Nina’s chosen path was paradoxical. On one hand, in her every word and gesture, she was a devotee of Kirpal Singh, whom she had met and with whom she carried on a passionate spiritual love affair. In this she resembled Rumi, the great Sufi poet and mystic, who met...
Bill Lederer would probably not have gotten along with Nina Gitana. Where he celebrated life’s physical manifestations, the million million narratives in the world, she strove only to leave them behind. Where he was profane and lusty, she was soft-spoken and chaste. Bill, despite having worked in the rigid hierarchy...