Kara Kush: the gold of Ahmad Shah

Literature & Fiction

IDRIES SHAH

Literary

Collins

Kara Kush by Shah, Idries (afghanistan)

Kara Kush: The Gold of Ahmad Shah

British & Irish

Fontana Press

Defines the Sufi principles of learning and compares Eastern and Western approaches to acquiring knowledge

Learning How to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way

Religion & Spirituality

Islam

Harper and Row

This is a collection of stories, interviews by Shah and miscellaneous thoughts - all on Sufism. The book provides an introduction to a way of thinking that has inspired men and women all over the world.

Learning How to Learn (Arkana)

Politics & Social Sciences

Philosophy

Arkana

The Secret Lore of Magic

Occult & Paranormal

ABACUS +

Idries Shah's definitive work, "The Sufis", completely overturned Western misconceptions of Sufism, revealing a great spiritual and psychological tradition encompassing many of the world's greatest thinkers: Rumi, Omar Khayyam, Ibn El-Arabi, Al-Ghazzali, Saadi, Attar, Francis of Assisi and many others.  The astonishing impact of Sufism on the development of Western civilization from the seventh century is traced through the work of Roger Bacon, John of the Cross, Raymond Lully, Chaucer and others. Many of the greatest traditions, ideas and discoveries of the West are traced to the teachings and writings of Sufi masters working centuries ago.  But "The Sufis" is far more than an historical account.  In the tradition of the great Sufi classics, the deeper appeal of this remarkable book is in its ability to function as an active instrument of instruction, in a way that is so clearly relevant to our time and culture.  The spiritual and psychological tradition of Sufism was regarded, before this pioneering book was published, as the preserve of ecstatic religionists and a small number of Oriental scholars, who treated it in the main as a minority cult. The false image of Sufism as a mere Islamic sect was changed so much by this book that it is now given serious attention as a psychological and mystical system of extraordinary richness and importance.  Today, studies in Sufism, notably through Shah's research and publication, are pursued in centers of higher learning throughout the world, in the fields of psychology, sociology, anthropology, and many other areas of current human concern.  "The Sufis" is the pivotal work which heralded the revelation of the astonishing richness and variety of Sufi thought and its contribution to human culture contained in Idries Shah's many books on the subject.

The Sufis

A Star Book

World Tales. The Extraordinary Coincidence of Stories Told in All Times in All Places.

Johnson Reprint Corporation

A unique and little-known religion, Sufism follows a mystical teaching and a way of life that has had an enormous though largely unrecognized impact on both the East and West for four thousand years. This authoritative book fills a colossal gap in Western documentation of Eastern subjects.

Religious Studies

Anchor

This beautiful collection of stories is one of Shah's best-selling books, and a stirring example of the Sufi system of development at work in the world today. The Magic Monastery was the first book to include stories written by Shah, along with traditional tales illustrating the instructional methods employed by Middle Eastern sages during the last thousand years--mostly unpublished.

The Magic Monastery

E.P. Dutton & Company

A mysterious chest is buried unopened.  A wondrous caravan brings fortune to a simple cobbler.  An outcast princess creates a new life in the wilderness. Some of the 78 tales in this remarkable book first appeared in print over a thousand years ago; others are medieval classics.  Yet, each has a special relevance for us on the eve of the 21st century.  All are told with Idries Shah's distinctive wit and grace and the author's own commentary notes.  These are teaching stories in the Sufi tradition.  Those who probe beyond the surface will find multiple meanings to challenge assumptions and foster new ways of thinking and perceiving.   Tales of the Dervishes is essential reading for anyone interested in Sufi thought, the significance and history of tales, or simply superb entertainment.

Tales of the Dervishes: Teaching-Stories of the Sufi Masters over the Past Thousand Years

Social Sciences

Plume

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