Sufi whirling (or Sufi turning) (Turkish: Semazen borrowed from Persian Sama-zan, Sama, meaning listening, from Arabic, and zan, meaning doer, from Persian)...

Persian poet, Sufi mystic, and theologian. The Mevlevis are also known as the "whirling dervishes" due to their famous practice of whirling while performing...

be". Sufi whirling (or Sufi spinning) is a form of Sama or physically active meditation which originated among some Sufis, and practised by the Sufi Dervishes...

form of Sufi music and is most commonly found in the Sufi culture in South Asia. However, music is also central to the Sema ceremony of the whirling dervishes...

inside You'll float above the world and there abide... The whirling dance or Sufi whirling that is proverbially associated with dervishes is best known...

he stretched out both of his arms and started spinning in a circle (sufi whirling). With that the practice of Sama and the dervishes of the Mevlevi order...

Cham dance Drametse Ngacham Prophetic dance Rejang dance Sanghyang Sufi whirling Worship dance Bird Boogaloo and Electric boogaloo (Electric boogie)...

the Santa Cruz Mountains, California; by Gabrielle Roth; the whirling Zikr dance of the Sufi dervishes; the Hadra ritual danced by Moroccan women, brought...

Re-do and Zi Ran Qigong. In Iran and Turkey there is Mevlevi Dervish or Sufi whirling which originally was spontaneous and impromptu. The origin of Sama is...

winter solstice; and dances for spiritual connection, as in the whirling dance of the Whirling Dervishes within Sufism. Laura Shannon, a teacher of sacred...

Shaikh Syed Abdul Razzaq Jilani Sufi metaphysics Sufi music Sufi philosophy Sufi poetry Sufi studies Sufi texts Sufi whirling Sufism Sufism in India Sufism...

The following is a list of notable Sufi orders or schools (tariqa). Ahmad al-Alawi Azeemia Ba 'Alawiyya (Ba’ Alawi tariqa) Badawiyya (Badawi tariqa) Bektashi...

preparation for the role learning Arabic and Sufi dance. It took about nine months to perfect the Sufi whirling. He was praised for his performance in the...

Istanbul who trained members of the Society in the discipline of Sufi Whirling Dance. This Sufi discipline, originated by the 13th century mystic Jalāl ad-Dīn...

founded the Mevlevi Order, also known as the Order of the Whirling Dervishes, famous for the Sufi dance known as the Sama ceremony. He was laid to rest beside...

built over the grave of a revered religious figure, often a Sufi saint or dervish. Sufis often visit the shrine for ziyarat, a term associated with religious...

music and dancing, which his detractors alleged were the precursors to Sufi whirling. Despite the respect accorded Ibn Tahir as a historian and traditionist...

of as more noticeable and deep as practiced by Sufis including Dhikr, Muraqaba, and Sama (Sufi whirling). In Theravada Buddhism, the generic term for spiritual...

reforms.[page needed] Selim III was a member of the Mevlevi Order of Sufi Whirling Dervishes and entered into the order at the Galata Mevlevihanesi under...

Philokalia Dhikr Lataif-e-Sitta Muraqaba Qawwali Sama Sufi cosmology Sufi texts Sufi whirling Kabbalah (also spelled Qabalah, QBLH) Involution List of...

various tribal and neo-pagan religions. Prayer Music Dance, such as Sufi whirling Meditation: Meditative practices are used to calm the mind, and attain...

and a former actress. She performs in the Sufi dance tradition and is one of the world's few female whirling dervishes. Gorganie was born in Germany to...

Islamic sheikh, and a follower of the Sufi order of Islam, who helps spread Sufism and the art of Sufi Whirling in the United Kingdom. He has appeared...

Folk Dances Western dance is also incorporated in the Middle East. Sufi whirling Zaffa "Dance in the Middle East: Moving forward, step by step". Wikimedia...

illustrious Sufi saint Ashraf Jahangir Semnani is the sub branch of Chishti spiritual lineage. The Maizbhandari Tariqa or Maizbhandari Sufi order is a...

Abdalqadir as-Sufi (born Ian Stewart Dallas; 1930 Ayr – 1 August 2021 Cape Town) was a Scottish Muslim leader and author. He was Shaykh of Instruction...

journals Hypnosis Meditation Meditative or trance inducing dance, like Sufi whirling can also be used to induce altered state of consciousness Prayer Biofeedback...

Mevlevi or Rumi (1207–1273), Persian poet and mystic Mevlevi, or Sufi whirling, a ritual associated with the Order This disambiguation page lists articles...

local offices, and serves as a venue for cultural shows including Sufi whirling, generally aimed at tourists. The building has five stories centered...

of around 500,000 to 1 million, or about 1%). There is also a minority of Sufi and non-denominational Muslims. During the Muslim conquests of the 7th and...