The Inayatiyya Knighthood
Hosted by the Inayatiyya Knighthood of Purity & Featuring Pir Zia Inayat Khan
September 11th – 12th, 2021 via Zoom
The Inayatiyya invites you to a virtual gathering for all those who are attracted to contemporary chivalry.
We will explore what it means to be a modern knight and also come together to honour one of the inspirators on the chivalric path – Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan.
Noor is the daughter of the Sufi mystic, Hazrat Inayat Khan, and as part of the French resistance during World War II eventually sacrificed her life for freedom on 13 September 1944. Noor-un-Nisa’s name means “light of womanhood.” To learn more about Noor, please visit noorsociety.org
Presenters include Suhrawardi Gebel, Alia Arnesen, Qayyima and Kabir Clainchard, Angelika Eisenmann, and Pir Zia Inayat Khan.
Global Times: We will gather from 9 am – 1 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)/ 3 pm – 7 pm Central European Time (CET) on both Saturday and Sunday, September 11th & 12th. Please see the sidebar for your local times.
Costs: Our seminar weekend is free to all. However, we would like to use the opportunity to raise funds for Fazal Manzil, the Inayat Khan family home in Suresnes, France.
If you can pay, we kindly suggest a donation between 40€ and 80€. Advanced registration is required to receive the Zoom link. You may register and make a donation at the same time via Fazal Manzil’s Eventbrite page. Video of our seminar weekend will be made available to those who register in advance.
Please see fazalmanzil.org to learn more and, if you are unable to come for the weekend, to make a contribution toward renovations.
Questions? Please contact Alia Arnesen, Vice President of the Knighthood of Purity in Europe, at ki.a@online.no with questions related to the program content. Please contact Leon at info@fazalmanzil.org with questions related to registration and contributing toward the future of Fazal Manzil.
To learn more about the Inayatiyya Knighthood of Purity please see knighthoodofpurity.org.
After our program, all are invited to join us for our public Inayatiyya Sunday Series:
Sama w/ Rekha Bhardwaj at 1:30-2:30 pm EDT/7:30-8:30 pm CET
Hejerat Day Celebration from 3:00-4:30 pm EDT/9-10:30 pm CET
Details about both events are forthcoming.
Inayatiyya Knighthood Schedule
| Saturday, September 11th, 2021 | Sunday, September 12th, 2021 |
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9:00 am EDT/15:00 CET:Welcome & Introduction w/ Suhrawardi Gebel & Alia Arnesen Our Saturday Program Concludes at 1:00 pm EDT/19:00 CET |
9:00 am EDT/15:00 CET: Welcome w/ Live Music Our Sunday Program Concludes at 12:45 pm EDT/18:45 CET |
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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Suhrawardi GebelSuhrawardi Gebel is Chancellor of the Knighthood of Purity, a member of the Esoteric Training Committee of the Inayatiyya Inner School, a grandfather, a gardener, and author of two books, Root Speaks to Bud and Nature’s Hidden Dimension. He enjoys mentoring retreat guides and leaders in the Inner School. He also mentors Cherags for the Universal Worship. He lives in Boulder, Colorado at the intersection of the great Western prairie with the foothills of the Rocky Mountain range.
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Alia Sura Arnesen
Alia Sura Arnesen is a musician and spiritual guide. Together with Shams Uwais, she welcomes spiritual seekers at Shamali nature- and retreat center at the north-west coast of Norway. She also regularly offers musical attunements and meditations online open to all.
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Angelika EisenmannAngelika Eisenmann works as a referent for the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site. She is a city guide in Munich and studied Political Science at the “Hochschule für Politik”, also in Munich, which she finished with a diploma in Philosophy on Friedrich Nietzsche’s “Superman”.
Angelika describes what memory work means to her:
There is an ethical-moral obligation to preserve and pass on the memory of the people who were victims of Nazi crimes. This obligation exists towards the victims, as well as their families and friends. Concerning this subject, there can and must be no time limit for remembrance work!Moreover, I believe that we must look back at the past more often in order to understand our present and to be able to better weigh possibilities for shaping the future. My experiences for memory work are mixed. Unfortunately, there are some people, especially young people, who remain completely untouched by the suffering of the prisoners in Dachau concentration camp.
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Qayyima Marie ClainchardQayyima Marie Clainchard, a former journalist, has been on the
Sufi path of the Inayatiyya for over 25 years. She has been a representative for France of the Purity Chivalry Path since 2018. Her interest in chivalry goes back a long way, as she belonged to other initiatory orders of the Western tradition before her involvement in Inayatiyya. In parallel to her spiritual commitments, she is also involved in numerous associations including international solidarity, support for migrants, support for women and victims of gynecological violence. -
Kabir Gilles ClainchardKabir Gilles Clainchard, a clinical psychologist, has been on the
Sufi path of the Inayatiyya for over 25 years. He has been a representative for France of the Purity Chivalry Path since 2018. His interest in chivalry goes back a long way, as he belonged to other initiatory orders of the Western tradition before his involvement in Inayatiyya. In parallel to his spiritual commitments, he is also involved in numerous associations including international solidarity, support for migrants, support for women and victims of gynecological violence.
