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Title	:	The Sufis
Author	:	Idries Shah
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	1st edition
Pages	:	Pages: 451 pages
Published	:	February 5th 1971 by Anchor (first published 1964)
Categories	:	Religion. Islam. Nonfiction. Spirituality. Philosophy. History. Occult. Mysticism

The Sufis

Idries Shah

Paperback | Pages: 451 pages

Rating: 4.22 | 910 Users | 87 Reviews

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Idries Shah's definitive work, The Sufis, completely overturned Western misconceptions of Sufism, revealing a great spiritual and psychological tradition encompassing many of the world's greatest thinkers: Rumi, Omar Khayyam, Ibn El-Arabi, Al-Ghazzali, Saadi, Attar, Francis of Assisi and many others.

The astonishing impact of Sufism on the development of Western civilization from the seventh century is traced through the work of Roger Bacon, John of the Cross, Raymond Lully, Chaucer and others. Many of the greatest traditions, ideas and discoveries of the West are traced to the teachings and writings of Sufi masters working centuries ago.

But The Sufis is far more than an historical account.

In the tradition of the great Sufi classics, the deeper appeal of this remarkable book is in its ability to function as an active instrument of instruction, in a way that is so clearly relevant to our time and culture.

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Original Title:	The Sufis
ISBN:	0385079664 (ISBN13: 9780385079662)
Edition Language:	English

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Ratings: 4.22 From 910 Users | 87 Reviews

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I found this interesting, especially with the introduction by The Classicist R. Graves, but the Marx quote referring to religion as the opiate of the masses made me refuse to embrace this middle eastern mindset. What also brought caution to approach the languages and cultures immediately south and east of the Mediterranean was an innate fear of foreigners, even if couscous tastes nice and Yury taught me how to write allahu akhbar in Farsi so it's not as scary. What might help assuage my nerves

When I first read this book many years ago, I was shocked by the information that I was exposed to. There were very many radical ideas being promulgated by the author. More than a few of those ideas challenged the underpinnings of my worldview. It was a challenge to Western consensus reality. I did not accept the author's assertions on face value. Some of the things he was suggesting that were true, if he was right, would mean that many beliefs I held were based on inaccurate and/or incomplete

Remember Socrates who used to say: I only know that I know nothing. The less one knows the easier it is to judge!??:) So, let me say this: I personally love to see Sufism as an organic and evolutionary school of practical philosophy directed by the Teacher of the Age the most enlightened human being of any particular moment in time. Idries Shah must have been such a teacher. And The Sufis may well be an example of a book written by the Sufi Teacher of the Age. Go now, judge.

A massive book in terms of ideas and insight, impossible to reduce the content to soundbites in a short review . I first read this book back in the late seventies and it had a major influence on me. It was a a real gem in a time of peculiar cults and superficial views of spirituality. The book is an experience to read and reread and does lead to glimpses of a different way of seeing and experiencing the world. It clearly has a place now in a time perhaps even more full of pointless distractions

The book review has it wrong. It describes Sufis as "A unique and little-known religion..." Sufism is an outgrowth of Islam. I'm not conversant enough with either to say that Sufism is to Islam as Buddhism is to Hinduism, but the historical connection is there. As for the book, I read it in 1977 and remembered it for the Nasrudin stories. I bought it recently, and as I started reading it, I realized all the wisdom thyat I remembered must have been in the Nasrudin stories. Outside of those, as

On one hand this book has an interesting discussion of the mystical tradition of Sufism and explains some of its thought provoking points of views as well as an engaging series of short biographies of some of its most representative personalities. As long as it stays within the realm of explaining Sufi thought and practice this book is somewhat enlightening however what follows after these expositions is a masterpiece of mental gymnastics. After some profound reading on Sufism the author makes

A new paper back and e book edition is now out. Paper back Oct 2014 and The e-book just now April 2015.A compass of learning and teaching, impossible to encompass. A book that both, by passes and contains the intellect. A book that has changed the way, the world looks at the world.It has changed the way I look out from the 'prison bars,' containing within itself, a myriad twinkling stars, ready to shine, a millimetre further, at each reading.I remember the impact it had on me, in the early