A Perfumed Scorpion

A Perfumed Scorpion
Author: Idries Shah
Publisher: Octagon Press Ltd
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2000
Genre: Sufism
ISBN: 0863040802

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Using the powerful approach of classical teachers, Shah has crafted a contemporary teaching tool that blends a fastpaced look at today's world with the timeless teachings of the Sufis. The book brings into sharp focus the conditioned behavior and self-deception that are common in Western minds. Far more than a literary tool for breaking loose old mental habits, it is a blueprint for a process of self-development that precludes self-deceit. Truly a book among books, A Perfumed Scorption is treasured the world over for its clarity of wisdom and forcefulness of insight.

A Perfumed Scorpion

A Perfumed Scorpion
Author: Idries Shah
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2017-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781784790998

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The 'perfuming of a scorpion', referred to by the great Sufi teacher Bahaudin, symbolizes hypocrisy and self-deception: 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.

A Perfumed Scorpion

A Perfumed Scorpion
Author: Idries Shah
Publisher: Isf Publishing
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2017
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9781784790967

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The 'perfuming of a scorpion', referred to by the great Sufi teacher Bahaudin, symbolizes hypocrisy and self-deception: both in the individual and in institutions.

"Beginning to Begin"

Author: Idries Shah
Publisher: Octagon Press Ltd
Total Pages: 85
Release: 2002
Genre: Sufism
ISBN: 0863040780

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Shah deals here with aspects of Sufi material, and the psychology of his readership, which underline the unique way in which Sufi studies should be approached.

Special Problems in the Study of Sufi Ideas

Special Problems in the Study of Sufi Ideas
Author: Idries Shah
Publisher: eBook Partnership
Total Pages: 155
Release: 2019-09-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1784791970

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A remarkable conspectus of philosophical contacts between East and West through the ages. This important monograph constitutes the whole text of Idries Shah's Seminar at Sussex University, fully annotated, indexed and with a bibliography and notes. It knits together the available knowledge about Sufi thought and literature in its passage through many deforming influences, such as the development of cults, the misinterpretation by literalist scholars, and the fallacious comparisons of committed "e;specialists"e;.

Veiled Gazelle

Veiled Gazelle
Author: Idries Shah
Publisher: eBook Partnership
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2020-02-07
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1784791911

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A 'Veiled Gazelle', as the great mystic Ibn Arabi explains in his Interpreter of Desires, is a subtlety, an organ of higher perception. Sufi experientialists refer to the activation of these centres of awareness as the awakening of real knowledge of Truth beyond form. A Veiled Gazelle considers the symbolic and instrumental employment of its literature in Sufi studies. Seldom didactic, and never meant only as entertainment, such works are regarded as some of the world's greatest and most important writing.

The Elephant in the Dark

The Elephant in the Dark
Author: Idries Shah
Publisher: Octagon Press Ltd
Total Pages: 82
Release: 1974
Genre: Christianity and other religions
ISBN: 0900860367

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As our world continues to shrink, we are being brought headlong into often explosive contact with other cultures and religions. Islam continues to be for many a mysterious and misunderstood force, alien to our own cultural values. Yet, in more ways than expected, Christianity and Islam share common ground. For centuries, Sufi thinkers have been linked to both religions in certain important ideas. But, like the elephant in the dark in Jalaludin Rumi's classic fable, these ideas are not grasped in full by seizing parts of the whole and arguing for or against their supposed Christian or Islamic derivation. From a series of lectures given by Idries Shah at Geneva University, The Elephant in the Dark shifts focus to more fruitful ground, tracing documented episodes of cooperation and understanding between Christians and Moslems over the past 1,400 years.

New Perfume Handbook

New Perfume Handbook
Author: N. Groom
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 460
Release: 1997-06-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780751404036

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The first edition of this unique book established itself as an unparalleled source of information on perfume. Although it is primarily aimed at perfumers and others in the perfume industry, it has also found substantial sales among a wide range of others including aromatherapists, botanists, and many others who wanted to learn more about this faceted subject. The new edition is now aimed squarely at perfumery marketing specialists and others in the industry world-wide and covers in particular the needs of publicity/advertising teams and journalists, together with sales people and consultants at the counters who like to have a wide range of information at their fingertips. Changes include: an expansion of the number of profiles of the perfume houses, and of the 50 or so new perfumes worthy of record which have been launched since the previous edition. There is also increased coverage of the essences and the plants and other material from which they are derived. Coverage of perfume containers is substantially expanded and linked to other parts of the book.

The Sufi Tradition in the West

The Sufi Tradition in the West
Author: Omar Ali-Shah
Publisher: Alif Publishing Corporation
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1994
Genre: Sufism
ISBN: 9781883816001

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The Pleasantries of the Incredible Mulla Nasrudin

The Pleasantries of the Incredible Mulla Nasrudin
Author: Idries Shah
Publisher: Octagon Press Ltd
Total Pages: 194
Release: 1983
Genre: Arabic fiction
ISBN: 0863040233

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Here, Nasrudin's anecdotes are seen to be parallel to the mind's working, designed to amuse the tea-house, but also intended for use on other levels.