – 5.00 am EDT / 9.30 – 11.00 am CET: Pir Zia Inayat Khan
Break
5.30 – 6.30 am EDT / 11.30 – 12.30 pm CET: Inayatiyya activities (no Zoom broadcast)
6.30 – 7.30 am EDT / 12.30 – 13.30 pm CET: Leaders Gathering w/ Pir Zia (no Zoom broadcast)
Lunchbreak
8.00 – 8.45 am EDT / 14.00 – 14.40 pm CET: Choir practice with Ophiel (no Zoom broadcast)
9.00 – 10.30 am EDT / 15.00 – 16.30 pm CET: Pir Zia Inayat Khan
Break
11.00 am – 12.30 pm EDT / 17.00 – 18.30 pm CET: Pir Zia Inayat Khan
Break
1.00 pm EDT / 19.00 pm CET: Leader get-together Inayatiyya Deutschland e.V. (no Zoom broadcast)
2.00 pm EDT / 20.00 pm CET: Dances of Universal Peace (no Zoom broadcast)
Easter Monday, 10th of April
1.00 – 2.00 am EDT / 7.00 – 8.00 am CET: Morning meditation with Zumurrud Butta
4.00 am – 6.30am EDT / 10.00 – 12.30 pm CET: Universal Worship (open to public, guests are very welcome)
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Speakers
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Pir Zia Inayat KhanPir Zia Inayat Khan, PhD, is a scholar of religion and teacher of Sufism in the universalist Sufi lineage of his grandfather, Hazrat Inayat Khan. Pir Zia is president of the Inayatiyya and founder of Sulūk Academy, a school of Sufi contemplative study and practice. He is the author of Immortality: A Traveler’s Guide; Mingled Waters: Sufism and the Mystical Unity of Religions; Saracen Chivalry: Counsels on Valor, Generosity and the Mystical Quest; and the editor and compiler of Dream Flowers: The Collected Works of Noor Inayat Khan, for which he also wrote the critical introduction. Pir Zia divides his time between Richmond, Virginia and Suresnes, France. inayatiyya.org
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Mehmet UnganMehmet Ungan is a sociologist, musician, lecturer and chairman of the board of the Oriental Music Academy in Mannheim, Germany. As a lecturer at the Goethe University in Frankfurt, Mehmet Ungan teaches Islamic-mystical music. At the Mannheim University of Applied Sciences, he teaches transcultural music in social work. With his Sufi music group Hosh Neva he gives guest performances at intercultural and interreligious events all over Europe. He owes his virtuosity on his instruments Ud and Ney to his two teachers Necati Çelik and Ömer Erdogdular (pupil of the legendary Ney master Niyazi Sayin). Mehmet Ungan studied with Oruç Güvenç and for decades has dedicated his life to healing through sound.
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Ophiel Maarten van LeerOphiel Maarten van Leer is a conductor, singer and music teacher with many years of experience in the fields of music and meditation. He is the Vice-President for Europe for the new Inayatiyya Music Activity. He comes from a musical family; His mother introduced him to the Sufi message. At 17, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan became his inspiring teacher. He studied conducting and school music-teaching in Utrecht. For many years he has led seminars in ensemble singing, musical improvisation and meditation. He teaches music at a Rudolf Steiner School and directs various choirs in the Rhine-Main area around Frankfurt, Germany.
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Zumurrud ButtaZumurrud Butta serves as Vice President of the Inner School of the Inayatiyya in Europe and leads the Inner School in Germany. She offers individual and group retreats and retreat guide training, has taught at Suluk Academy in North America and Europe and is serving on the Suluk Global Committee. Zumurrud teaches courses on Sufi mysticism in Europe and online, with a focus on the teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan, Ibn ´Arabi and the female transmission of mysticism.
