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Idries Shah
How can you develop spiritual understanding?
This sequel to Learning How to Learn and The Commanding Self turns that question on its head.
It claims that we’re bombarded by a…
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A remarkable conspectus of philosophical contacts between East and West through the ages. This important monograph constitutes the whole text of Idries Shah’s Seminar at Sussex University, fully annotated, indexed…
Small in size, but with a powerful punch, Idries Shah'sReflections is a collection of fables, aphorisms, and statements that challenge the conditioned mind. The book confronts the reader with unaccustomed…
Special Illumination is a term used by the great poet and mystic Jalaluddin Rumi to stress the importance of humour in metaphysical experience.
How can it be that the same story is found in Scotland and also in Pre-Columbian America? What can account for the durability and persistence of tales? Was the tale…
Based on university lectures at the New School for Social Research, New York, and the University of California, San Francisco, Neglected Aspects of Sufi Study deals with many of the…
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 guide to knowledge, use…
‘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 new way.’- The New…
A selection of excerpts from Sufi masters clarifying the philosophy of Sufism.
AMERICAN ENGLISH & LARGE PRINT EDITION
Primera publicaciaon: 1968 –Title page verso.
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 followers of philosophy.
Anteriormente publicados solo como ensayos separados, Pensamiento y accion Sufi - recopilado y prologado por Idries Shah - cubre una extraordinaria diversidad de ideas y actividades Sufis en muchos paises…
The Dermis Probe comprises a collection of extracts from the written and oral tradition of Eastern thinkers. In his preface, Shah notes, ‘In this book you can find illustrated some…
Oriental Magic is recognized as a brilliant study of how, what and why people think, in territories extending from North Africa to Japan. Profusely illustrated, the book is the product…
Pensadores de Oriente es una coleccion de anecdotas y parabolas en accion que ilustran el acercamiento lucido y eminentemente practico de los maestros derviches orientales.
In Idries Shah’s Wisdom of the Idiots, the ‘idiots’ are Sufis, called this because their wisdom penetrates to a depth which renders it inaccessible to the merely intelligent or academically-knowledgeable…
Caravan of Dreams distills the essence of Eastern thought in a feast of stories, sayings, poems and allegories, collected by one of the world’s leading experts in Oriental philosophy.
Caravan of Dreams distils the essence of Eastern thought in a feast of stories, sayings, poems and allegories, collected by one of the world’s leading experts in Oriental philosophy.
100 Conversations with Idries Shah Condensed from over three million words, these conversations involve housewives and cabinet ministers, professors and assembly-line workers, on the subject of how traditional psychology can…
‘When you realize the difference between the container and the content, you will have knowledge.’ When the book first appeared in English thirty-five years ago, its printers questioned how it…
Publicado por primera vez en 1957, Destino La Meca es tanto un ambicioso diario de viaje como tambien un trabajo de investigacion etnografica y cultural. Shah documenta un amplio rango…
Una mirada seria - pero al mismo tiempo entretenida - a los obstaculos presentes en el pensamiento actual que impiden el desarrollo de ciertas formas de comprension entre las personas.
First published in 1957, Destination Mecca was both an ambitious travel book and a work of ethnographic and cultural research. Shah documents a wide range of fascinating journeys, from his…
El cristianismo, el islam y los Sufis –Cover.
Con esta fabula del gigante Sufi Jalaluddin Rumi, la cual tiene mas de setecientos anos de antiguedad, Idries Shah presenta el punto de vista Sufi de que el cristianismo y…
Based on Shah’s celebrated Geneva University lectures, this book dazzles with the breadth of its scholarship, and the profound depth of its message. In a world riven by cultural and…
In December of 1979, Soviet tanks rolled across the borders of Afghanistan, beginning a period of barbaric aggression that triggered a turning point in modern history. Idries Shahs brilliant novel…
A serious, yet entertaining, look at the impediments in current thought which prevent certain forms of understanding between people. The title story was made into an award-winning film with script…
