The Passage
Café Rumi
At the Threshold of a New Year.
An inward journey into a new relationship with time.
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This gathering is an invitation to pause at that threshold,
to resist the impulse to rush forward,
and to remain for a moment in attentive presence.
Hamdi Ben Aïssa
Founder of the Institut Alchemya
Entering a new year is not about accumulating resolutions or projecting ourselves into an imagined future. It is an invitation to reshape our relationship with time — to move from time that carries us unconsciously to time that is consciously inhabited.
Guided by the poetry of the great Sufi master Rumi, whose verses open spaces where thought falls silent, this evening unfolds as an inward crossing into listening, presence, and depth.
This year, we gather online, each from our own threshold, sharing the first Café Rumi of 2026, alone or with loved ones, in the quiet intimacy of our own space.
Through poetry, meditation, silence, and reflection, we allow the past year to gently settle and welcome the year to come not as a goal to achieve, but as a presence to embody.
This passage is neither an ending nor a beginning. It is a threshold. And when a threshold is truly inhabited, it becomes a place of transformation.
Join us online for the first Café Rumi of 2026, each from our own threshold, with a cup in hand and a shared moment of presence.
Program
- 1 hour of meditation, reading, and reflection around the texts of Rumi.
- 30 minutes will be devoted to participants sharing their wishes and intentions for this new beginning.
During our gathering, we will also hold space for a moment of musical sharing, in harmony with our theme, for those who wish to take part.
Please send your application to the following address:
and we will get back to you very shortly. Thank you.
Suggested price
25€
I pay an amount that I consider to be a fair minimum for the content I will receive and to support the efforts of the Alchemya Institute.
Student rate
15€
I benefit from a reduced rate for personal or student reasons, while wishing to honor this offering.
Open participation
I’m not able to contribute financially at the moment, or I don’t yet know the value of what I will discover. I would still very much like to participate. I may choose to make a contribution later.
