Fazal Inayat-Khan
Fazal Inayat-Khan (Template:Langx) (July 20, 1942 – September 26, 1990), also known as Frank Kevlin, was a psychotherapist and poet who led the Inayati Order from 1968 to 1982.[1]
He was the author of Old Thinking, New Thinking: The Sufi prism (1979) and, published in Dutch, Modern soefisme: over creatieve verandering en spirituele groei (Modern Sufism: on creative change and spiritual growth) (1992).
Life and career
Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists Born in Montélimar,[2] Vichy France to a Dutch mother and the composer, Hidayat Inayat Khan, Inayat-Khan was brought up speaking Hindi, Dutch, English and French. His grandfather was Inayat Khan and his aunt was Noor Inayat Khan. Fazal Inayat-Khan is buried at the Oud Eik en Duinen cemetery in The Hague.
Inayat-Khan found work as a poet, psychotherapist and publisher.[2] Finding that his family name influenced people's perception of his work, he changed his name legally to Frank Kevlin.[3] As an early promoter of Neuro Linguistic Programming, he was the main motivating force behind the creation of the Association for Neuro Linguistic Programming.[4]
From 1968 to 1982 he was head of the Sufi Movement, a movement started by his grandfather and kept in the family.[5] He held that Sufism has three aspects: it is non-definitive, inclusive, and experiential –
- non-definitive because the real exists without needing to be defined;
- inclusive because it is found in all religions and accepts any form of worship or meditative practice that is appropriate to the moment;
- experiential because it goes beyond theology and second-hand spiritual experience, accepting the possibility of direct revelation.
Works
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Notes
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- ↑ Melton, Gordon J. and Baumann, Martin. Religions of the World, Second Edition: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices. ABC-CLIO, p. 1482.
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