Lisa England

The Jewish Sufi Pilgrim

Religion EN ↓ 3 episodes

This podcast is a journey between the shul, the shrine, and the shaman — a joyful exploration of the shared spiritual and musical worlds among Jewish Kabbalah, Islamic Sufism, and Central Asian traditional healing. These seemingly disparate lineages met often during the medieval era on the iconic Silk Road. Their encounters still echo today. Each episode deepens one central question: "What does it mean to live one's devotion across confessional lines?" Come join the ecstatic turning from shul to shrine to shaman ... and back again. Transcripts and resources are housed on Substack.

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Lisa England

Episodes

The Path and the Place: Kabbalistic and Sufi Conceptions of Spiritual Journey, Rupture, and Return 04.04.2026 36:31

In this second episode of The Jewish Sufi Pilgrim Podcast, we turn from the crossroads to the road itself. "The Path and the Place” explores the motif of spiritual journey in two great desert traditions: Jewish Kabbalah and Islamic Sufism. Drawing from both lived experience and sacred text, this episode traces how each tradition understands movement toward the Divine—not only as a metaphor, b...

Why the Jewish Sufi Pilgrim? 15.03.2026 22:20

In this opening episode of The Jewish Sufi Pilgrim , writer, musician and independent scholar Lisa England introduces the spiritual crossroads that shaped her journey from evangelical Christianity to Judaism, and into the study of Sufism, sacred sound, and Turkish music therapy. Drawing on Jewish mysticism, Kabbalah, and encounters with Islamic Sufi traditions, Lisa reflects on how sacred sound, b...

The Jewish Sufi Pilgrim — Trailer 02.03.2026 1:41

This eclectic podcast explores the historical mingling of devotional traditions and migratory musical lineages along the medieval Silk Road — where Jews, Sufis, nomads, physicians, and poets met in shared sound worlds. Episode One will be released between Eid al-Fitr and Passover 2026, a fitting threshold between sacred calendars, with 19 more episodes to follow over the first season. Sacred sound...