Garden of Mystic Love
Gregory Blann has been an active student of Sufism and the world’s religions for over two decades. Some of his teachers in the Sufi tradition have been: Pir Vilayat Khan, Sheikh Nur al-Jerrahi (Lex Hixon), and Sefer Efendi.  He has written numerous articles on spirituality and, for four years, worked closely with Sheikh Nur translating the traditional mystic hymns of the Jerrahis from Turkish into English, to be sung by dervishes in the West. He has been a frequent participant in ecumenical dialogues and panels, serving on the board of the Interfaith Alliance of Middle Tennessee.