Kabir Edmund Helminski
Sufi teacher, author and translator
Kabir Edmund Helminski is a Sufi teacher, author and translator of Rumi's poetry. He co-directs the Threshold Society and is a shaikh of the Mevlevi Order.
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American Born 1947 in Jersey City, United States
About Kabir Edmund Helminski
Kabir Edmund Helminski was born on 1 July 1947. He is a shaikh, or spiritual teacher, in the Mevlevi Order of Sufi Islam, and has written a number of books on contemporary Sufism. He co-founded the Threshold Society and co-directs it with his wife, Camille Helminski. The Threshold Society is a nonprofit that shares the knowledge and practice of Sufism. Helminski wrote Living Presence and has translated several volumes of Rumi's poetry. In 2001 he was the first Muslim to give the Harold M. Wit Lectures on Spirituality in Contemporary Life at Harvard Divinity School. In 2007 he was one of the first scholars to put his name to "A Common Word Between Us and You", a letter sent by Muslim scholars to Christian leaders. In 2009 he was included among the 500 Most Influential Muslims in the World.