Pir Netanel (Mu'in ad-Din) Miles-Yépez is the current head of the Inayati-Maimuni Order of Sufism. An artist, writer, philosopher, and scholar of comparative religion, Pir Natanel first studied the History of Religions at Michigan State University before delving into Contemplative Religion at the Naropa Institute. He then pursued traditional studies and training in both Sufism and Hasidism with his pir and rebbe, Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, the famous pioneer in interfaith dialogue and comparative mysticism. Pir Natanel is the author of In the Teahouse of Experience: Nine Talks on the Path of Sufism (2020); the translator of My Love Stands Behind a Wall: A Translation of the Song of Songs and Other Poems (2015); coauthor of two critically acclaimed commentaries on Hasidic spirituality, A Heart Afire: Stories and Teachings of the Early Hasidic Masters (2009) and A Hidden Light: Stories and Teachings of Early HaBaD and Bratzlav Hasidism (2011); and the editor of various works on Sufism and InterSpirituality. Currently, Pir Natanel lives in Boulder, Colorado, where he is the chair of Wisdom Traditions at Naropa University.