Special Problems in the Study of Sufi Ideas by Idries Shah

(Sussex University)

A remarkable overview of philosophical contacts between East and West through the ages. This important monograph constitutes the whole text of Idries Shah’s Seminar at Sussex University, fully annotated, indexed and with a bibliography and notes. read more

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It knits together the available knowledge about Sufi thought and literature in its passage through many deforming influences, such as the development of cults, the misinterpretation by literalist scholars, and the fallacious comparisons of committed ‘specialists’.

This is an advanced treatise that considers issues central to Sufi thought.