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.