LEADER 01357oam 2200265z- 450 001 9910136206703321 010 $a1-78479-074-5 035 $a(CKB)3710000000916149 035 $a(VLeBooks)9781784790745 035 $a(Exl-AI)993710000000916149 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000916149 100 $a20190224c2016uuuu -u- - 101 0 $aeng 200 $aTales of the Dervishes 210 $cISF Publishing 330 $aAlthough enormously attractive as sheer entertainment, Dervish tales were never presented merely on the level of a fable, legend or folklore. They stand comparison in wit, construction and piquancy with the finest stories of any culture, yet their true function as Sufi teaching stories is so little-known in the modern world, that no technical or popular terms exist to describe them. The material in Tales of the Dervishes is the result of a thousand years of development, during which Dervish masters used these and other teaching stories to instruct their disciples. The tales are held to convey powers of increasing perception unknown to the ordinary man. 606 $aSufism$7Generated by AI 606 $aDervishes$7Generated by AI 615 0$aSufism 615 0$aDervishes 700 $aShah$b Idries$0168635 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910136206703321 996 $aTales of the dervishes$9908089 997 $aUNINA