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Idries Shah devoted his life to collecting, selecting and translating key works of Eastern Sufi classical literature, adapting them to the needs of the West and disseminating them in the Occident.
Called by some ‘practical philosophy’, by others ‘templates in straight thinking’ – these works represent centuries of Sufi thought aimed at the development of human potential to its fullest extent.
They stress virtues such as common sense, clear-thinking and humour to counteract religious (and any other) dogma.
As such they may be viewed as an antidote to radicalism and fanaticism much needed in the world today.
The Idries Shah Foundation exists to make sure that these works remain available to the public – both in the East and in the West.
The generous donations we have received to date have made it possible for us to send 32,000 books to Afghanistan
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Cultural Imperialism
By Robert Cecil The Author Robert Cecil, CMG, MA was Chairman of the Graduate School of Contemporary European Studies, University of Reading (1976-8), and Chairman of the Institute for Cultural Research, for which he edited [...]
Education and Elitism in Nazi Germany
by Robert Cecil This is a substantial extract from the original monograph which can be downloaded from: http://i-c-r.org.uk/publications/monographarchive.php Introduction The term ‘brainwashing’ has perhaps lost some of its currency in recent times through misuse, [...]
Interview with Kathelin Gray
Interview with Kathelin Gray, producer, director and artist; one of the founders of the Institute of Ecotechnics, Biosphere 2 and the Heraclitus project Can you explain how the Heraclitus project came about, and how [...]
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