Dervish tales are more than fable, legend, or folklore. For centuries dervish masters have instructed their disciples by means of these teaching stories, which are said to increase perception and knowledge and provide a better understanding of man and the world. In wit, construction, and piquancy, they compare with the finest tales of any culture. Idries Shah spent many years traveling through three continents to collect and compare oral versions of these remarkable stories. This anthology, presented in the dervish manner, contains stories drawn from the repertories of dervish masters over a period of more than a thousand years.…mehr
Dervish tales are more than fable, legend, or folklore. For centuries dervish masters have instructed their disciples by means of these teaching stories, which are said to increase perception and knowledge and provide a better understanding of man and the world. In wit, construction, and piquancy, they compare with the finest tales of any culture. Idries Shah spent many years traveling through three continents to collect and compare oral versions of these remarkable stories. This anthology, presented in the dervish manner, contains stories drawn from the repertories of dervish masters over a period of more than a thousand years.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Idries Shah was an author and teacher in the Sufi tradition who wrote dozens of books on topics ranging from psychology to spiritualilty to travelogues to other anthropological studies. In his writings, Shah presented Sufism as a universal form of wisdom that predated Islam. Shah is known for The Sufis, The Commanding Self, The Subleties of the Inimitable Mulla Nasrudin, The Exploits of the Incomparable Mulla Nasrudin, Thinkers of the East, and Learning How to Learn.
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Tales of the DervishesPreface The Three Fishes The Food of Paradise When the Waters Were Changed The Tale of the Sands The Blind Ones and the Matter of the Elephant The Dog, the Stick and the Sufi How to Catch Monkeys The Ancient Coffer of Nuri Bey The Three Truths The Sultan Who Became an Exile The Story of Fire The Ogre and the Sufi The Merchant and the Christian Dervish The Golden Fortune The Candlestick of Iron Strike on this Spot Why the Clay Birds Flew Away The Gnat Namouss - and the Elephant The Idiot, the Wise Man, and the Jug The Wayward Princess The Bequest The Oath The Idiot in the Great City The Founding of a Tradition Fatima the Spinner and the Tent The Gates of Paradise The Man Who Was Aware of Death The Man Who Was Easily Angered The Dog and the Donkey Carrying Shoes The Man Who Walked on Water The Ant and the Dragonfly The Story of Tea The King Who Decided to Be Generous The Cure of Human Blood The Dam The Three Dervishes The Four Magic Treasures The Dreams and the Loaf of Bread Bread and Jewels The Limitations of Dogma The Fisherman and the Genie The Time, the Place and the People The Parable of the Three Domains Valuable - and Worthless The Bird and the Egg Three Pieces of Advice The Mountain Path The Snake and the Peacock The Water of Paradise The Horseman and the Snake Isa and the Doubters In the Street of the Perfume-Sellers The Parable of the Greedy Sons The Nature of Discipleship The Initiation of Malik Dinar The Idiot and the Browsing Camel The Three Jewelled Rings The Man with the Inexplicable Life The Man Whose Time Was Wrong Maruf the Cobbler Wisdom for Sale The King and the Poor Boy The Three Teachers and the Muleteers Bayazid and the Selfish Man The People Who Attain Wayfarer, Strangeness and Savetime Timur Agha and the Speech of Animals The Indian Bird When Death Came to Baghdad The Grammarian and the Dervish The Dervish and the Princess The Increasing of Necessity The Man Who Looked Only at the Obvious How Knowledge Was Earned The Lamp Shop The Chariot The Lame Man and the Blind Man The Servants and the House The Generous Man The Host and the Guests The King's Son Appendix: Authors and teachers, in chronological order
Tales of the DervishesPreface The Three Fishes The Food of Paradise When the Waters Were Changed The Tale of the Sands The Blind Ones and the Matter of the Elephant The Dog, the Stick and the Sufi How to Catch Monkeys The Ancient Coffer of Nuri Bey The Three Truths The Sultan Who Became an Exile The Story of Fire The Ogre and the Sufi The Merchant and the Christian Dervish The Golden Fortune The Candlestick of Iron Strike on this Spot Why the Clay Birds Flew Away The Gnat Namouss - and the Elephant The Idiot, the Wise Man, and the Jug The Wayward Princess The Bequest The Oath The Idiot in the Great City The Founding of a Tradition Fatima the Spinner and the Tent The Gates of Paradise The Man Who Was Aware of Death The Man Who Was Easily Angered The Dog and the Donkey Carrying Shoes The Man Who Walked on Water The Ant and the Dragonfly The Story of Tea The King Who Decided to Be Generous The Cure of Human Blood The Dam The Three Dervishes The Four Magic Treasures The Dreams and the Loaf of Bread Bread and Jewels The Limitations of Dogma The Fisherman and the Genie The Time, the Place and the People The Parable of the Three Domains Valuable - and Worthless The Bird and the Egg Three Pieces of Advice The Mountain Path The Snake and the Peacock The Water of Paradise The Horseman and the Snake Isa and the Doubters In the Street of the Perfume-Sellers The Parable of the Greedy Sons The Nature of Discipleship The Initiation of Malik Dinar The Idiot and the Browsing Camel The Three Jewelled Rings The Man with the Inexplicable Life The Man Whose Time Was Wrong Maruf the Cobbler Wisdom for Sale The King and the Poor Boy The Three Teachers and the Muleteers Bayazid and the Selfish Man The People Who Attain Wayfarer, Strangeness and Savetime Timur Agha and the Speech of Animals The Indian Bird When Death Came to Baghdad The Grammarian and the Dervish The Dervish and the Princess The Increasing of Necessity The Man Who Looked Only at the Obvious How Knowledge Was Earned The Lamp Shop The Chariot The Lame Man and the Blind Man The Servants and the House The Generous Man The Host and the Guests The King's Son Appendix: Authors and teachers, in chronological order
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