The full list of offerings from my publishing house, Albion-Andalus Books, can be seen here. Below is a selection of books that I’ve authored, co-authored, and/or edited.
The Bowl Of Saqi By Hazrat Inayat Khan, Edited by Netanel Miles Yépez (2021)
First Published in 1922, The Bowl of Saqi is a collection of 366 aphorisms lovingly culled from the talks and personal notebooks of Hazrat Inayat Khan, and arranged according to the days of the year, each aphorism serving as a meditation theme for the day. This much beloved classic of Sufi wisdom is for many Western Sufis the simplest and most accessible collection of Hazrat Inayat Khan's teachings and the one with which they are most familiar. In this new edition, the original text has been revised, annotated, and reformatted for a new generation of readers, making the language gender inclusive and explaining non-English vocabulary. The Bowl of Saqi is one volume in the ongoing Sufi Message Series of Hazrat Inayat Khan, published by Albion-Andalus Books.
Gathekas By Hazrat Inayat Khan, Edited by Netanel Miles-Yépez
"The meaning of the word 'Sufism' is 'wisdom.' Wisdom is a knowledge acquired from within and without. Sufism is not only intuitive knowledge; it is knowledge acquired from life in the world, too. Sufism is not a religion, nor a cult or a doctrine. The best explanation of Sufism is that any person who has a knowledge of life outside and inside is a Sufi. For this reason, there has never been in any period of the world's history a founder of Sufism; and yet, Sufism has always existed."
Among the oral teachings of Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927), collected and transcribed for private use by his murids, the Gathekas were specifically intended for taliban, or 'candidates' for initiation into the Sufi path. The Sanskrit word, gāthikā, refers to an epic poem or sacred song, and is consistent with the other music and poetry related titles he gave to most of his more focused teachings for murids. In this case, these are teachings meant to help seekers understand the fundamentals of the Sufi Message and the nature of the Sufi path.
God Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown: The Holy Ari and the ‘Contracttion’ of God By Netanel Miles-Yépez & Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (2021)
In God Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown, Netanel Miles-Yépez and Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi offer little-known stories of the kabbalist, Isaac Luria, and explore the profound implications of the kabbalistic idea of Tzimtzum, the 'contraction' of God that allows for creation, through different paradigms of Jewish belief over the centuries, and look at its function in Judaism and Jewish practice today.
In The Teahouse of Experience: Nine Talks on the Path of sufism by Pir Netanel-Miles Yepez (2020)
"The one who tastes, knows; the one who tastes not, knows not. . . . Close the shop of argument and open the teahouse of experience." With these words, the reader is invited into the Sufi "tea-house of experience"where Sufi teacher Pir Netanel Miles-Yépez offers us an elegant and accessible tour of Sufi teachings and practices for all tastes. Full of parables and practical examples, Pir Netanel tells the "Story of Sufism" and introduces us to the "Sufi Path of Love" and the "Sufi Path of Knowledge," as well as Sufi meditation practices and the inner life of Sufism (and the struggles we sometimes encounter there). Whether reading about Sufism for the first time, or an experienced practitioner, you will find something "In the Teahouse" to inform, surprise, and delight you.
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi: Essential Teachings by Or N. Rose & Netanel Miles-Yepez (2020)
Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (1924-2014) was one of the most creative and influential Jewish spiritual teachers in the late twentieth-century. Reb Zalman (as he is known) made several distinctive and lasting contributions to Jewish and interreligious life in North America and beyond. Originally trained as a Hasidic rabbi within the Chabad-Lubavitch community, he became one of the great teachers and translators of Jewish mystical tradition. Weaving together strands of Hasidism and Kabbalah with teachings from a wide range of other religious and wisdom traditions, including Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, psychology, history, and the sciences, he created the Jewish Renewal Movement, which seeks to infuse contemporary Jewish life with greater spiritual depth through increased attention to contemplative and embodied practice along with joyous service to God, the Jewish people, and the world as a whole.
My Love Stands Behind a Wall: A Translation of the Song of Songs and Other Poems: 2nd Edition By Netanel Miles-Yépez (2018)
The Song of Songs (Shir HaShirim) is among the most beloved books of the Hebrew Bible, beloved both for the beauty of its language and for the mystical ideas it has inspired. However, many new readers may be surprised to learn that—while it is often understood as an allegory for the relationship between God (the Bridegroom) and humanity (the Bride)—it has no explicit religious content whatsoever and actually seems to celebrate erotic love. In his new translation, My Love Stands Behind a Wall, Netanel Miles-Yépez, attempts to emphasize the “earthy immediacy” of the original Hebrew, wishing the Song of Songs to stand on its own as “love poetry,” arguing that the mystical poetry and insights about Divine Love it has inspired actually come from an engagement with the raw imagery of human love. Also included are translations of the mystical poetry of Juan de la Cruz, Yehudah Halevi, Yitzhak Luria, Elazar Azikri, and Shlomo Halevi Alakabetz from the Spanish and Hebrew, and an afterword on the interpretation of mystical poetry.
