Interview with Shaik al‑Mashaik Mahmood Khan

is a leading Sufi leader, born in 1927, the son of Maheboob Khan, who was a brother of Hazrat Inayat Khan. Mahmood Khan is a historian and musicologist, a connoisseur of Islam and Hinduism and the traditional Indian Sufi schools of thought. He was the 'Inayat' (later called Sahaba‑es‑Safa) of the Healing Activity of the Sufi Movement in the 1980s at a time when the International Sufi Movement and the Sufi Order International were seeking for a convergence. On this proving unsuccessful, he became a member of the leadership council of the Sufi Movement, which also consisted of: Hidayat, Karimbakhsh and Shahzadi. This council was abolished when Hidayat became Pir‑o‑Murshid of the Sufi Movement in 1993. Since the 1980s, he is the spiritual leader of a group of Turkish Sufis from Mannheim. To safeguard his father's legacy, he established the 'Maheboob Khan Foundation'.

has been a teacher and guide in the Sufi Order/Inayatiyya since 1979. Having a special interest in healing, Pir Vilayat asked her to re‑establish the Healing Order in Europe, which was her work from 1979 to 2021. Her Sufi journey includes being a guide and teacher in the Inner School; a teacher for three Suluk courses; offering courses throughout Europe; teaching in the Alps Camp since the 1980s; and being an occasional guest teacher for Hurqalya Centre. She founded, and for 20 years edited, Caduceus Journal, an international magazine uniting many traditions of healing, spirituality, psychotherapy, ecology and existential issues of our time. She is an acupuncturist and has extensive training in psychotherapy, in particular the BodySoul training of Jungian analyst, Marion Woodman. She is deeply interested in all aspects of spiritual eldering.