Why the Clay Birds Flew Away from Tales of the Dervishes

Why the Clay Birds Flew Away from Tales of the Dervishes

From the Idries Shah Sufi Studies and Middle Eastern Literature More stories Buy now Although enormously attractive as sheer entertainment, Dervish tales were never presented merely on the level of a fable, legend or folklore. They stand in comparison in wit, construction and piquancy with the finest stories of any culture, yet their true function as Sufi … Read More

Strike on This Spot from Tales of the Dervishes

Strike on This Spot from Tales of the Dervishes

From the Idries Shah Sufi Studies and Middle Eastern Literature More stories Buy now Although enormously attractive as sheer entertainment, Dervish tales were never presented merely on the level of a fable, legend or folklore. They stand in comparison in wit, construction and piquancy with the finest stories of any culture, yet their true function as Sufi … Read More

Something to Learn from Miri from Wisdom of the Idiots

Something to Learn from Miri from Wisdom of the Idiots

From the Idries Shah Traditional Psychology More stories Buy now ‘Because what narrow thinkers imagine to be wisdom is often seen by the Sufis to be folly, the Sufis in contrast sometimes call themselves “The Idiots.”’ — Idries Shah. Sufi stories contain several levels of meaning and work like psychological mirrors in which the reader … Read More

The Candlestick of Iron from Tales of the Dervishes

The Candlestick of Iron from Tales of the Dervishes

From the Idries Shah Sufi Studies and Middle Eastern Literature More stories Buy now Although enormously attractive as sheer entertainment, Dervish tales were never presented merely on the level of a fable, legend or folklore. They stand in comparison in wit, construction and piquancy with the finest stories of any culture, yet their true function as Sufi … Read More

Story of Hiravi from Wisdom of the Idiots

Story of Hiravi from Wisdom of the Idiots

From the Idries Shah Traditional Psychology More stories Buy now ‘Because what narrow thinkers imagine to be wisdom is often seen by the Sufis to be folly, the Sufis in contrast sometimes call themselves “The Idiots.”’ — Idries Shah. Sufi stories contain several levels of meaning and work like psychological mirrors in which the reader … Read More

The Golden Fortune from Tales of the Dervishes

The Golden Fortune from Tales of the Dervishes

From the Idries Shah Sufi Studies and Middle Eastern Literature More stories Buy now Although enormously attractive as sheer entertainment, Dervish tales were never presented merely on the level of a fable, legend or folklore. They stand in comparison in wit, construction and piquancy with the finest stories of any culture, yet their true function as Sufi … Read More

The Merchant and the Christian Dervish from Tales of the Dervishes

The Merchant and the Christian Dervish from Tales of the Dervishes

From the Idries Shah Sufi Studies and Middle Eastern Literature More stories Buy now Although enormously attractive as sheer entertainment, Dervish tales were never presented merely on the level of a fable, legend or folklore. They stand in comparison in wit, construction and piquancy with the finest stories of any culture, yet their true function as Sufi … Read More

The Ogre and the Sufi from Tales of the Dervishes

The Ogre and the Sufi from Tales of the Dervishes

From the Idries Shah Sufi Studies and Middle Eastern Literature More stories Buy now Although enormously attractive as sheer entertainment, Dervish tales were never presented merely on the level of a fable, legend or folklore. They stand in comparison in wit, construction and piquancy with the finest stories of any culture, yet their true function as Sufi … Read More

Talisman from Wisdom of the Idiots

Talisman from Wisdom of the Idiots

From the Idries Shah Traditional Psychology More stories Buy now ‘Because what narrow thinkers imagine to be wisdom is often seen by the Sufis to be folly, the Sufis in contrast sometimes call themselves “The Idiots.”’ — Idries Shah. Sufi stories contain several levels of meaning and work like psychological mirrors in which the reader … Read More

Milk and Buttermilk from Wisdom of the Idiots

Milk and Buttermilk from Wisdom of the Idiots

From the Idries Shah Traditional Psychology More stories Buy now ‘Because what narrow thinkers imagine to be wisdom is often seen by the Sufis to be folly, the Sufis in contrast sometimes call themselves “The Idiots.”’ — Idries Shah. Sufi stories contain several levels of meaning and work like psychological mirrors in which the reader … Read More