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This work offers coverage of the spiritual and psychological tradition of Sufism. It shows that Sufism is not the preserve of ecstatic religionists, b...
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"The Way of the Sufi presents an unparalleled cross-section of material from Sufi schools, teachings and classical writings, as a basic course of Sufi...
Here, Nasrudin's anecdotes are seen to be parallel to the mind's working, designed to amuse the tea-house, but also intended for use on other levels....
This book is an anthology of the extraordinary diversity of Sufi ideas and activities in many countries and cultures today. Nothing approaching this k...
Studies in Experientialism
Drawn from teachings of more than a hundred sages from three continents, Thinkers of the East is a book of enormous breadth and depth, the impact and ...
Tales from the Sufi tradition, illustrating Sufi philosophy and ways of thinking....
Collected stories about a popular figure in the folklore of many Asian and European countries....
A Handbook
The Way of the Sufi presents an unparalleled cross-section of material from Sufi schools, teachings and classical writings, as a basic course of Sufi ...
As our world continues to shrink, we are being brought headlong into often explosive contact with other cultures and religions. Islam continues to be ...
A mixture of primitive and conditioned responses, common to everyone, which inhibits and distorts human progress and understanding....
Traditionally known as The Hundred Tales of Wisdom, this collection comprises excerpts from the life, teachings and miracles of the Sufi teacher Jalal...
English-Ukrainian Edition
Mistaking his own reflection in a pool for another creature, a thirsty lion is too frightened to drink - until finally his thirst overcomes his fear. ...
"Nasrudin is an international folk hero of medieval origin, but timeless appeal. His role changes, sometimes he is a sage, sometimes the fool: he is c...
English-German Edition
A man tricks a young fox into believing that he will give him a chicken. The fox is trapped, but through ingenuity and perseverance, he escapes. Readi...
Using the powerful approach of classical teachers, Shah has crafted a contemporary teaching tool that blends a fastpaced look at today's world with th...
The Sufis is the best introduction ever written to the philosophical and mystical school traditionally associated with the Islamic world.Powerful, con...
The Sufi Use of Humour
These lines by the great teacher and mystic Jalaludin Rumi indicate the many-faceted role of humor in Sufi teaching. Shah writes: "As a shock-applier ...
English-Arabic Edition
Previously published only as separate essays, Sufi Thought and Action - assembled and introduced by Idries Shah - covers an extraordinary diversity of...
Index Edition
'Perhaps the best introduction to the body of Shah's work, the most comprehensively informative. And one is immediately forced to use one's mind in a ...
English-Dari Edition
A Symposium in Honor of Idries Shah's Services to Sufi Studies by Twenty-four Contributors Marking the 700th Anniversary of the Death of Jalaluddin Rumi (A.D. 1207-1273)
A serious, yet entertaining, look at the impediments in current thought which prevent certain forms of understanding between people. The title story w...
Originally published in hardcover in 1964 by Doubleday & Co., Inc....
This work offers coverage of England in an anthropological sense and from the Sufi perspective....
Bilingual English-Polish Edition
The appeal of Nasrudin is as universal and timeless as the truths he illustrates. His stories are read by children, by scientists and scholars, and by...
English-Urdu Edition
ایک آدمی ایک چھوٹے لُومڑ کو دھوکا دے کر یقین دلاتا ہے کہ وہ اسے ایک مرغی دے گا۔ لُو�...
According to the Sufis, human faculties, although perceptive, are limited: like a radio set, which can receive only certain electromagnetic waves and ...
A good-natured lion sees his reflection in a pool and gasps at the fierce creature staring back at him and is too frightened to drink. Children will l...
Mulla Nasrudin, the wise fool of Eastern folklore, holds a special place in Sufi studies. The Sufis, who believe that deep intuition is the only real ...
English-French Edition
A good-natured lion sees his reflection in a pool, gasps at the fierce creature staring back at him, and is too frightened to drink - until finally, h...
Contemporary esoteric systems almost always play on the desire of mankind to seek or acquire knowledge. All but universally neglected in such systems ...