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Neo-Sufi Communities in Modern Kazakhstan

ALIF School of Harmonious Development The rise of neo-Sufi communities in Kazakhstan follows the USSR collapse,[1] marking a period of spiritual and cultural revival. During this transition, various missionaries arrived, and local...

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NEW AGE AND ISLAMIC ESOTERICISM IN EURASIA

New Thematic Series: The Introduction by the Guest Editor Oleg Yarosh Historically, Eurasia includes several Muslim-majority regions with a vibrant Islamic spiritual tradition that developed despite strict laïcité policies during the Soviet...

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A Yogi Meeting Point in the Tajikistan Mountains

By Vladimir Wiedemann The Yogi commune in the upper reaches of the Siëma River (near Dushanbe, Tajikistan). The employees of the hydrometeorological station, together with guests from Estonia. Summer 1982. Unknown Photographer....

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Russian Christian Hermetic Tradition

By Guram Kochi, an ‘old sailor of the Ship of Fools of Master G’ The Way to Finding God Within Oneself At the beginning of the 20th century, Russian Christian Hermeticism experienced...

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Entangled Late Soviet Sufism I

The complex esoteric milieu in Soviet society, although centered around influential figures and groups in major cities of the European part of the USSR, was not homogenous. Less noticeable peripheral areas in...

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The Telempathy Experiment

Author: Joan Channon The year is 1982. Michael Jackson has released “Thriller” and “Cats” opens on Broadway. Ronald Reagan is elected President of the United States and the British win the war...