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A Perfumed Scorpion
The 'perfuming of a scorpion', referred to by the great Sufi teacher Bahaudin, symbolizes hypocrisy and both in the individual and in institutions.
In A Perfumed Scorpion, Idries Shah directs attention to both the perfume and the scorpion – the overlay and the reality – in psychology, human behavior and the learning process.
Crammed with illustrative anecdotes from contemporary life, the book is nevertheless rooted in the teaching patterns of Rumi, Hafiz, Jami, and many other great Oriental sages. It deals with the need for and the path to knowledge and information.
In A Perfumed Scorpion, Idries Shah directs attention to both the perfume and the scorpion – the overlay and the reality – in psychology, human behavior and the learning process.
Crammed with illustrative anecdotes from contemporary life, the book is nevertheless rooted in the teaching patterns of Rumi, Hafiz, Jami, and many other great Oriental sages. It deals with the need for and the path to knowledge and information.
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First published December 31, 1981
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Idries Shah
471 books423 followersIdries Shah (Persian: ادریس شاه), also known as Idris Shah, né Sayed Idries el-Hashimi (Arabic: سيد إدريس هاشمي), was an author and teacher in the Sufi tradition who wrote over three dozen critically acclaimed books on topics ranging from psychology and spirituality to travelogues and culture studies.
Born in India, the descendant of a family of Afghan nobles, Shah grew up mainly in England. His early writings centred on magic and witchcraft. In 1960 he established a publishing house, Octagon Press, producing translations of Sufi classics as well as titles of his own. His most seminal work was The Sufis, which appeared in 1964 and was well received internationally. In 1965, Shah founded the Institute for Cultural Research, a London-based educational charity devoted to the study of human behaviour and culture. A similar organisation, the Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge (ISHK), exists in the United States, under the directorship of Stanford University psychology professor Robert Ornstein, whom Shah appointed as his deputy in the U.S.
In his writings, Shah presented Sufism as a universal form of wisdom that predated Islam. Emphasising that Sufism was not static but always adapted itself to the current time, place and people, he framed his teaching in Western psychological terms. Shah made extensive use of traditional teaching stories and parables, texts that contained multiple layers of meaning designed to trigger insight and self-reflection in the reader. He is perhaps best known for his collections of humorous Mulla Nasrudin stories.
Shah was at times criticised by orientalists who questioned his credentials and background. His role in the controversy surrounding a new translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, published by his friend Robert Graves and his older brother Omar Ali-Shah, came in for particular scrutiny. However, he also had many notable defenders, chief among them the novelist Doris Lessing. Shah came to be recognised as a spokesman for Sufism in the West and lectured as a visiting professor at a number of Western universities. His works have played a significant part in presenting Sufism as a secular, individualistic form of spiritual wisdom.
Idries Shah's books on Sufism achieved considerable critical acclaim. He was the subject of a BBC documentary ("One Pair of Eyes") in 1969, and two of his works (The Way of the Sufi and Reflections) were chosen as "Outstanding Book of the Year" by the BBC's "The Critics" programme. Among other honours, Shah won six first prizes at the UNESCO World Book Year in 1973, and the Islamic scholar James Kritzeck, commenting on Shah's Tales of the Dervishes, said that it was "beautifully translated".
The reception of Shah's movement was also marked by much controversy. Some orientalists were hostile, in part because Shah presented classical Sufi writings as tools for self-development to be used by contemporary people, rather than as objects of historical study. L. P. Elwell-Sutton from Edinburgh University, Shah's fiercest critic, described his books as "trivial", replete with errors of fact, slovenly and inaccurate translations and even misspellings of Oriental names and words – "a muddle of platitudes, irrelevancies and plain mumbo-jumbo", adding for good measure that Shah had "a remarkable opinion of his own importance". Expressing amusement and amazement at the "sycophantic manner" of Shah's interlocutors in a BBC radio interview, Elwell-Sutton concluded that some Western intellectuals were "so desperate to find answers to the questions that baffle them, that, confronted with wisdom from 'the mysterious East,' they abandon their critical faculties and submit to brainwashing of the crudest kind". To Elwell-Sutton, Shah's Sufism belonged to the realm of "Pseudo-Sufism", "centred not on God but on man."
