Samuel L. Lewis (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Samuel Lewis (October 18, 1896-January 15, 1971) was an American mystic and dance teacher who founded the Dances of Universal Peace movement. He was also known under his Sufi name Sufi Ahmed Murad Chisti and was addressed by his mureeds and others as Murshid. This is an arabic word that means, "Exalted Teacher." He was popularly known as Sufi Sam.Lewis was born to Jewish parents. Lewis' father Jacob Lewis was a vice president of the Levi Strauss jeans manufacturing company. His mother was Harriett Rosenthal, the daughter of Lenore Rothschild of the international banking family.