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The Sufis by IDRIES SHAH

 THE SUFIS

Some Contents

• introduction, by Robert Graves vii
• author’s preface xxiii
• The Islanders—A Fable i
• The Background: i. The Travelers and the Grapes 12
• The Background: n. The Elephant in the Dark 38
• The Subtleties of Mulla Nasrudin 63
• Sheikh Saadi of Shiraz 111
• Fariduddin Attar, the Chemist 117
• Our Master Jalaluddin Rumi 130
• Ibn El-Arabi: The Greatest Sheikh 155
• El-Ghazali of Persia 166
• Omar Khayyam 185
• The Secret Language: 1. The Coalmen 194
• The Secret Language: n. The Builders 205
• The Secret Language: in. The Philosopher’s Stone 216
• Mysteries in the West: 1. Strange Rites 232
• Mysteries in the West: n. The Chivalric Circle 245
• Mysteries in the West: m. The Head of Wisdom 254
• Mysteries in the West: iv. Francis of Assisi 257
• Mysteries in the West: v. The Secret Doctrine 265
• The Higher Law 281
• The Book of the Dervishes 294
• The Dervish Orders 322
• Seeker After Knowledge 347
• The Creed of Love 357
• Miracles and Magic 367
• The Teacher, the Teaching, the Taught 389