https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Shams-i-Heartsong2292/The personal diaries of Samual Lewis, founder of the Sufi Ruhaniat. (See http://ruhaniat.org)hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Shams-i-Heartsong2292/947104https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Shams-i-Heartsong2292/940030August 7, 1960 My dear Vocha: This will probably be my last letter before sailing; I do get additional mail I may not answer except in emergency, until I am on board. There are still nine days before I leave and the one big problem of marketing my manuscripts. I have been given contradictory...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Shams-i-Heartsong2292/939320The dictionary defines pilgrimage as "a long, weary journey, as to a shrine." However, the Latin roots of the word carry the meaning of "traveling or wandering through open spaces or fields." Samuel Lewis approached his pilgrimages at a time of life (60) when other people think about retiring....https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Shams-i-Heartsong2292/939172Cambridge, Mass, July 31, 1960 My dear Charles: My greatest difficulty has been to get suitable time to write these and not just notes like those of a diary. I left Gloucester to come to Cambridge mostly to visit Harvard. But I also had, let us say, social obligations, chiefly centered in a...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Shams-i-Heartsong2292/939065July 30, 1960 Cambridge Dear Harry: I am in another of my fools-for-luck series. Come down to Cambridge to call at Harvard and look up a family connection. I found the party living very close by the campus. This has saved wear and tear. That made it possible to go to the Arboretum Friday...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Shams-i-Heartsong2292/938942Dear folks: ` July 9, 1960 This is really a diary entry written in New York. I came down on personal business and had the very unifying experience of finding my sailing date cancelled for the third time. I do not know whether there is any Saturnine influence in my horoscope—have not heard of...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Shams-i-Heartsong2292/938851June 29, 1960 Dear Jack: I have just received your letter of the 18th which I am answering at once because of its timely factors, though I do not know when it will be mailed. I am staying with a cousin 9 miles from the fishing village of Gloucester, Massachusetts. I am helping him as he is a...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Shams-i-Heartsong2292/938772June 23, 1960 My dear John: It probably takes at least six days for mail to reach Gloucester—sometimes two days from Boston, because few trains carry mail or baggage. I have not heard from either the bank or my travel agent recently. I have overpaid my travel agent over a hundred dollars and he...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/Shams-i-Heartsong2292/938692Pukhtunistan Times Editorial: This issue comes largely through the kind cooperation of my friend, Mr. Pundit, with his series of “The Pundit Spunned It.” Please read with patience. The Pundit at Harvard: My young friends, it is time for you to become aware of the world and not only aware of the...