Doris Lessing, one of Shah's greatest defenders,stated in a 1981 interview: "I found Sufism as taught by Idries Shah, which claim
Born in India, the descendant of a family of Afghan nobles, Shah grew up mainly in England. His early writings centred on magic and witchcraft. In 1960 he established a publishing house, Octagon Press, producing translations of Sufi classics as well as titles of his own. His most seminal work was The Sufis, which appeared in 1964 and was well received internationally. In 1965, Shah founded the Institute for Cultural Research, a London-based educational charity devoted to the study of human behaviour and culture. A similar organisation, the Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge (ISHK), exists in the United States, under the directorship of Stanford University psychology professor Robert Ornstein, whom Shah appointed as his deputy in the U.S.
In his writings, Shah presented Sufism as a universal form of wisdom that predated Islam. Emphasising that Sufism was not static but always adapted itself to the current time, place and people, he framed his teaching in Western psychological terms. Shah made extensive use of traditional teaching stories and parables, texts that contained multiple layers of meaning designed to trigger insight and self-reflection in the reader. He is perhaps best known for his collections of humorous Mulla Nasrudin stories.
Shah was at times criticised by orientalists who questioned his credentials and background. His role in the controversy surrounding a new translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, published by his friend Robert Graves and his older brother Omar Ali-Shah, came in for particular scrutiny. However, he also had many notable defenders, chief among them the novelist Doris Lessing. Shah came to be recognised as a spokesman for Sufism in the West and lectured as a visiting professor at a number of Western universities. His works have played a significant part in presenting Sufism as a secular, individualistic form of spiritual wisdom.
Idries Shah's books on Sufism achieved considerable critical acclaim. He was the subject of a BBC documentary ("One Pair of Eyes") in 1969, and two of his works (The Way of the Sufi and Reflections) were chosen as "Outstanding Book of the Year" by the BBC's "The Critics" programme. Among other honours, Shah won six first prizes at the UNESCO World Book Year in 1973, and the Islamic scholar James Kritzeck, commenting on Shah's Tales of the Dervishes, said that it was "beautifully translated".
The reception of Shah's movement was also marked by much controversy. Some orientalists were hostile, in part because Shah presented classical Sufi writings as tools for self-development to be used by contemporary people, rather than as objects of historical study. L. P. Elwell-Sutton from Edinburgh University, Shah's fiercest critic, described his books as "trivial", replete with errors of fact, slovenly and inaccurate translations and even misspellings of Oriental names and words – "a muddle of platitudes, irrelevancies and plain mumbo-jumbo", adding for good measure that Shah had "a remarkable opinion of his own importance". Expressing amusement and amazement at the "sycophantic manner" of Shah's interlocutors in a BBC radio interview, Elwell-Sutton concluded that some Western intellectuals were "so desperate to find answers to the questions that baffle them, that, confronted with wisdom from 'the mysterious East,' they abandon their critical faculties and submit to brainwashing of the crudest kind". To Elwell-Sutton, Shah's Sufism belonged to the realm of "Pseudo-Sufism", "centred not on God but on man."
Doris Lessing, one of Shah's greatest defenders,stated in a 1981 interview: "I found Sufism as taught by Idries Shah, which claim
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February 22, 2020
“Whoever might perfume a scorpion will not thereby escape its sting. Bahaudin Naqshband”
Based on a series lectures delivered by Idries Shah at Universities in the United States, this lively book provides an insightful often shocking expression of the Sufi way for today’s world. At the same time, it recreates the atmosphere and methods found in classic books by the Asian greats like Rumi, Jami and Hafiz. A perfumed scorpion symbolizes the hypocrisy or self-deception, and the reality in our psychology, behaviour, learning; and in our institutions, too. It bursts with arresting anecdotes that illuminate unfamiliar and neglected yet critical information and knowledge for our time. Highly Recommended.
Based on a series lectures delivered by Idries Shah at Universities in the United States, this lively book provides an insightful often shocking expression of the Sufi way for today’s world. At the same time, it recreates the atmosphere and methods found in classic books by the Asian greats like Rumi, Jami and Hafiz. A perfumed scorpion symbolizes the hypocrisy or self-deception, and the reality in our psychology, behaviour, learning; and in our institutions, too. It bursts with arresting anecdotes that illuminate unfamiliar and neglected yet critical information and knowledge for our time. Highly Recommended.
