DERVISH SOCIETY OF AMERICA

February update: We've begun on the Ravenrock barn's dance floor. First step, find the right builder! Deepest gratitude, Dancemeditation Community, for raising $17,000 toward our $250,000 goal during the winter fund drive.

Keep the love coming and contribute again ~

At Ravenrock, 160 acres of high desert terrain at 7000 feet in Northeastern New Mexico, mystics and artists find sanctuary. We can pause from frenetic modern life, catch our breath, and connect deeply with our inner truth. Magnificent Ponderosa forests, grassy pinion & juniper-flecked flat top, rock rim with a breath-taking 100-mile vista of uninhabited canyon and mesa, both remote and quiet, will support our creative and spiritual seeking.

In order to move our practice to this very special environment, we will be raising $250,000 to construct simple facilities and to purchase additional adjacent land for community retreat. Through winter solstices 2011 to 2013, please contribute to our wonderful goal.

Our vision includes:

- a three-season straw bale meditation space

- a modest year-round living and meditation space
- a simple kitchen
- camping pitches for summer retreatants

- composting toilets and ablution stations

- ice garden
- summer vegetable and herb gardens

The Dervish Society of America is dedicated to the path of evolutionary Sufism. DSA provides programs and opportunities for personal development, exploratory inquiry into embodied spirituality, and community connection through practice, service, and performance.