Idries Shah's 'The sufis'.
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Never read it, but it seems to be worth a look. Perhaps, for the sake of the ignorant, you could expound a bit more on its nature?
Synchronistically, I've gotten re-interested in Rumi lately, and just watched a documentary on the Whirling Dervishes. Interesting stuff.
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@Alrah said
"For some reason (or instinct) I've never read Idries Shah. I would see his name on the bookshelf, and his books just said to me 'read me later'. And it's been the same for all things Sufi, until today.
I was going swimming. I couldn't find a costume though, and I could hardly swim naked in the public pool. So I ambled about and wandered into a second hand book shop and picked up this little gem. First chapter - The Islanders, about the swimmers and the ship builders.
Ah, blessed synchronicities! I'm reading it and it's set a torch to my imagination in a way that nothing has done for a long time. I can't remember when I was last so excited about a book!
Have you read it, and how did you react to it?
"I read it a while back. I go through Sufi phases. It was very good, in my opinion.
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Hazrat Inayat Khan is a favorite Sufi of mine. He brought the Sufisim message to the west in the early 1900's. Many of his lectures are online: www.sufimessage.com/.
Last week I read a lecture by him on the Saint (-), Mastermind (+), and Prophet. It reminded me of the three chapters of the BOTL. Afterward I even checked the date on the lecture to make sure it was given before the BOTL was written (it was by a couple of years). IMO many of the Sufi teachings are very complementary (and insightful) to Thelema.
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@Alrah said
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I read it a while back. I go through Sufi phases. It was very good, in my opinion."This is my first 'sufi phase'.... can you recommend more please?
"Read the poets...Rumi and Omar Khayyam especially. Read them as holy books. Each poem is like the bud of a flower...contemplate them and let them unfold.
Skytoucher: I agree.
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There's also the not so well known Ibn 'Arabi.