Welcome!

The Dervish Retreat Center is located on sixty acres of beautiful meadows, forests, trails, streams, gardens, waterfalls and ponds bordering a state park. The center was founded by Khadija Radin, a Sheikha in the Mevlevi Order of America (sometimes known as the Whirling Dervishes) and the Sufi Ruhaniat International. Sufi studies, meditation and Dervish whirling are taught regularly. The Center is closed to the public except for our posted classes and events.

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Upcoming Events:

Hermit Retreat for Women
Guided by Khadija Radin

Dates:
Friday, April 3 to Sunday April 12, 2009

Location:
The Dervish Center
56 Lieb Road
Spencer, New York 14883

Contact information:
Email Khadija at khadija@whirlingdervish.org or call (607) 272-0694.

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Israel Classes, Workshops, Silent Retreat and Lecture/Performance
Khadija will be in Israel from April 27 to May 26, 2009
"If there was no road from the East to the West, I would not be dancing through the garden with the North
and South winds!" - Rumi

April 28, 2009 | 19:00 - 22:00
Class in Jaffa
The Inner Sanctum: A special class for returning students
"How long will non-existent things cause apparent suffering to this mistaken identity? Join us and return to the identity of the only Beingness -- the essence of the essence of the self!" Rumi

April 30 - May 2, 2009
Jaffa workshop for newcomers (returning participants welcome)
Principles of Sufism: Meditation and Whirling Workshop
Thursday 17:00-21:00
Friday 13:00-17:00
Saturday 11:00-15:00
"This world and the next are a single substance; in reality, there is no unbelief, religion or faith." Rumi

May 5, 2009 | 19:00-22:00
Class in Jaffa
Only Love: Refining the Process and Practice of the Sufi Path
"Whenever love arrives there is no more space for your self claim" Rumi

May 8 & 9, 2009
Jerusalem workshop for newcomers (returning participants welcome)
A Journey to the Source of the Non-existent self: Meditation and Whirling Workshop
Friday 13:00-17:00
Saturday 11:00-15:00
"On this pilgrimage, removing the dress of your existence is the cloak you must wear. But who will be able to comply with the conditions of this cloak?" Rumi

May 11, 2009 | 19:00-22:00
Class in Jaffa
Only Love: Refining the Process and Practice of the Sufi Path
Thursday 17:00-21:00
Friday 13:00-17:00
Saturday 11:00-15:00
"Your task is not to seek for Love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it." Rumi

May 12, 18:00 - ends May 16, 19:00
Metzokei Dragot Desert Village - at the edge of a cliff overlooking the Dead Sea
Silent Desert Retreat --The Wisdom of Wonder
"All through eternity Beauty unveils Its exquisite form in the solitude of nothingness." Rumi

May 23, 2009 at noon
Dialogue with a Dervish - Lecture/Performance in Tsavta - as part of the "Culture for Peace Festival"
"Only love, only love, only love. How many times must I tell you before you jump into the fire!" Rumi

May 21 - 23, 2009
Jaffa workshop for advanced students
Esoteric Teachings of the Dispassionate
Thursday 17:00-21:00
Friday 13:00-17:00
Saturday 11:00-15:00
"There is nothing in this world that we see except for a shadow of existence." Rumi
For information and registration:
Email Ora or call Ora at 972-3-506-6399; Gigi or Naama: 972-2-534-3242