Songs of One Breath is a weekly online space with Jilani Cordelia Prescott to explore the direct, joyful experience of mysticism through practice. Each Friday she shares chants, mantra, breath practices and body prayer drawn from a range of traditions, offered as grounding, comfort, and a pathway of the heart toward deeper connection and spiritual freedom. You are warmly invited to join live on Zoom (or via Facebook Live) at 2.30pm London time, and it is free. If you enjoy the class or the podcast, and would like to support Jilani’s work, donations are welcome via PayPal.
This episode is offered as a quiet act of remembrance.
On the 50th Urs of Murshid Samuel Lewis, also known as Sufi Sam, we pause to honour a life shaped by devotion, humility, and the deep weaving together of spiritual paths. Murshid Sam was a bridge builder, rooted in Sufism and open to the wisdom of many traditions, inviting people not into belief, but into practice, presence, and embodied love.
Rather than offering biography or history, this session enters into the spirit of the Urs itself, not as history lesson, but as living encounter. An Urs marks the moment of union, a return to God, and a continuing transmission of blessing. In remembering Murshid Sam, we listen for what still flows. Breath, movement, chant, silence, and the ordinary holiness of daily life.
This episode is for those who sense that spirituality is less about mastery and more about surrender, less about certainty and more about faithfulness. It is for anyone drawn to interfaith friendship, contemplative practice, and the quiet work of becoming human in the presence of the Holy.
You are invited to listen slowly, with openness of heart, and to receive what meets you.