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Evenings With Idries Shah

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Sufi discussions collected by R. Easterling and Kamil Hanafy; not available elsewhere.

40 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1981

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February 14, 2020
This is as close as we can get to sitting down to a Sufi Dinner Meeting, a unique educational event that’s part performance and part interaction. Shocking, often funny, peppered with uncommon common sense, this far-reaching little book can actually prepare you to learn faster and more surely. Topics include Eastern cults, what is missing, what prevents learning, unknown capacities and much more. Highly recommended.
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December 30, 2019
It would be easy to dismiss this short book as a mere pamphlet, but it is concentrated, seminal Shah – an integral part of his work and very relevant to today's world.
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44 reviews3 followers
January 14, 2020
There is a notable explanation of how telepathy is a constant human experience and why it appears to be entirely absent or manifests in an insignificant way in this brief yet comprehensive work.
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June 8, 2024
'Two Sufis were agreeing that almost the whole of human life was a struggle between nature and discipline, and how there had to be a third course, directed study, which avoided either while allowing both to operate.' Opening sentence of Nature and Discipline. ALL the accounts/narratives in this booklet punch holes in our assumptions: show something that helps us to become more aware. There is a new edition. See Idries Shah Foundation.
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January 28, 2020
'Two Sufis were agreeing that almost the whole of human life was a struggle between nature and discipline, and how there had to be a third course, directed study, which avoided either while allowing both to operate.' Opening sentence of Nature and Discipline.
ALL the accounts/narratives in this booklet punch holes in our assumptions; show us something that might help us to become more aware.
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February 20, 2020
Their simply is no other book like "Evenings with Idries Shah". You would have to read it for yourself to see why it is a 5 star book, you will not regret it.
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