Photos from the Book Murshid
Murshid in his dervish robe at the wedding of Jehanara and Hassan Herz, chosen as the frontispiece because it shows a small sample of the loving family beginning to gather.
Swami Ranganathananda Maharaj at The Temple of Understanding in Geneva Switzerland attended by Murshid and Mansur in 1970 from Chapter 1
Murshid lecturing at his home, the Mentorgarden, from Chapter 2
Murshid lecturing at the Church of MANS from Chapter 2
Murshid in Mansur's VW van in Chapter 3
Murshid in Precita Park in San Francisco in Chapter 3 (buy)
Moineddin Jablonski, Marsha Pavolic, Murshid, and Jehanara Herz at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco in Chapter 3
Murshid in the garden at Amin's place in Corte Madera, California, called The Garden of Allah before a party in Chapter 3
Murshid balancing the broom at the December 23, 1967 Christmas party at the Garden of Allah in Chapter 3
left: Murshid attuned to Jesus
right: Sheila (Sheyla) McKendrick
in Chapter 4
top left: Murshid attuned to Krishna
top right: Murshid attuned to Rama
bottom: Murshid attuned to Buddha
All in Chapter 4
Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan at the meditation retreat at Olompali Ranch in 1968 in Chapter 5
Murshid in his Buddhist robe in Precita Park just outside his front door in Chapter 6
Murshid pushing Nathan B. Johnson on the swing in Bolinas, California in Chapter 7
Phillip Davenport (upper right) during the interview with renowned religious scholar Huston Smith in Chapter 7
Murshid reacting during the Huston Smith interview in Berkeley in Chapter 7
Huston Smith (upper right) with Murshid during his interview in Chapter 7
upper left: the psychic Lois Robinson
upper right: the astrologer Gavin Arthur, grandson of President Chester Arthur
bottom: Lois and Ayesha Moffet
All in Chapter 8
Murshid playing around, mugging for the camera with some students in Chapter 9
Opening of the Khankah, the Garden of Inayat
upper left: Jemila and Murshid
upper right: Moineddin left of Murshid; Mansur to the right
bottom: Fatima left of Murshid; Jemila to the right
All in Chapter 9
Top: Moineddin on ground, Murshid in the chair
bottom: Jemila, Fatima and Murshid getting food
All in Chapter 9
Reverend Neville Warwick, Joe Miller, Murshid, Rev. Eugene Wagner on page 140 in Chapter 9 (buy)
Murshid's God-daughters
top: Nancy Fish
bottom: Saadia Khawar Khan
Both in Chapter 10
Murshid pulling Mansur's son Nathan along Railroad Avenue in Novato, California in Chapter 11
top: Murshid with coffee at Garden of Inayat in Novato
bottom: Moineddin and Murshid observing the rotation of the tattvas in Precita Park, San Francisco
Both in Chapter 12
Khalif Akbar Jim Simmons
Khalif Moineddin Jablonski and his wife Fatima
from Chapter 13
top: Father Earl Blighton, founder of the Church of MANS
bottom: Two students of Father Blighton in front of their cafe on Haight Street in San Francisco called Brother Junipers
Both from Chapter 14
The astrologer Gavin Arthur, friend of Murshid, as "King" at Banefsha's wedding in Chapter 15
The initiation of Van Beasley by Murshid in Chapter 16 with Moineddin Jablonski in the foreground (top) above and going clockwise Murshid, Fatima Jablonski, Van, Akbar Simmons, and Daniel Lomax
Murshid leading the men in the Ram dance in Chapter 16
Top: Fatima, Moineddin, Murshid, Rev. Eugene Wagner
Bottom: Moineddin, Murshid, and Rev. Wagner
Both in Chapter 16
Mansur leading the first Sufi dance at the Lama Foundation in Mexico in 1969 in Chapter 17
Mansur in Lama meeting room in Chapter 17
Murshid and the cat at the Mentorgarden in Chapter 18, reminiscent of the cover of Sokei-an Sasaki's autobiography Holding the Lotus to the Rock, which shows Sokei-an, one of Murshid's Buddhist teachers, holding a cat. Both loved the cat.
Jehanara, Moineddin, Fatima, Murshid, and Gwen Bernham in Chapter 19
Saadia Khawar Khan, Melvin Meyer, and Dwen Bernham in Chapter 19
Jemila Johnson, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, and Tandy Beal in Chapter 20
Back row: David Hoffmaster, Mansur Johnson
Front row: Melvin Meyer, Mary Sue Sutton, Benefsha Gest, Murshid, Pir Vilayat, Jemila Johnson, unidentified female, and Tandy Beal in Chapter 20
Murshid Samuel Lewis and Pir Vilayat Khan in Chapter 20
Look of compassion in Chapter 21
Saul driving Mansur's VW van with Murshid in the passenger seat in Chapter 22
Saul, Murshid and Helen at Crater Lake in Oregon in Chapter 22
Murshid and Shamcher Bryn Beorse at Shamcher home in Keyport, Washington in Chapter 22
Murshid at a waterfall along the Columbia River in Chapter 22
Murshid in prayer cap in Chapter 23
Alhamdu Lillah, praise to God, in the meditation room at the Garden of Inayat in Chapter 24
Murshid with eyes closed in Chapter 25
Mansur's darshan taken during the filming of Sunseed in Chapter 26
Murshid at the Temple of Understanding in Chapter 26
Another shot from the Temple of Understanding in Geneva in Chapter 26
Murshid in the morgue from the Epilogue
God rest his soul.
When this shot was taken the etheric breath was seen moving in and out.
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