A lecture by Idries Shah delivered before a live audience, plus teaching stories and narratives selected from Caravan of Dreams and the adventures of Mulla Nasrudin
In this recording Shah talks in detail and with many examples about the Sufi teaching story and its instrumental function. He emphasizes the way in which the reader might approach this vast and comprehensive body of literature to benefit best from it. Shah’s delivery is lively, witty, entertaining, and always instructive. This two-tape set includes selections from Shah’s Caravan of Dreams and from his Mulla Nasrudin corpus, read by members of The London College of Storytellers. It provides an ideal introduction to his work.
About the Author
As the urgency of our global situation becomes apparent, more and more readers are turning to the books of Idries Shah (1924-1996) as a way to train new capacities and new ways of thinking. Shah has been described as "the most significant worker adapting classical spiritual thought to the modern world." His lively, contemporary books have sold more than 15 million copies in 12 languages worldwide and have been awarded many prizes. They have been reviewed by The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Times, The Tribune, The Telegraph, and numerous other international journals and newspapers.
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