Carol Weyland Conner
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Carol Weyland Conner is the current Murshid
a of Sufism Reoriented
. Sufism Reoriented was chartered by Meher Baba
in 1952.
Murshid
Murshid is Arabic for "guide" or "teacher". Particularly in Sufism it refers to a Sufi teacher. The term is used by other branches of Islam as well, e.g. by the Nizaris, the main school of Ismā‘īlī Shiites....
a of Sufism Reoriented
Sufism Reoriented
Sufism Reoriented is an American school of spiritual training headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, established by Meher Baba in 1952. In November of that year he signed The Chartered Guidance from Meher Baba for the Reorientation of Sufism. He appointed Ivy O...
. Sufism Reoriented was chartered by Meher Baba
Meher Baba
Meher Baba , , born Merwan Sheriar Irani, was an Indian mystic and spiritual master who declared publicly in 1954 that he was the Avatar of the age....
in 1952.
Succession
- Inayat KhanInayat KhanInayat Khan was an exemplar of Universal Sufism and founder of the "Sufi Order in the West" in 1914 . Later, in 1923, the Sufi Order of the London period was dissolved into a new organization formed under Swiss law and called the "International Sufi Movement"...
(1882–1927) - Murshida Rabia Martin - Hazrat Inayat Khan's designated spiritual successor http://www.marinsufis.com/murshid.php
- Ivy Oneita Duce (1895–1981) - Successor to Martin and first Murshida of the new Sufism Reoriented under Meher Baba. http://www.jaibaba.com/mandali/ds/broughtsufis.html http://www.avatarmeherbaba.org/erics/heroines7c.html
- Dr. James S. B. MacKie (1932–2001) http://www.belovedarchives.org/glow_international/art008_01.html
- Carol Weyland Conner