The Magic of Creation: The Sufi’s Way

by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, February 2016

First published in Sutra Journal

One of the central teachings of Sufism is that God is both transcendent and immanent. Our Beloved is “beyond even our idea of the beyond,” and also “nearer to you than yourself to yourself."  Read More

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Meaning and the Song of the Soul

by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, February 2016

First published in Excellence Reporter

Meaning is what calls from the depths of the soul. It is the song that sings us into life. Whether we have a meaningful life depends upon whether we can hear this song, this primal music of the sacred. Read More

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The Journey Towards Oneness: A Conversation with a Scientist and a Mystic

Interview with Ravi Ravindra and Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, August 2016

Published in Light of Consciousness Journal

In this interview by Global Spirit, host Phil Cousineau brings together physicist Dr. Ravi Ravindra and Naqshbandi Sufi teacher Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee in an exploration of the concept of Oneness—tracing its evolution and expression through the deep undercurrent of teachings that point in the direction of the indivisible totality of all creation, all beliefs, all religions, and of the universe itself.  Read More

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Spiritual Principles in Action: A Story for a Younger Generation

by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, December 2015

First published in Dust Magazine

In answer to a question from a 31-year-old person, “What advice do you have for people my age in dealing with a world that tells us we are nothing but material mechanisms, and has almost no concept of the soul?” Read More

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Shifting the Climate Debate Onto Sacred Ground

by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, July 2015

First published on The Huffington Post

"The ecological crisis is essentially a spiritual problem." These words spoken by an Eastern Orthodox theologian, Metropolitan John Zizioulas, at the Vatican news conference on the papal encyclical are profoundly important.  Read More

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Pope Francis’ Encyclical: Hearing the Cry of the Earth

by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, June 2015

First published on The Huffington Post

The Earth "now cries out to us because of the harm we have inflicted on her." So begins Pope Francis in his powerful and long-awaited encyclical on ecology. "The earth herself, burdened and laid waste, is among the most abandoned and maltreated of our poor." Read More

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Rebirth, Miracles, and Magic

by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, February 2015

First published on The Huffington Post

Amidst headlines of terrorists and other news of a global darkness, a quiet miracle is once again taking place.  Read More

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Darkening: A Four-Point Plan

by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, February 2014

One of the first responses I received to my recently published book, Darkening of the Light: Witnessing the End of an Era, was that it was “a tough read,” and “I wish he would have been clearer as to what steps we can do in our complex lives to try the best we can to return the soul of the world to its former strength and beauty.” Read More

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