Today, Loretta welcomes Neil Douglas-Klotz, Ph.D. (Saadi Shakur Chishti), who is a world-renowned scholar, poet, and musician in Middle Eastern spirituality, specializing in the translation and interpretation of ancient Semitic languages like Aramaic, Hebrew, and Arabic. Based in Fife, Scotland, he directs the Edinburgh Institute for Advanced Learning and co-founded the international Network of the Dances of Universal Peace. A former co-chair of the Mysticism Group at the American Academy of Religion, he is the bestselling author of *Prayers of the Cosmos*, *The Hidden Gospel*, *Revelations of the Aramaic Jesus*, and *The Aramaic Jesus Book of Days* (February 2025). Known for his pioneering Aramaic translations of Jesus’s teachings, Neil bridges historical wisdom with contemporary challenges, offering a dogma-free path to authentic living. A Sufi practitioner for over 40 years, he also co-founded the Edinburgh International Festival of Middle Eastern Spirituality and Peace, earning the 2005 Kessler-Keener Peacemaker Award.

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