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This is the "Cosmic Mass," performed last week at New York's Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The show (admission: $5) was conceived two years ago by Pir ("Elder") Vilayat Inayat Khan, 59, British son of an Indian mystic who founded the Sufi Order in the West (Sufism is the mystical movement within Islam). Pir Vilayat, a well-known guru in the spiritual counterculture, now heads the order, which has practically divorced itself from Islam. The message, one that Pir Vilayat implored his audience to spread, is "the unity of all religions...
Supported by an all-volunteer cast of 200, Pir Vilayat narrated from the high cathedral pulpit as the Sufi choir sang themes from various religions and a small orchestra, complete with conch and sitar, emitted a variety of sounds. The sequence of the performance, if not the message, is borrowed from the Christian Eucharist. In each section, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, Christians and Moslems are given a turn to express their devotion. As the Mass ends, Pir Vilayat intones: "I am the One I love, there is but One. One in all. All in One." With that, the cast bursts into...
From camps on the outskirts of West Pakistan's capital of Lahore, retreating Indian soldiers hit the road for the Indian frontier city of Amritsar, 30 miles away. Others manhandled weapons and ammunition down through the snowdrifts of the 8,600-ft. Haji Pir pass. Pakistani units pulled back from the sand dunes of Rajasthan and the villages in the Vale of Kashmir. On both sides of the 1,000-mile border between West Pakistan and India, as the armies fell back, tens of thousands of displaced farmers abandoned makeshift huts and refugee compounds to begin the long tramp...
...great. The men who left were suspect, but so were those who replaced them. Two of the new men are members of the MNR (Mommiento National Revolucionario). Still in power is Mastermind Estenssoro, leader of the MNR. Still outside the Cabinet is Jose Antonio Arze, leader of the leftist PIR (Partido de Izquierda Revolucionario) and at present a favorite of the U.S. State Department...
...Bolivia itself, José Antonio Arze, leader of the leftist PIR (Partido de Izquierda Revolucionario), was still unjailed. Far from instigating a counterrevolution when he returned to La Paz from exile in Mexico, he seemed more interested in joining the Villarroel Government if it met his conditions. They were: assurance of civil liberties; fair elections; and removal of Fascist elements from the Cabinet. Thus housecleaned, the regime might yet meet U.S. requirements. If others were plotting revolt, their movements were well concealed...