Tweedie, Irina - The Sufi Path
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27m
The Sufis are inheritors of a tradition which has influenced many world religions. Their work, which involves dreams, altered states of consciousness and teaching stories, is to further the evolution of humanity by offering deep intuitive training to select individuals. The late Mrs. Irina Tweedie was a Sufi teacher and author of Daughter of Fire, a diary of her intensive spiritual training in India with a Sufi master.
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