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

Title: Tales of the Dervishes: Teaching Stories of the Sufi Masters Over the Past Thousand Years
Author: Idries Shah
Religion & Spirituality: 1703356
ISBN: 9780140193589
Publisher: Penguin/Arkana
Published: 1993
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Reprint
Number of Pages: 224
Section: Religion | Islam | Sufi
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher 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.