May 13, 2019
I have read this book many times in the past and, as with most of Shah’s books, need to re-read it. It contains lectures which were given by Shah in his lifetime -- recordings of which can be found on YouTube.
The book draws attention to self-deception and hypocrisy, perhaps as part of a constructive learning process, “a way to the way” and provides much-needed information about why the spiritual learning process, as we have been taught to know it, can often be unfruitful: “Now the fact is that social harmony and mental balance are essentials, just like food or other nutritions. But to glamorise these things and to distort their functions is to show lack of knowledge.” Much to read and learn.
The book draws attention to self-deception and hypocrisy, perhaps as part of a constructive learning process, “a way to the way” and provides much-needed information about why the spiritual learning process, as we have been taught to know it, can often be unfruitful: “Now the fact is that social harmony and mental balance are essentials, just like food or other nutritions. But to glamorise these things and to distort their functions is to show lack of knowledge.” Much to read and learn.
July 11, 2017
‘A Perfumed Scorpion’ contains the substance of lectures Shah delivered in the US in 1976 and 1977. Audiotapes of the original talks can be heard on YouTube. There are four:
‘An Advanced Psychology of the East’,
‘On the Nature of Sufi Knowledge’,
‘Learning from Stories’,
and
‘Overcoming Assumptions that Inhibit Spiritual Development’.
The book is explicit, forthright, and sometimes startling. Saadi, Shah tells us, stated that human ideas of knowledge are so fallacious that, even if all conventional knowledge were to be removed from the world, there would not be one person who would be ignorant.
Sufis assert that mankind has the capacity to perceive that which is beyond the range of conventionally experienced physics. Their knowledge, based on experience which is cosmic and extra-dimensional, is distinct from the culturally transmitted learning with which we are all familiar. It is valued so highly that the main function of a Sufi teacher is to protect it.
Great, publicly known teachers – those who can operate within all the concepts which might be necessary for comprehensive teaching – are extremely rare. As a rule there is one per generation. His (or her) relevance and effectiveness is constantly refreshed from the source.
A Sufi teacher needs to understand the people among whom he is working at a very deep level. Brought up in the East, Shah came to the West, his vision unclouded by ideas so deeply embedded in our culture that we see them as normal, and not as barriers to understanding. As a hangover from medieval times, for example, we suffer from a need to incorporate new ideas into an existing dogmatic framework. We are also, he tells his audience, a dependency oriented culture, preoccupied by a search for comfort and reassurance. These we don’t need. We’re just used to them.There are other obstacles which separate us from Sufi knowledge, and this book outlines many.
Sufi education is also about introducing into cultures, where they are missing, concepts and special techniques for stimulating perceptions. In the West, scientific research can sometimes facilitate this introduction. One understanding, gained relatively recently, is that the human brain’s two hemispheres are specialised for different, but complementary, functions. In this book, information presented in a sequential way is punctuated by stories, often very humorous and entertaining. This method of presentation engages both left and right cerebral hemispheres. For the Sufis, stories are not just for entertainment and social cohesion. At their most refined they are very sophisticated technical instruments.
There is no easy way to Sufi knowledge, but this, and Shah’s other books, enable us to carry out the necessary ground work, if we are serious.
‘An Advanced Psychology of the East’,
‘On the Nature of Sufi Knowledge’,
‘Learning from Stories’,
and
‘Overcoming Assumptions that Inhibit Spiritual Development’.
The book is explicit, forthright, and sometimes startling. Saadi, Shah tells us, stated that human ideas of knowledge are so fallacious that, even if all conventional knowledge were to be removed from the world, there would not be one person who would be ignorant.
Sufis assert that mankind has the capacity to perceive that which is beyond the range of conventionally experienced physics. Their knowledge, based on experience which is cosmic and extra-dimensional, is distinct from the culturally transmitted learning with which we are all familiar. It is valued so highly that the main function of a Sufi teacher is to protect it.
Great, publicly known teachers – those who can operate within all the concepts which might be necessary for comprehensive teaching – are extremely rare. As a rule there is one per generation. His (or her) relevance and effectiveness is constantly refreshed from the source.
