Yes!, Zendervish!, Thank you. I was able to find some traces of Salik Schwartz on the 'net.
Have a look at NEW YORK MAGAZINE, in 1978. Page 180. Salik is the Third fellow mentioned; my Shih-fu is Sixth! And I stand corrected, we danced on TUESDAY night, not Wednesday. Wednesday was Carla de Sola and Arthur Eaton's night for meditation, on the high altar at the same Cathedral. We sat on cushions, Zen-style. A remarkably ecumenical House-of-Worship. Carla and Arthur also operated the Omega Liturgical Dance Company there; I did Lighting for them sometimes at performances. http://books.google.com/books?id=-OACAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA180&lpg=PA180&dq=salik+schwartz+sufi&source=bl&ots=AbE5ERi-iT&sig=VpksycC97hKTINC-I93ww5j28g0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7RwsUcifEYK4iwL-xIGQDg&ved=0CEoQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=salik%20schwartz%20sufi&f=false Hilda's group at the Cathedral is mentioned there too, as #4. Edgar here might know of her, also, as a famous Morningside Heights presence. I'd forgotten that Salik is an accountant, a CPA. And President of his own company. Here's a too-small picture of him, and I recognize him as "our" Salik. There is no other. Except you! : http://www.plaxo.com/directory/profile/34360432524/a9ca5440/Salik/Schwartz (you may have to click on the small photo to enlarge it a smidgeon) Wow; my week is complete and it's only Monday. Icing on the cake, to come. Thank you *VERY* much. --Joe > "salik888" <novelidea8@...> wrote: > > Dear Joe > > That's him, Salik . . . a real madman. We attended a Zikr gathering with the > Naqshbandi and aferwards there was this middle easter restauant downstairs, > Saturday night, and they had belly dancers and corny music going . . . so > when we come downstairs with all the Sufis, who are pretty conservation, > Salik hears the music and goes into Sama and wheels into the middle of the > restaurant with Jerrahi hat on and robes . . . wildly dancing and carrying on. > > Also, Salik and I assisted some people getting out of a cult, but he was the > real hero . . . this cult got real involved in the sexy business and an inner > esoteric school of Mary Magdalene . . . you can figure the rest. A friend of > mind stayed there for a while in his old age. ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
