by Idries Shah · Diederichs GmbH & Co. KG, Verlag Eugen · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783424006278
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«Die Sufis» is Idries Shah's essay on Sufism, published by Diederichs in paperback (316 pages, in German).
A study of Sufism as a spiritual and psychological tradition born in Islam. Idries Shah sets out the teachings of dervishes and Sufi masters, traces its influence on thinkers of East and West —from Rumi to Chaucer— and presents the Sufi path as an instrument of knowledge applicable to the modern world.
The book bears the subtitle «Botschaft der Derwische, Weisheit der Magier» and is volume 27 of the Diederichs Gelbe Reihe series. The work was originally published as «The Sufis» (1964).
For readers interested in Islamic mysticism, Sufism and the history of ideas.
Idries Shah, also known as Idris Shah, Indries Shah, né Sayed Idries el-Hashimi and by the pen name Arkon Daraul, was an Afghan author, thinker and teacher in the Sufi tradition. Shah wrote over three dozen books on topics ranging from psychology and spirituality to travelogues and culture studies.