A Sufi teacher needs to understand the people among whom he is working at a very deep level. Brought up in the East, Shah came to the West, his vision unclouded by ideas so deeply embedded in our culture that we see them as normal, and not as barriers to understanding. As a hangover from medieval times, for example, we suffer from a need to incorporate new ideas into an existing dogmatic framework. We are also, he tells his audience, a dependency oriented culture, preoccupied by a search for comfort and reassurance. These we don’t need. We’re just used to them.There are other obstacles which separate us from Sufi knowledge, and this book outlines many.
Sufi education is also about introducing into cultures, where they are missing, concepts and special techniques for stimulating perceptions. In the West, scientific research can sometimes facilitate this introduction. One understanding, gained relatively recently, is that the human brain’s two hemispheres are specialised for different, but complementary, functions. In this book, information presented in a sequential way is punctuated by stories, often very humorous and entertaining. This method of presentation engages both left and right cerebral hemispheres. For the Sufis, stories are not just for entertainment and social cohesion. At their most refined they are very sophisticated technical instruments.
There is no easy way to Sufi knowledge, but this, and Shah’s other books, enable us to carry out the necessary ground work, if we are serious.
April 2, 2015
Whoever might perfume a scorpion
Will not thereby escape its sting.
-- Hadrat Bahaudin Naqshband, el-Shah.
As with several of Idries Shah's other books, such as The Commanding Self, Knowing How to Know, or Learning How to Learn, A Perfumed Scorpion focuses on barriers to learning, and helps toward their removal -- so that one may progress on 'The Way to the Way,' in the words of the volume's subtitle. There are fascinating sections on Sufi education, on what Sufi knowledge is, on 'The Path and the Duties and Techniques,' and on involvement in Sufi study, among other topics. The two sections on 'The Teaching Story' are extremely valuable, providing information on how Sufi tales are used for instructional purposes. One important point is that such tales can provide us with a 'snapshot' of how the mind works, in order to help us catch when our own mind is working in this way: which may help us change our behaviour.
An important resource for learning and perception.
Will not thereby escape its sting.
-- Hadrat Bahaudin Naqshband, el-Shah.
As with several of Idries Shah's other books, such as The Commanding Self, Knowing How to Know, or Learning How to Learn, A Perfumed Scorpion focuses on barriers to learning, and helps toward their removal -- so that one may progress on 'The Way to the Way,' in the words of the volume's subtitle. There are fascinating sections on Sufi education, on what Sufi knowledge is, on 'The Path and the Duties and Techniques,' and on involvement in Sufi study, among other topics. The two sections on 'The Teaching Story' are extremely valuable, providing information on how Sufi tales are used for instructional purposes. One important point is that such tales can provide us with a 'snapshot' of how the mind works, in order to help us catch when our own mind is working in this way: which may help us change our behaviour.
An important resource for learning and perception.
March 9, 2019
A challenging book to review - the title refers to the saying 'whom so ever perfumes a scorpion, will not thereby escape its sting' but between its covers this idea is built upon in a way that undermines individuals' and cultures' assumptions and allusions in a humorous yet serious way, that leaves them intact and able to operate: has to be read.
May 30, 2018
Hadrat Bahaudin Naqshband:
Whoever might perfume a scorpion
Will not therby escape its sting
The perfumed scorpion alludes to hypocrasy and delusion and I've read the book once again, though this time newly bought and fresh (and newly released by Idries Shah Foundation Publishing). My old copy is held together with a rubber band and is in a state that gives me a little bad conscience. But I've read it many,many times. In it you can read about the dangers of overdoing things..., why you won't find sufi education in traditional buildings and institutions, that education must come through knowledge and not theory. Hypocrasy is to claim to be an expert on honey after reading many books about it but never having tasted it. He who tastes knows.
This book is about Sufi education, leading to Sufi knowledge, the knowledge of something beyond customary human perception, and consists of eight instructive parts, illustrated with teachingstories, wich I adore. What stays with me, from this as well as Shah's other books, is that our logical, left brain is only ONE way to understand things with. We are so wrong out making it the domineering tool, so domineering that we seem to have lost our other tools. We have to learn to think in other ways.
A Perfumed Scorpion should be a good book to start with if you would want to learn about Sufism.
