Veiled Gazelle

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Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 1784791911
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book Veiled Gazelle written by Idries Shah and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2020-02-07 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

A Veiled Gazelle

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (9 download)

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A Veiled Gazelle: Seeing How to See (Pocket Edition)

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ISBN 13 : 9781784799007
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book A Veiled Gazelle: Seeing How to See (Pocket Edition) written by Idries Shah and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Translator of Desires

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Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691212546
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book The Translator of Desires written by Muhyiddin Ibn ʿArabi and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterpiece of Arabic love poetry in a new and complete English translation The Translator of Desires, a collection of sixty-one love poems, is the lyric masterwork of Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi (1165–1240 CE), one of the most influential writers of classical Arabic and Islamic civilization. In this authoritative volume, Michael Sells presents the first complete English translation of this work in more than a century, complete with an introduction, commentary, and a new facing-page critical text of the original Arabic. While grounded in an expert command of the Arabic, this verse translation renders the poems into a natural, contemporary English that captures the stunning beauty and power of Ibn ‘Arabi’s poems in such lines as “A veiled gazelle’s / an amazing sight, / her henna hinting, / eyelids signalling // A pasture between / breastbone and spine / Marvel, a garden / among the flames!” The introduction puts the poems in the context of the Arabic love poetry tradition, Ibn ‘Arabi’s life and times, his mystical thought, and his “romance” with Niẓām, the young woman whom he presents as the inspiration for the volume—a relationship that has long fascinated readers. Other features, following the main text, include detailed notes and commentaries on each poem, translations of Ibn ‘Arabi’s important prefaces to the poems, a discussion of the sources used for the Arabic text, and a glossary. Bringing The Translator of Desires to life for contemporary English readers as never before, this promises to be the definitive volume of these fascinating and compelling poems for years to come.

The Book of the Book

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Publisher : Octagon Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 090086012X
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (8 download)

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Sufi Literature and the Journey to Immortality

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Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN 13 : 9788120806566
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Sufi Literature and the Journey to Immortality written by A. E. I. Falconar and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1991 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many Sufi books are written by academics from a technical standpoint; this one however is different. It is written by a mystic who has been inspired since a boy by his love of poetry which has made his life a search for beauty; this dearch culminating in his long study of Sufi Mysticism considered by him to be the acme of all mystic poetry. This book has in it many inspiring passages both poetry and prose. Short biographies are included with examples of the work of the main Sufi Mystics as well as brief commentaries for the reader who will also gain on overall knowledge of Sufi Literature.

Sufis

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Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 1784790052
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book Sufis written by Idries Shah and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2020-06-20 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sufis is the best introduction ever written to the philosophical and mystical school traditionally associated with the Islamic world.Powerful, concise, and intensely thought-provoking, it sums up over a thousand years of Eastern thought - the product of some of the greatest minds humanity has ever produced - into a single work, presenting timeless ideas in a fresh and contemporary style.When the book was originally published in 1964, it launched its author, Idries Shah, on to the international stage, attracting the attention of thinkers and writers such as J. D. Salinger, Doris Lessing, Ted Hughes and Robert Graves.It introduced to the Western world concepts which have subsequently become commonly accepted, varying from the psychological importance of attention and humour, to the use of traditional tales as teaching instruments (what Shah termed 'teaching-stories'), and the historical debt owed by the West to the Middle East in matters scientific, literary and philosophical.As a primer for the many dozens of Sufi books that Shah later produced, it is unsurpassed, offering a clear window onto a community whose system of thought and action has long concerned itself with the advancement of the whole of humankind, and whose ideas about individuals and society, their purpose and direction, need to be understood now more than ever before.

The Commanding Self

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Publisher : Octagon Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0863040705
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book The Commanding Self written by Idries Shah and published by Octagon Press Ltd. This book was released on 1997-05 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mixture of primitive and conditioned responses, common to everyone, which inhibits and distorts human progress and understanding.

The Way of the Sufi

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Publisher : Octagon Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0863040837
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book The Way of the Sufi written by Idries Shah and published by Octagon Press Ltd. This book was released on 2004 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Way of the Sufi presents an unparalleled cross-section of material from Sufi schools, teachings and classical writings, as a basic course of Sufi study. Its author, Idries Shah, is regarded as the most influential modern exponent of Sufi ideas. His many books on the subject seek to make some of the Eastern world's greatest teachings accessible to a Western audience. In this book, Shah begins with the outward aspects of the teaching most likely to puzzle the student coming fresh to the subject. He considers various attitudes to Sufi ideas, and evidence of their absorption into medieval Christianity, Hinduism, Jewish mysticism and modern philosophical teachings. The greater part of the book illuminates aspects of Sufi activity and practice relevant to the contemporary world." --

Wisdom of the Idiots

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Publisher : Octagon Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0863040462
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Wisdom of the Idiots written by Idries Shah and published by Octagon Press Ltd. This book was released on 1989 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales from the Sufi tradition, illustrating Sufi philosophy and ways of thinking.

