Compass Tales of the Dervishes: Teaching Stories of the Sufi Masters over the Past Thousand Years, (Paperback)

from dbookbinder

I first encountered this book in 1970 in what officially was an English Composition class but was really a class in, for me, radically different ways of thinking. Among the texts was this book, my ...

from bezoar44

This short collection gathers parables from a variety of Sufi teachers and traditions. Idries Shah retells them in modern English, and humor and pragmatic wisdom shines through. His notes frequentl...

from majackson

This is a collection of various Sufi tales---some more well-known than others. The stories are all entertaining and conducive to contemplation and edification, but being first published in 1970 it ...

from dbookbinder

I first encountered this book in 1970 in what officially was an English Composition class but was really a class in, for me, radically different ways of thinking. Among the texts was this book, my ...

from bezoar44

This short collection gathers parables from a variety of Sufi teachers and traditions. Idries Shah retells them in modern English, and humor and pragmatic wisdom shines through. His notes frequentl...