A “Moveable Feast”
AT THE CLEVELAND PARK LIBRARY
Sunday June 22nd, 2025 2-4 PM
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3310 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC - 2 Blocks from Cleveland Park Redline Metro Station in Library’s “Lower-Level Meeting Room”
RSVP: Theomegaforums@gmail.com
Dear Interfaith Friends,
🌹A Rose by any other Name. You’re warmly invited to gather for an Interfaith “Sema” at the Cleveland Park Library which is 2 blocks from Cleveland Redline Metro Station .
WHAT IS A SEMA? The "Sema" is a participatory Poetic Love Feast - an invitation to Sacred Space. We’ll be sharing some short Poems from Rumi and a few other Mystical poets in English → these will be interspersed with Sacred Chant, Sufi Teaching Stories, and select “Dances of Universal Peace” [“Sufi Dance.”] Our theme will be “Interfaith Unity”. Farsi Readers and Lovers of Rumi's Poetry are also especially welcome to read to us in Rumi's original Persian language!
THE DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE (DUP) are a spiritual practice that employs singing and dancing the sacred phrases of the world's religions. Their intention is meditative - to joyfully elevate our consciousness and to promote peace between people of diverse religions. The DUP form originated via Murshid S.A.M. Lewis who was a beloved Sufi Disciple of Hazrat Inayat Khan. These joyous and devotional "Dances" combine Sacred Chants from the many world faith traditions with easily learned circle dance movements, some whirling. The "Dances" invite and evoke a group harmonization through breath, movement and chant - they are accompanied with musical instrumentation - and can also be woven with Sacred Story & Poetry [In a form known as a "Sema"].
TRAVEL & PARKING: The Cleveland Park D.C. Library is located at 3310 Conn. Ave NW, Washington, DC - 2 blocks South of the Cleveland Park Redline Metro Station. We will be meeting in the very large “Lower-level Meeting Room.” [Elevator accessible.] Free Sunday parking on surrounding streets.
RSVP: Theomegaforums@gmail.com .
Or just come if you decide that Sunday..
There is no charge for our gathering!
Note: Only Bottled Water is permitted in Library, no foods.
💑Blessings and Peace, Zamin Danty
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THE JCF MYTHOLOGICAL ROUNDTABLE® OF SILVER SPRING, MD/D.C.
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