One God, Many Worlds: Teachings of a Renewed Hasidism: A Festschrift in Honor of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, z"l Edited by Netanel Miles-Yépez (2015)
In 2004, as a private gift for Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s 80th birthday, a number of his students and colleagues were invited to contribute to a festschrift or commemorative volume in his honor. To make the volume truly unique, each contributor was asked to update or give a new presentation to teachings by Reb Zalman’s own rebbes which he had himself translated into English, or to stories that he had told of them. These included teachings and stories of Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak Schneersohn of Lubavitch (1880-1950), Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson of Lubavitch (1902-1994), and Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam of Bobov (1908-2000). The idea was to see how these same teachings might be presented today, according to the paradigm-shifted understanding of Reb Zalman’s own colleagues, close collaborators, and students. In 2014, this unique collection of Hasidic teachings was updated and supplemented to honor Reb Zalman on his 90th birthday. Now, after his passing, it is being being published in book form for the first time. The updated collection contains contributions from some of today's most important artists and spiritual teachers, including: Bahir Davis, Tirzah Firestone, Emanuel Goldman, Lynn Gottlieb, Arthur Green, Michael L. Kagan, Ruth Gan Kagan, Laura Duhan Kaplan, Miles Krassen, Shaul Magid, Matisyahu, Netanel Miles-Yépez, Thomas Atum O'Kane, Nehemia Polen, Carol Rose, Neal Rose, Shalvi Schachter Waldman, and Rami Shapiro.
Meditations for InterSpiritual Practice: A Collection of Practices from the World's Spiritual Tradition Edited by Netanel Miles-Yépez (2015)
Meditations for InterSpiritual Practice is a collection of articles on meditation and prayer in different spiritual traditions as taught by authentic teachers of those traditions. In each article, the author gives context for a foundational practice of their tradition and follows it with instructions for carrying out this practice. Some of the noteworthy contributors to this special volume include: Swami Atmarupananda, Kenneth Cohen, Sheikh Kabir Helminski, Don “Four Arrows” Jacobs, Father Thomas Keating, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, B. Alan Wallace. In addition to the practices in this volume are a carefully chosen selection of verses on different themes from the Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Indigenous, Islamic, Jewish, and Taoist traditions.
A Hidden Light: Stories and Teachings of Early HaBaD and Bratzlav Hasidism By Zalman Schachter-Shalomi & Netanel Miles Yépez (2011)
A Hidden Light is an intimate guided tour of early ḤaBaD and Bratzlav Hasidic teaching and storytelling, focusing on the founders of ḤaBaD (Shneur Zalman of Liadi, his son, Dov Baer of Lubavitch, and chief disciple, Ahron of Staroshelye) and Bratzlav (Nahman of Bratzlav and his chief disciple, Nosson of Nemirov). In this book, the teachings and tales of these two branches of Hasidic spirituality are richly enhanced by the new insights, interpretations and personal reflections of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, a modern-day Hasidic master and founder of the Jewish Renewal movement, and Netanel Miles-Yepez, a scholar of comparative religion and Sufi Pir. Readers of their previous book, A Heart Afire: Stories and Teachings of the Early Hasidic Masters will delight in this sequel, covering the next generations of Hasidism; both casual readers of spirituality and serious students of Hasidism will find something of profound depth.
A Heart Afire: Stories and Teachings of the Early Hasidic Masters By Zalman Schachter-Shalomi & Netanel Miles Yépez (2009)
A Heart Afire explores many of the lesser-known stories and teachings of the first three generations of Hasidism, especially those of the Ba'al Shem Tov, his heirs (male and female), and the students of his successor, the Maggid of Mezritch. Readers get a rare introduction into some of the more radical teachings of these popular Hasidic masters, and insights that connect them to the ecological, ecumenical, and femenist values of the modern world.
This intimate guided tour of early Hasidism and Hasidic storytelling gives readers and opportunity to immerse themselves in the world of Hasidic wisdom and narrative. In A Heart Afire, the teachings and tales of old-world Hasidism are richly enhanced by the enlightening insights, interpretations, and personal reflections of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, a modern-day Hasidic master and founder of the Jewish Renewal movement, and his disciple, Netanel Miles-Yepez, a Sufi pir and scholar of comparative religion. Together, they add a deeply meaningful dimension to these stories and a facile bridge between old and new interpretations of them.
The Common Heart: An Experience of Interreligious Dialogue Edited by Netanel Miles-Yépez (2006)
For twenty years, a group of spiritual seekers from many religious traditions met in various places around the United States under the rubric of the Snowmass Conferences to engage in the deepest form of interreligious dialogue. The experience was intimate and trusting, transformative and inspiring. To encourage openness and honesty, no audio or visual recording was made of, and no articles were written about, the encounters.
When these encounters came to an end, it was agreed that reflections on what had happened emotionally, spiritually, philosophically, and theologically during the Snowmass dialogues should be written down. The result is The Common Heart.
Here is an extraordinary exploration of the wealth of the world's spiritual traditions combined with dialogue from the heart about the differences and similarities between their paths of wisdom. Participants include Fr. Thomas Keating, Roshi Bernie Glassman, Swami Atmarupananda, Dr. Ibrahim Gamard, Imam Bilal Hyde, Pema Chodron, Rabbi Henoch Dov Hoffman, and many others.