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Kebzeh is an ancient tradition which was preserved
in the Caucasus Mountains more than anywhere else, until quite
recently. It is a teaching in the form of a process and
its role is processing the human being. The process is
that of awakening and developing latent human faculties under
divine grace and guidance. The word Kebzeh has
a meaning more comprehensive than the word tradition:
it could be translated as the knowledge of the art
of living. An oral teaching passed on through
story, song, and the way of being of the people who carried
it, it has never before been put into print.
Murat Yagan, Circassian by birth, is thought to be the last
known living light-holder of this particular knowledge.
He received it directly from the Elders of his people.
For over twenty years he has been sharing it with a small
group of students in Western Canada. In
the interests of preserving the teaching for posterity and
in the spirit of altruism, we publish the teaching of Kebzeh.
It is our aim to make available to all who desire it, this
great and ancient wisdom which is our collective heritage,
that it may serve to help us all to better this planet,
our home. Kebzeh Publications operates under the auspices
of Murat Yagan.
In 1963 Murat Yagan immigrated to Canada
from Turkey, bringing his wife and four children with him.
He made his livelihood from carpentry, working on the coast
of British Columbia, in Prince Rupert, Vancouver and the
Gulf Islands. He settled eventually in the Okanagan Valley
in the interior of the province. During the years he lived
in Vancouver, he and his wife Maisie ran a Turkish restaurant,
The Istanbul. It was there that some avid young seekers
sought him out to translate a letter they had received from
a Sheikh of the Mevlevi Dervishes, Suleyman Dede.
The letter was hand-written in Ottoman Turkish. The Turkish
Embassy recommended Murat Yagan as the only person who could
understand this archaic form of the Turkish language. |
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resultant meeting with Mr. Yagan and those seekers inspired
the first of a series of question-and- answer sessions which
still continue.
It was very quickly recognized that Murat Yagan carried an
ancient teaching which is a treasure for this planet and which
pre-dates the Sufism those young seekers were touched by.
Talks both formal and informal between Murat and his friends,
(they cannot be called students because Murat does not call
himself a teacher), have been recorded for more than 20 years
now. Many of the talks have been transcribed and are catalogued
as numbered transcripts. The material in the transcripts represents
a comprehensive teaching on the edification of a human being
to the point of the attainment of union, or full consciousness
of what we call God or Cosmic Consciousness.
To realize the teaching it is necessary for one to study it
under divine grace and guidance in the company of like-minded
people. In the light of this knowledge and as a way of helping
make it known to people that the teaching is available to
them, we committed ourselves to begin publishing in 1992.
We continue with our publications work, volunteering our
time and talents. Our publishing costs are met by book sales
in part and by the donations of people who generously support
our work. Until now we have published 10 books. Our latest
publication is Murat's book Ahmsta
Kebzeh: The Science of Universal Awe, Volume I.
"The essence of the teaching is the response to the
aspiration of human beings to better themselves and to better
all of life on this globe, bringing it to a state of peace,
harmony and oneness, wherein creativity flourishes."
- Murat Yagan - |
