Pir Zia Inayat-Khan is the spiritual leader of the Sufi Order International (established by Hazrat Inayat Khan in London, 1917) and founding director of the Suluk Academy, an esoteric school located in upstate New York. He is also Executive Editor of ELIXIR magazine. His initiatory heritage integrates the sacred transmissions of the Chishti, Suhrawardi, Qadiri, and Naqshbandi lineages within a post-denominational, interspiritual trajectory. Pir Zia holds a Doctoral degree in Religion from Duke University.