Whoever might perfume a scorpion
Will not therby escape its sting
The perfumed scorpion alludes to hypocrasy and delusion and I've read the book once again, though this time newly bought and fresh (and newly released by Idries Shah Foundation Publishing). My old copy is held together with a rubber band and is in a state that gives me a little bad conscience. But I've read it many,many times. In it you can read about the dangers of overdoing things..., why you won't find sufi education in traditional buildings and institutions, that education must come through knowledge and not theory. Hypocrasy is to claim to be an expert on honey after reading many books about it but never having tasted it. He who tastes knows.
This book is about Sufi education, leading to Sufi knowledge, the knowledge of something beyond customary human perception, and consists of eight instructive parts, illustrated with teachingstories, wich I adore. What stays with me, from this as well as Shah's other books, is that our logical, left brain is only ONE way to understand things with. We are so wrong out making it the domineering tool, so domineering that we seem to have lost our other tools. We have to learn to think in other ways.
A Perfumed Scorpion should be a good book to start with if you would want to learn about Sufism.
March 7, 2019
This book will challenge you. It is an amazing book. It goes deep. Careful you don't drown. If you make it, you will be better for it.
March 2, 2019
This attractive newly reissued book, like the others from Idries Shah, demands a different approach from my normal consumption of print, which is perhaps like eating a meal while busy doing some trivia online. There is so much here that almost any page could engage you for days if not years. One long quote:
‘Hindsight,’ he said, ‘shows how often yesterday’s so-called truth may become today’s absurdity. Real ability is to respect relative truth without damaging oneself by refusing to realize that it will be superseded. When you observe that today’s controversies often reveal not relevance but the clash of the untaught with the wrongly taught, and when you can endure this knowledge without cynicism, as a lover of humankind, greater compensations will be open to you than a sense of your own importance or satisfaction in thinking about the unreliability of others.’
‘Hindsight,’ he said, ‘shows how often yesterday’s so-called truth may become today’s absurdity. Real ability is to respect relative truth without damaging oneself by refusing to realize that it will be superseded. When you observe that today’s controversies often reveal not relevance but the clash of the untaught with the wrongly taught, and when you can endure this knowledge without cynicism, as a lover of humankind, greater compensations will be open to you than a sense of your own importance or satisfaction in thinking about the unreliability of others.’
March 20, 2011
Published in 1978, "Contains the substance of lectures given by Idries Shah at universities in the USA. I was particularly interested in Shah's explanation of what he calls "the teaching story" (particularly pp 97-136), but he interweaves principles and narratives throughout that are penetrating and provocative. One jewel: "the teacher, the teaching, and the taught must be in harmony and in alignment; otherwise only distortions leading to a cult or other low-level stabilization are most likely to be the result" (p. 149).
April 5, 2019
The title of this book is a reference to a metaphor used by the 14th century Central Asian teacher Bahaudin Naqshband when he taught about the problem of hypocrisy and self-deception in both individuals and institutions: “Whoever might perfume a scorpion will not thereby escape its sting."
Shah’s book is a razor sharp exposition of the barriers to learning including false assumptions, wrong expectations, misguided motivations, and other thought processes that limit us in our perceptions. One of Shah’s most cogent and explicit works.
Shah’s book is a razor sharp exposition of the barriers to learning including false assumptions, wrong expectations, misguided motivations, and other thought processes that limit us in our perceptions. One of Shah’s most cogent and explicit works.
August 17, 2019
Another invaluable book for anyone wishing to study in the Sufi Way. Along with Shah's Learning How To Learn it provides an essential basis for learning and clarifies what is truly "self-development" vs. self-deception. A large part of the book covers what can be termed "traditional psychology", and the material is, as usual, delivered in Shah's engaging and entertaining way. There are plenty of anecdotes and teaching stories throughout. Read it again and again.
December 2, 2021
Book: A Perfumed Scorpion by Idries Shah
This is the first time I have read book of this genre but to my surprise I was glad that I was recommended this book.
This Book has focussed majorly on psychological aspects in human beings as glanced from lens of sufis.Book dwells into Sufis understanding of human mind.
It contains 8 chapters which drives step by step explanation of Sufi Education. Thereafter it talks about Nature of Sufi Knowledge. Then it reveals how many have misunderstood true nature of Sufi Education.This book gets into details about the advantages of Sufi Education. It tries to explain who are and who can be true Sufi teachers. At one point it gives 10 duties of Student who are seeking true meaning in Sufi Education.
