Reshad Feild

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Reshad Feild 1976

Reshad Feild , real name Richard Timothy Feild (born April 15, 1934 in Hascombe , Surrey , † May 31, 2016 in Devon , England ) was a British mystic , writer and musician. He is best known for his books on a universal view of Sufism , with which he has gained a wide following in the western world.

Career

Reshad Feild was strongly influenced by the teachings of Georges I. Gurdjieff and PD Ouspensky , and he was also very interested in Tibetan Buddhism . With extensive travels through India, America and Europe, he met Tibetan lamas , North American shamans and finally to various Sufi masters, of which a sheikh of the Mevlevi - Tariqa from Konya for many years was to become his spiritual teacher. From this he was commissioned in the early 1970s to bring the ritual ceremony of the whirling dervishes , which dates back to the legendary Persian mystic Rumi (1207–1273), from Turkey to America and Europe for the first time, making it accessible to women and non-Muslims do.

Since then, Reshad Feild has provided a religion-neutral, informal approach to the “inner essence” of Sufism. In Europe, Chalice Verlag is working to keep Feild's teachings and books available. In German-speaking Europe there are about a dozen groups that meet regularly and work according to the teachings of Reshad Feild.

His literary output includes around 20 works translated into many languages. His first, the bestseller I went the way of the dervish , describes his meeting with his most important spiritual teacher, Bülent Rauf alias "Hamid", who taught Sufism along the lines of the Andalusian mystic Ibn Arabi (1165-1240).

Works (in German)

  • Autobiographical trilogy:
    • First part: The last barrier - I went the way of the dervish . Diederichs, Düsseldorf 1977; Chalice, Xanten 2014, ISBN 978-3-942914-11-6
    • Part Two: Knowing We Are Loved - The Dervish Seal . Diederichs, Munich 1980; Chalice, Xanten 2014, ISBN 978-3-942914-12-3
    • Third part: On the way home - Every journey begins with a question . Krüger, Frankfurt am Main 1997; Chalice, Xanten 2014, ISBN 978-3-942914-13-0
  • Steps to freedom . Martin, Südergellersen 1984; (New edition as: With mindfulness through life - 39 steps to freedom by Chalice, Xanten 2019, ISBN 978-3-942914-35-2 )
  • Live to heal . Martin, Südergellersen 1985; Rowohlt Taschenbuch, Reinbek 1989
  • The breathing life. Paths to Consciousness . Diederichs, Munich 1989; Chalice, Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-905272-15-4
  • Reshad Feild's travel guide on the path to self . Plejaden, Boltersen 1989, ISBN 3-88419-046-6
  • The alchemy of the heart . Diederichs, Munich 1990; Aurum, Bielefeld 2004, ISBN 3-89901-020-5
  • Footprints in the sand . Sphinx, Basel 1990, ISBN 3-85914-624-6
  • With the eyes of the heart . Diederichs, Munich 1991; Arbor, Freiamt 1998
  • Rose petals. Poems and stories . Sphinx, Basel 1992, ISBN 3-85914-627-0
  • Spiritual Psychology / The Sense of Remembering . Chalice, Luzern 1997, ISBN 3-905272-07-5
  • This day is yours. A diary . Arbor, Freiamt 2000, ISBN 3-924195-66-8
  • Not a day like this. A journal for people on the way . Chalice, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-905272-20-2
  • The inner work. Study material from a living esoteric school . 3 volumes:
  • Breathe, for God's sake! Lectures on the mystical art and science of breath . Chalice, Xanten 2013, ISBN 978-3-942914-09-3
  • Collected works in three volumes , Chalice, Xanten 2016, ISBN 978-3-942914-31-4 , ISBN 978-3-942914-32-1 and ISBN 978-3-942914-33-8

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personal data
SURNAME Feild, Reshad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Feild, Richard Timothy (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Sufi mystic and spiritual teacher
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Hascombe , Surrey
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 2016
Place of death Devon , England , UK