Path & Present is a long form conversation hosted by poet, emcee, and teaching-artist Baraka Blue with friends and guests including artists, musicians, authors, and scholars to collectively explore what it means to walk a path of awakening and spiritual discernment in the modern world. Topics covered include spirituality/religion/metaphysics, community, art/music, psychology, social justice, Islam and Muslims in the West, and earth stewardship.
**Path & Present** Is a community endeavor produced for the sake of sharing the stories of our communities and amplifying the forces of positivity and goodness in the universe. It is made possible through community support. Enjoy Path and Present Podcast? Now you can become a supporter/patron at Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4205410
Baraka Blue is a poet and musician from Seattle, Washington. After reading the works of Rumi and Ibn Arabi he traveled to study with contemporary Sufi teachers in Morocco, Turkey, Yemen, Egypt and beyond. He has a BA in Arabic from the University of Washington and was awarded a Master's Degree in Islamic Studies from the GTU, Berkeley for his research on the Sufi thought of Abu Hamid al-Ghazali. As a teaching-artist he has performed all over the world, including such institutions as Princeton and the School of Oriental and African Studies, London.
I struggle to find podcasts that I can connect with and that I find as informative, transformative and insightful as this one. I absolutely love this podcast and the beautiful line up of guests. Thank you Baraka Blue. Would love to see more episodes!
2020-04-28
Soothing and inspiring
Really enjoyed listening to the Ramadan in Retreat podcast :)
It was a really soothing way of learning
2019-09-24
Yasssss
Important and inspiring conversations. Learning more and more with every episode. Really refreshing thoughts !
2019-08-07
Deep
Thank you so much for the podcast. I love all the interesting and intriguing conversations. I have listened countless times to some of the deep talks.