Anecdotes, couplets of Rumi & other great Sufi saints, along with tales of Mulla Nasruddin are presented in this book which really simplifies the understanding of complicated concepts of minds and world. My favourite story is 1 honest judge & 100 gold pieces.
Those who are not usual to such genre initially may not connect with the book but given some time one may be able to feel the grasp and attraction of this book. I am sure anyone who reads this book will have an alternative stance with regards to standard dogmas & religion.
This is the first time I have read book of this genre but to my surprise I was glad that I was recommended this book.
This Book has focussed majorly on psychological aspects in human beings as glanced from lens of sufis.Book dwells into Sufis understanding of human mind.
It contains 8 chapters which drives step by step explanation of Sufi Education. Thereafter it talks about Nature of Sufi Knowledge. Then it reveals how many have misunderstood true nature of Sufi Education.This book gets into details about the advantages of Sufi Education. It tries to explain who are and who can be true Sufi teachers. At one point it gives 10 duties of Student who are seeking true meaning in Sufi Education.
Anecdotes, couplets of Rumi & other great Sufi saints, along with tales of Mulla Nasruddin are presented in this book which really simplifies the understanding of complicated concepts of minds and world. My favourite story is 1 honest judge & 100 gold pieces.
Those who are not usual to such genre initially may not connect with the book but given some time one may be able to feel the grasp and attraction of this book. I am sure anyone who reads this book will have an alternative stance with regards to standard dogmas & religion.
February 9, 2025
The ‘perfuming of a scorpion’ referred to by the great Sufi teacher Bahaudin symbolises hypocrisy and self deception: both in the individual and in institutions.
Idries Shah, in these lectures and meditations, directs attention to both the perfume and the scorpion- the overlay and the reality- in psychology, human behaviour and the learning process.
Crammed with illustrative anecdotes from contemporary life, the book is nevertheless rooted in the teaching patterns of Rumi, Hafiz, Jami and many other great sages. It deals with the need for, and ways to, knowledge as well as information, understanding which comes beyond belief, perception as distinct from emotion, self- development in addition to the desire for intellectuality.
This book contains the substance of lectures given by Idries Shah at universities in the United States if America, under the aegis of the Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge and the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Farleigh Dickinson University.
Idries Shah, in these lectures and meditations, directs attention to both the perfume and the scorpion- the overlay and the reality- in psychology, human behaviour and the learning process.
Crammed with illustrative anecdotes from contemporary life, the book is nevertheless rooted in the teaching patterns of Rumi, Hafiz, Jami and many other great sages. It deals with the need for, and ways to, knowledge as well as information, understanding which comes beyond belief, perception as distinct from emotion, self- development in addition to the desire for intellectuality.
This book contains the substance of lectures given by Idries Shah at universities in the United States if America, under the aegis of the Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge and the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Farleigh Dickinson University.
April 16, 2019
Must read - In possibly his most explicit work, Idries Shah lays it all out regarding our weaknesses towards higher knowledge and the characteristics of being a "Sufi", something that was once "a reality without a name. Today, it is a name without a reality". Shah clarifies how past and present of being a Sufi are the same, how adaptations are made to present cultural circumstances, and what the price of entry is. Experience and knowledge not forms and excitement are the name of the game.
October 25, 2020
As always a beautiful exposition of teachings from Idries Shah about the world of the sufi and what it really means to be one.
February 26, 2020
I can only recommend this book. It has to be read. I don’t know what to say about it. If I select a quote what about all the quotes I haven’t selected. If I attempt a paraphrase of an idea what clumsy misinterpretation has been written down. I suppose it to be possible to learn from clumsy mistakes but only after the mistakes have been made. Headings on page twenty eight: THE AIM...... FLEXIBILITY.... ASSUMPTIONS AND POINTS OF VIEW. Better expositions found here, than in any run ‘off the mill’ philosophy course. In addition there is an element of expanding universe in the text.
June 3, 2008
I like it very much, though it would be very hard at this point to say what exactly I like about it. It is cryptic but laden with good stories. Difficult ideas have never been so fun.
February 4, 2016
In very simple yet approachable language Shah uncovers wisdom that has a great psychological and emotive value. I found this book gave me insight and allowed me to grow during a difficult period.
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