1. Welcome. The Door Is Always Open

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Prologue 1
5. 1. Welcome. The Door Is Always Open 5
6. 2. Baba’s Bektashi Lineage 27
7. 3. Baba’s Balkan Heritage 55
8. 4. The Path of Exile 73
9. 5. Waiting in Egypt 97
10. 6. Coming to America 125
11. 7. Early Decades at the Tekke 149
12. 8 . Later Decades at the Tekke 167
13. 9. With Baba in the Beyond 191
14. Epilogue. “We go, but the Way remains” 207
15. Bibliography 213
16. Index 219