Caravan of Dreams

DESCRIPTION:

One of Idries Shah’s most-loved and seminal works, capturing in a collection of tales from the Middle East and Central Asia, the magic, wonder and power of Eastern lore.
 

Caravan of Dreams is a magical anthology that brings the reader closer to the spiritual essence of the Middle Eastern and Islamic wisdom traditions.

Collected by one of the world’s leading experts on Sufi thought and psychology, it distills the essence of Eastern thought in a feast of legends, sayings, poems, proverbs and anecdotes, and teaching-stories “intended to lay a basis of knowledge about Sufism and its characteristic methods of thought.”

Through this work, Shah builds a picture of a single civilizational consciousness, whose rich and soul-sustaining narratives are “a part of the most priceless heritage of mankind.”

DETAILS:

ISBN: 9781784790158
AUTHOR: Idries Shah
BINDING: Paperback
PAGES: 258 pages
DIMENSIONS: 5.5 x 0.65 x 8.5 inches
PUBLISHER: ISF Publishing

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Idries Shah was an author and teacher in the Sufi tradition and is considered one of the leading thinkers of the 20th century. He devoted his life to collecting, translating and adapting key works of Sufi classical literature for the needs of the contemporary West. These works represent centuries of thought – some call it “practical philosophy” – aimed at developing human potential. Shah’s literary output – more than three dozen books on topics ranging from psychology and spirituality to travelogues and cultural studies – includes uniquely instrumental teaching stories, some of which he retold for children. His work is regarded as forming an important bridge between the cultures of East and West. It has been translated into dozens of languages and has sold millions of copies around the world. In his writings for adults, Shah presented Sufism as a universal form of wisdom that predates Islam. Emphasizing that Sufism is not static but always adapts to the current time, place and people, he often framed his teaching in Western psychological terms. For more than 40 years, Shah sifted through oriental literature and oral Sufi tradition to bring his contemporary audience narratives, poetry, aphorisms and an enormous range of teaching stories that are appropriate for our time and culture. He pointed out that this work “connects with a part of the individual which cannot be reached by any other convention, and ... establishes in him or in her a means of communication with a non-verbalized truth beyond the customary limitations of our familiar dimensions.”