Jamiat Khas Retreat 2023
w/ Pir Zia Inayat Khan
Friday, April 28th, 2023
Zumurrud Butta, Amida Cary, and Jacob Miraj Dominicus, Vice Presidents of the Inner School, kindly invite members of the Jamiat Khas to join us for our annual global gathering and retreat with Pir Zia.
The following description for our retreat is provided by Pir Zia:
The exercises of the Sufi help to get to the source where one can get the direction, the right direction, where there is a spark of the Spirit of Guidance.” — Murshid
The central focus of this year’s retreat of the Jamiat Khas will be attuning to the body, mind, and soul of the Spirit of Guidance through the practice of Ittisal, or Conjunction.
We will meet online on Friday, April 28th, at the times listed below. The cost of the retreat is $35 to simply help cover expenses.
The Jamiat Khas Retreat requires advanced registration and provides video if you are unable to attend live. This program is open to all global members of the Jamiat Khas. Translation will be provided in German and French.
Please see the daily times below for EDT and CET. To check the corresponding time for your location, please visit timeanddate.com.
JAMIAT KHAS RETREAT SCHEDULE
9:00 am – 10:15 am EDT / 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm CET—Pir Zia Teachings & Practices
10:15 am – 10:45 am EDT / 4:15 pm – 4:45 pm CET—Break
10:45 am – 12:00 pm EDT / 4:45 pm – 6:00 pm CET—Pir Zia Teachings & Practices
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT / 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm CET—Break
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT / 7:00 pm – 8 pm pm CET—Pir Zia Teachings & Practices
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT / 8:00 pm – 8:30 pm CET—Break
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm EDT / 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm CET—Suhbat
4:00 pm – 5:15 pm EDT / 10:00 pm – 11:15 pm CET—Pir Zia Practices & Closing
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 author of Tears from the Mother of the Sun with visual artist Amruta Patil, Immortality: A Traveler’s Guide; Mingled Waters: Sufism and the Mystical Unity of Religions; and Saracen Chivalry: Counsels on Valor, Generosity and the Mystical Quest. Pir Zia divides his time between Richmond, Virginia and Suresnes, France. -
Amida CaryAmida Cary is co-Madar-ul-Muham of the Inner School of the Inayatiyya in North America and Oceania. She was first initiated in 1975, and studied deeply with Pir Vilayat until his passing and now supports Pir Zia and his work. She has presented several teaching and training programs in the Inayatiyya Inner School in person and online. Amida directs the Inayatiyya’s Retreat Concentration and Retreat Guide Training Program. In that capacity she works with an international network of experienced retreat guides and mentors. She has served in many capacities within the Inayatiyya over the 50 years, including as a founder of Suluk Academy. Currently she is designing programs for Coordinator and Representative training, and for the Sophic Whorl/Spagyric Gyre as retreat. Her professional background is in education. She has taught in progressive independent schools in Maryland and California. She now lives in the high southwestern desert, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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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.
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Jacob Miraj DominicusJacob Miraj Dominicus, co-Madar-ul-Maham of the Inner School of the Inayatiyya, helps people deepen their meditative practice. Jacob has been a murid of the Inayatiyya since 1997, served on the Inayati Order Board of Trustees under Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan and Pir Zia Inayat Khan, and helped start Suluk Academy serving as its inaugural administrator. In 2007, he graduated from Suluk’s Kafur class. Since 2015 Jacob has co-led retreats with Gulrukh Patel at the Zenith Institute in Switzerland. He currently serves as the co-Madar-ul-Muham of Inayatiyya Inner School (Oceania and North America). Professionally, he consults with corporate teams and teaches meditation. Jacob holds a B.A. from NYU in Organizational Behavior, Narrative Theory, and Mysticism and has been a Visiting Scholar at NYU Tisch’s Interactive Communications Program (ITP). He lives in Los Angeles, where he studies the Chinese martial arts of Xingyi and Bagua and lives with his wife, daughter, and two cats.