Tales of the Dervishes: Teaching-stories of the Sufi masters over the past thousand years, selected from the Sufi classics, from oral tradition, from unpublished manuscripts and schools of Sufi teaching in many Countries
by Idries Shah
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Panther/Granada, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, 1973. First Thus. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Although enormously attractive as sheer entertainment, dervish tales are never presented merely on the level of fable, legend or folklore. They stand comparison in wit, construction and piquancy with the finest stories of any culture, but their true function as Sufi teaching-stories is so little known in the modern world that no technical nor popular term exists to describe them. Yet for centuries, dervish masters have instructed their disciples by means of these tales, which are held to contain powers of increasing perception unknown to the ordinary man. Idries Shah spent many years travelling three continents to collect and compare oral versions of these remarkable stories. In one form or another, many of them have found their way into the literary traditions of both East and West. His anthology, presented in the dervish manner, contains stories drawn from the repertoires of dervish masters over a period of more than a thousand years." This is the first UK paperback edition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 222 pages. No Dust Jacket as published. Previous owner's signature in ink to title page. White titles spine. Includes appendix. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Philosophy; Sufism; Eastern Philosophy; Esoteric; Religion & Theology. ISBN: 0586039228. ISBN/EAN: 9780586039229. Inventory No: 4934. . 9780586039229
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- Tales of the Dervishes: Teaching-stories of the Sufi masters over the past thousand years, selected from the Sufi classics, from oral tradition, from unpublished manuscripts and schools of Sufi teaching in many Countries
- Author
- Idries Shah
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0586039228
- ISBN 13
- 9780586039229
- Publisher
- Panther/Granada
- Place of Publication
- St. Albans, Hertfordshire
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Esoteric/Sufism/Sufi/Idries Shah/Eastern Philosophy/Religion & Theology/Islamic Mysticism/Psychology/Islam/Tasawwuf Philosophy; Sufism; Eastern Philosophy; Esoteric; Religion & Theology. Unbranded ISBN: 0586039228 EAN: 9780586039229 Idri
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