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

Type

Book

Authors

Idries Shah

ISBN 10

0140193588

ISBN 13

9780140193589

Tags

Middle East, Islam, History, Sufism

Description

Dervish tales are more than fable, legend, or folklore. For centuries dervish masters have instructed their disciples by means of these teaching stories, which are said to increase perception and knowledge and provide a better understanding of man and the world. In wit, construction, and piquancy, they compare with the finest tales of any culture. Idries Shah spent many years traveling through three continents to collect and compare oral versions of these remarkable stories. This anthology, presented in the dervish manner, contains stories drawn from the repertories of dervish masters over a period of more than a thousand years. - from Amzon

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