Netanel Miles-Yepez

Netanel Miles-Yépez an artist, religion scholar, and a Sufi spiritual teacher. Considered a leading thinker in the InterSpiritual movement, he studied History of Religions at Michigan State University and Contemplative Religion at Naropa University. He is the current Pir of the Inayati-Maimuni Order, fusing the Sufi and Hasidic principles of spirituality and practice espoused by Rabbi Avraham Maimuni in 13th-century Egypt with the teachings of the Ba’al Shem Tov and Hazrat Inayat Khan. His books include: My Love Stands Behind a Wall: A Translation of the Song of Songs and Other Poems (2015), A Heart Afire: Stories and Teachings of the Early Hasidic Masters (2009); and Meditations for InterSpiritual Practice (2012). He is the editor of Spectrum: Spirituality, Culture, and the Arts, and currently teaches in the Department of Religious Studies at Naropa University.