Lex Hixon called himself an active initiate and spiritual citizen of five different religious traditions: Christianity, Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism, Zen Buddhism, and Islam. Lex shared the profound illumination from these explorations through his many books, including: Coming Home: The Experience of Enlightenment in Sacred Traditions, Living Buddha Zen, Great Swan: Meetings with Ramakrishna, Mother of the Universe, Mother of the Buddhas, and The Heart of the Koran. (These books, presented by publishers other than Pir Press are nonetheless still available through Sufi Books). Lex was also the shaykh or spiritual teacher, of the Jerrahi Sufi Order located in New York City from 1985 until his passing in 1995, and founded numerous circles of the Order throughout the United States and Mexico. (For more on Lex, his vision and his work, visit: www.LexHixon.org) "Lex Hixon was an interfaith world all unto himself: a rare being who not only felt at home in various religious traditions, but celebrated each with boldness and passion." --Bernard Glassman, author of Bearing Witness: A Zen Master's Lessons in Making Peace "Lex Hixon is a rare combination of scholar and mystic" -- Gnosis Magazine ATOM FROM THE SUN OF KNOWLEDGE By Lex Hixon (Nur al-Jerrahi) ISBN: 1-879708-05-1 Price: $19 Trade paper, 410 pages This comprehensive volume is an initiation into Sufism by a Western teacher of Islamic mysticism who saw in this ancient tradition a universal path to enlightenment. The first part of Atom from the Sun of Knowledge explores the spiritual secrets of many of the practices of Islam, as well as interpreting the rich spiritual wealth of Islam's sacred book, the Quran, and its supplementary resource, the Hadith, or sayings of the Prophet Muhammad. The second part of the book contains ecstatic modern Sufi poetry and spiritual discourses that illuminate the essential unity of all existence and the immense love that is the heart of all. SUFI MEDITATION By Lex Hixon (Nur al-Jerrahi) ISBN: 1-879708-10-8 Price: $9 Trade paper, 64 pages Sufi Meditation presents the highest interpretation of what meditation means in universal mystical Islam. Using examples from the Quran, Eastern Orthodox Christianity and modern science, Hixon masterfully explains that Sufi meditation is to be conscious of Divine Reality at all times, and that ultimately there is no separation between meditation and living one's daily life. 101 DIAMONDS From the Oral Tradition of the Glorious Messenger Muhammad By Lex Hixon (Nur al-Jerrahi) and Fariha al-Jerrahi ISBN: 1-879708-17-5 Price: $10 Trade paper, 163 pages This book is a treasury of the wisdom of Sufism, which is the path of transmutation and self-realization, opened by the Prophet Muhammad, may Divine peace be upon him, over 1400 years ago. Through merging into Love, the Sufi disappears from self and reappears as Divine Love alone. These 101 diamonds of wisdom, collected by the great mystic and knower Ibn 'Arabi in the 13th Century, are direct inspirations into the heart of the Prophet from the Source of Love and Wisdom. They take the reader on a spiritual journey to ever-deepening levels of intimate knowing, which culminate in the radiance of Paradise, surrounded by companions of Love. This modern version of Ibn al-'Arabi's collection of oral traditions is a contemplative expansion by a contemporary Sufi teacher, Lex Hixon (Nur al-Jerrahi) and his disciple, Fariha al-Jerrahi. In fresh, poetic language, and with their own mystical passion, they bring these sacred diamonds of the Islamic tradition to the modern seeker on the spiritual path to enlightenment. --From the back cover INDIA POEM By India Radfar (Hixon) ISBN: 1-879708-19-1 Price: $9 Trade paper, 63 pages © 2004-2008 Pir Press, Inc. . All rights reserved