Sufi Thought and Action

Idries Shah

• Publisher: ISF Publishing
• Year: 2017
• eBook ISBN: 9781784790929
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Philosophy

Previously published only as separate essays, Sufi Thought and Action - assembled and introduced by Idries Shah - covers an extraordinary diversity of Sufi ideas and activities in many countries and cultures. Included in the volume are papers on Sufi Principles and Learning Methods; Ritual, Initiation and Secrets in Sufi Circles; and Key Concepts in Sufi Understanding. The volume stands as a clear and simple handbook to many facets of Sufi study and thought. Shah's introduction begins, 'The object of Sufi spiritual teaching can be expressed as: to help to refine the individual's consciousness so that it may reach the Radiances of Truth, from which one is cut off by ordinary activities of the world'.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• 1. Sufi Spiritual Rituals and Beliefs by Idries Shah
• 2. Sufi Principles and Learning Methods Seven papers by Humayun Abbas and Others
• 3. Current Sufi Activity: Work, Literature, Groups and Techniques by Chawan Thurlnas
• 4. Ritual, Initiation and Secrets in Sufi Circles by Franz Heidelberger and Others
• 5. Theories, Practices and Training Systems of a Sufi School by Canon W.H.T. Gairdner
• 6. Key Concepts in Sufi Understanding edited by Professor Hafiz Jamal
• 7. Visits to Sufi Centres: Some Recent Research Papers on Sufis and Sufism by Djaleddin Ansari and Others
• 8. The Sufis of Today by Seyyed F. Hossain
• 9. In a Sufi Monastery and Other Papers
• A Request