World Tales

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Publisher : Octagon Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0863040365
Total Pages : 424 pages
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Download or read book World Tales written by Idries Shah and published by Octagon Press Ltd. This book was released on 1991 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No ordinary collection of tales, this anthology was the result of extensive research that led Shah to conclude that there is a certain basic fund of human fictions which recur again and again throughout the world and never seem to lose their compelling attraction. This special paperback version of World Tales concentrates on the essentials, the text of the stories, and omits the illustrations which were part of a previous edition.

Caravan of Dreams

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Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 1784790176
Total Pages : 235 pages
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Download or read book Caravan of Dreams written by Idries Shah and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caravan of Dreams distills the essence of Eastern thought in a feast of Sufi stories, sayings, poems and allegories, collected by one of the world's leading experts in Oriental philosophy and Sufism. Idries Shah builds up a complete picture of a single consciousness, relating Eastern mythology to reality, illuminating historical patterns, and presenting philosophical legends in this unique anthology.Its title is inspired from the couplet written by the Sufi mystic Bahaudin:'Here we are, all of us: in a dream-caravan,A caravan, but a dream - a dream, but a caravan.And we know which are the dreams.Therein lies the hope.'

Darkest England

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ISBN 13 : 1784791733
Total Pages : 807 pages
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Download or read book Darkest England written by Idries Shah and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2020-11-27 with total page 807 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his best-selling Darkest England, Idries Shah asserts that the English hail from a little-known place called 'Hathaby', but their roots go back much farther, perhaps to the distant Asian realm of Sakasina. Once a nomadic tribe of warriors, the English fled westward, bringing with them epic tales, traditions, and an Oriental way of thought.Shah charts the genius of the English in adopting and adapting 'almost anything spiritual, moral or material' for their own use - a faculty that has transformed them from warrior nomads into successful diplomats, businessmen, thinkers and scientists.

Music and Altered States

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Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1843103737
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (431 download)

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Book Synopsis Music and Altered States by : David Aldridge

Download or read book Music and Altered States written by David Aldridge and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2006 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An international collection examining the opportunities for using music-induced states of altered consciousness. The observations of the contributors cover a wide range of music types capable of inducing altered states. It will interest practicing music therapists, musicologists, and ethnomusicologists, students and academics in the field.

Historical Dictionary of New Age Movements

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Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810848733
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (487 download)

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Book Synopsis Historical Dictionary of New Age Movements by : Michael York

Download or read book Historical Dictionary of New Age Movements written by Michael York and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Historical Dictionary of New Age Movements examines various New Age concepts, spokespeople, and leaders; a range of human potential and self-help practices; countercultural spiritual developments; and different groups and organizations that identify themselves as New Age, without judging or categorizing them. More than 240 entries make this dictionary a valuable resource for students, practitioners, and serious academics."--BOOK JACKET.

Idries Shah Anthology

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Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 1784793256
Total Pages : 342 pages
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Download or read book Idries Shah Anthology written by Idries Shah and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2019-04-28 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his writing about Sufism, Idries Shah did some revolutionary things.Critically, and almost alone, he said that it was possible to divorce the essence of Sufi philosophy from what he insisted were secondary accretions of islamic culture and religion. Moreover, he said, in making this material available to the West, you could not only do this, you must do it. This is because, he believed, you can only absorb materials that are designed for your own time and place. Sufism as an essence may be 'truth without form' but, in order to penetrate into the human mind, it must be delivered in a package shaped to fit the receiving culture.'When something new enters a culture, there is a period where, like a new object being thrown into the chimpanzee pen at a zoo, all the chimps rush over to touch it, throw it on the floor, fight over it and so on,' he once told me. 'We must wait until the dust settles; only then will people be in a position to assess this material.'My father died in 1996 and the dust is settling fast. He leaves a body of work behind and, on this work alone, he believed, he should and would be judged. This anthology is intended to provide a basic sample of his work, an essential reader, to allow people to do exactly what he would have wished them to do: to think for themselves and to make up their own minds.- From the Editor's Note, by Saira Shah

The Magic Monastery

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Publisher : Octagon Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0863040586
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book The Magic Monastery written by Idries Shah and published by Octagon Press Ltd. This book was released on 1991 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: