2008 Global Celebration of Rumi

Thanks to Coleman Barks, Andrew Harvey and other key translators, the poetry of Jelal-ud-Din Rumi continues to spiral through our global village igniting and opening the mystical heart of humanity. Hidden within this timeless transmission of poetry, which flowed through him spontaneously, is a very precise spiritual teaching addressing every aspect of humanity's current awakening.

December 17th is the anniversary of Rumi's transition from the earth- what he called his 'Wedding Day' with eternity. People from all traditions came to his wedding, recognizing in him the embodied Presence of universal love.

Evening includes a performance of ecstatic poetry (Rumi, Hafiz and other spiritual masters) and music followed by four rounds of Sufi Whirling Prayer ceremony. Those who attend are encouraged to participate in the whirling. Performance artists for this special evening includeGabrielle Young (ecstatic poetry) with the musicians of Sagrado: Eric Zang (ney, oud, tar, vocals),John Dumas (world flutes, didges, guitar), Porangui (percussive, song) and Three Trees (percussive, saz).

"Gabrielle Young has honed her being and her art. She is not merely a marvelous interpreter of Rumi's poetry, but a transmitter of their sacred fire". - Andrew Harvey

Come dressed for dancing!

		Gabrielle Young is a performance and recording artist who delivers the poetic and prophetic word of Rumi and other spiritual masters with music and dance. This performance is a symphony of consciousness celebrating ecstatic reunion with the Beloved through the power and presence of the Living Word. Andrew Harvey says "No one delivers Rumi like Gabrielle ... not only a marvelous interpreter of Rumi’s poems, but a transmitter of their sacred fire."
		Eric Zang's background is primarily in Middle Eastern music, with influences from folk to classical styles. During his many travels abroad he has absorbed an astounding array of musical influences. Zang will play the ney, a Turkish flute, as well as several Middle Eastern percussion instruments. His past collaborations include African music with CK Ganyo, Latin music with Ted Solis and flamenco with the group Mosaico. In Sedona he has recorded with Chris Spheeris and Anthony Mazzella. For more information, visit Eric's web site at www.ericzang.com
		John Dumas, internationally acclaimed artist, musician, shamanic astrologer, teacher and sound healer, is an artist who creates his own flutes and didgeridoos. He was originally inspired here in Sedona among the red rocks and on a vision quest in the mountains of Virginia. He began creating multiple chambered flutes. The Heart Flute of the Four Winds is one that produces four resonating sounds that open the heart space while honoring the four directions. He has developed a unique sound therapy/healing ceremony that is titled Shamanic Journey into Dreamtime, which facilitates the healing of mind, body and spirit. With the intention of love and compassion, John opens the doorway into an altered state of time and space, producing awakened dreaming. For more information visit www.johndumas.com.
		Three Trees, Percussionist, shamanic sound healer, teacher, and drum builder. Adds his joy and love for rhythm. Three Trees has been a musician, artist & student of spiritual studies for the past 25 years. He uniquely integrates music, art & spirituality for healing & growth. Three Trees is a drum builder and teaches tradional and 'spirit drumming" classes weekly in Sedona. He offers chakra/aura clearing & balancing session utilising shamanic sound healing techniques. For more information visit www.wholeliferesources.com or call Three Trees at 480-748-1675 for more information on the classes and services he offers.
		Poranguí - Reared among the three cultures of Brazil, Mexico and the U.S., Poranguí was steeped in various traditional forms of music, healing and ceremony since birth. Drawing from his cross-cultural background and ethnomusicology training at Duke University, Poranguí has over twelve years of international work experience as an artist, educator, filmmaker, consultant and therapist, utilizing the healing properties of sound and movement to foster our individual and collective well being. As an accomplished musician, Poranguí is proficient in world percussion, guitar, voice and a variety of indigenous instruments (didgeridoo, Native American flute, etc.). He has been featured on albums in styles as diverse as flamenco to latin jazz, and his musical compositions have been used in independent theatrical and film productions. For more information visit www.porangui.com.

Events, Workshops, Performances, and Lectures

Gabrielle delivers performances internationally of Rumi, Hafiz, Kabir, Lalla, Mirabai and sacred Egyptian texts, accompanied by musicians.

What happens to the guests
who keep visiting the verse of a Perfect One?
Their voices and cells become refined.
They gift back to the world
all the light they have received.
— Hafiz

Love is a river, drink from it.
— Rumi

When Rumi was a child in the thirteenth century, sages predicted that he would one day set the hearts of the world on fire. Today, Rumi is the best-selling poet in the United States.

This poetry is the living, molten speech of Divine Love itself — a trumpet waking the dead and calling us to relate again to the universe with wonder and ecstasy. Hidden within it is a very exacting and precise teaching, addressing with blazing clarity, humanity's current spiritual awakening.
— Andrew Harvey, best selling author (The Way of Passion: A Celebration of Rumi), scholar, mystic

Gabrielle Young has honed her being and her art to the point where she is not merely a marvelous interpreter of Rumi's poems, but a transmitter of their sacred fire. Anyone who sees her performance will come away as I did, haunted by its pure and wild intensity, its unforced exaltation and its all-pervading atmosphere of reverence before the mystery of Divine Love. Gabrielle is an alchemist of movement, gesture, and word; she gifts a long draught of the Elixir of holy passion that turns the dross of being into the gold of truth. No one delivers Rumi like Gabrielle.
— Andrew Harvey, best selling author (The Way of Passion: A Celebration of Rumi), scholar, mystic

Gabrielle Young's rendering of the poetry of Jelaluddin Rumi elegantly evokes the magical passion for the Divine of the great Sufi Spiritual master. Her performance has so perfectly internalized the deep spiritual Messages that one feels the presence of a powerful transmission taking place. Her elegant use of word and gesture makes for a mesmerizing experience.
— Terry Riley, composer

When I first heard Rumi, I felt Being move inside...
— Gayle Roberts, massage therapist

The poetry was words I had heard before, a flowing, a glowing, something so intricate yet simple, a natural instinct, balance. I could feel this very high energy, like a chemical, in my heart. I felt I was skydiving through myself. This "falling" was a good feeling and filled me with energy for days afterwards. That energy, that gift, is more powerful than any army. I have always known; I have just never known where, inside, to look. — Natalia

Dimensions of the Heart:
Experience Zikr,
Circle of Divine Remembrance

Zikrs are held in Sedona and other locations as requested.

Come! Return to the root of the root of the root of yourself! — Rumi

Experience the regenerative sustaining power, beauty and wisdom encoded in sacred harmonics of the Divine Names and higher octaves of Light, sound, color, color-geometries, and movement. Sufi, Kaballah and Zen mystical and wisdom traditions and ecstatic, initiatory transmissions gifted through Rumi, Hafiz, Mirabai, Lalla, Kabir, and sacred Egyptian texts. An opportunity for direct coaching in opening voice resonance grid and our bodytemple/bodycosmos through praise and celebration. Music, prayer, movement, mystical songs, and dancing Aramaic Lord's prayer and Beautitude.

Dates and locations of upcoming performances will be posted here as scheduled, or contact Gabrielle.

 

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