Kabir Helminski

Kabir Helminski is co-director of the Threshold Society, a non-profit educational foundation rooted in the traditions of Sufism and inspired by the life and work of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi. He is an author, a translator of the works of Rumi and others, and a shaikh in the Mevlevi Order which traces back to Rumi. He has authored some of the finest modern English translations of Rumi's poetry (in numerous editions published by Shambhala), and is the author of two contemporary classics on Sufism...See more

Kabir Helminski is co-director of the Threshold Society, a non-profit educational foundation rooted in the traditions of Sufism and inspired by the life and work of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi. He is an author, a translator of the works of Rumi and others, and a shaikh in the Mevlevi Order which traces back to Rumi. He has authored some of the finest modern English translations of Rumi's poetry (in numerous editions published by Shambhala), and is the author of two contemporary classics on Sufism which have been published into at least twelve languages: Living Presence: The Sufi Path to Mindfulness and the Essential Self (Tarcher Cornerstone Editions) and The Knowing Heart: A Sufi Path of Transformation (Shambhala). See less