This Spiritual Retreat Helps People Find Ecstasy Through Whirling

The New York Times | Aug. 8, 2026, 4:26 p.m. | Original
A retreat in Turkey is guiding visitors to seek transcendence through sema, the spiritual practice of whirling.
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