Aziz Malik was raised in an American Mevlevi family. The Mevlevi Order, founded by the 13th century mystic-poet Mevlana Jelaluddin Rumi, has given us the Sema, a prayer in which the Dervish can become open to receive the energy of God. Dervish literally means doorway and is thought to be an entrance from the material world to the spiritual world. Aziz has combined this practice with the fire arts, a process that has led him on a seven-year path of discovery and refinement, culminating in a synergy of the fire arts and the practice of the “whirling dervish”. Aziz trains under Postneshin Jelaluddin Loras, Pir of the Mevlevi Order of America. He also studies with Sheikh Sherif Baba, head of the Rifai Marufi Order. He has traveled the world in pursuit of spiritual experience, and participates in many global peace, traditional and new music, and interfaith events