227 títulos para "Shah Idries"

Special Illumination (Pocket Edition)

Idries Shah

Special Illumination is a term used by the great poet and mystic Jalaluddin Rumi to stress the importance of humor in metaphysical experience.Of it, Idries Shah says, "Rumi directly contradicts such numerous sour-faced religionists as, in all persuasions, find that humor disturbs the indoctrina...

Die B„uerin

Shah, Idries/Santiago, Rose Mary

Die B?uerin ist die Geschichte einer Frau, die versehentlich einen Apfel in ein Loch fallen l?sst und dann alles M?gliche versucht, um ihn zur?ckzubekommen. Kindern macht es Spa?, die wiederkehrenden Aufz?hlungen dieser Fabel auswendig zu lernen, und da die Geschichte eine unerwartete Wendung nimmt,...

The Silly Chicken

Shah, Idries / Jackson, Jeff

The Silly Chicken is a delightful and humorous tale about a chicken who learns to speak as we do - with surprising and unexpected consequences. The events that follow intrigue young children and, and at the same time, alert them in a very amusing way to the dangers of being too quick to believe ever...

The Man and the Fox

Shah, Idries / Mallam, Sally

A man tricks a young fox into believing that he will give him a chicken. The fox is trapped, but through ingenuity and perseverance, he escapes. Reading this story inspires children to face challenges directly, and even to use the obstacles in their paths to solve problems.  This story belongs...

World Tales

Shah, Idries

How can it be that the same story is found in Scotland and also in Pre-Columbian America? What can account for the durability and persistence of tales? Was the tale of Aladdin and his wondrous lamp really taken from Wales (where it has been found) to the ancient East and, if so, when and by whom?The...

World Tales (Pocket Edition)

Shah, Idries

How can it be that the same story is found in Scotland and also in Pre-Columbian America? What can account for the durability and persistence of tales? Was the tale of Aladdin and his wondrous lamp really taken from Wales (where it has been found) to the ancient East and, if so, when and by whom?&nb...

World Tales (Pocket Edition)

Shah, Idries

How can it be that the same story is found in Scotland and also in Pre-Columbian America? What can account for the durability and persistence of tales? Was the tale of Aladdin and his wondrous lamp really taken from Wales (where it has been found) to the ancient East and, if so, when and by whom?&nb...

Fatima the Spinner and the Tent

Shah, Idries / Delmar, Natasha

Fatima is a young woman whose life seems beset by one disaster after another. Setting forth on a journey from her home in the West, she is shipwrecked and cast ashore alone near Alexandria. Adopted by a family of weavers, and beginning to prosper in her new life, she is captured and made to work mak...

The Magic Monastery

Shah, Idries

Many of Idries Shah’s books are comprised of tales and teaching stories taken from both written and oral sources, which illustrate the instructional methods employed by Eastern wise men for thousands of years.T he Magic Monastery differs from its predecessors in that it contains not only trad...

Fatima the Spinner and the Tent - La hilandera Fátima y la carp

Shah, Idries / Delmar, Natasha

Fatima’s life is beset with what seem to be disasters. Her journey leads her from Morocco to the Mediterranean, Egypt, Turkey and, finally, to China. It is in China that she realizes that what seemed at the time to be really unfortunate events were an integral part of her eventual fulfillment....

Der halbe Junge Neem

Shah, Idries/Mori, Midori/Revels, Robert

Da die K?nigin von Hich-Hich den Anweisungen von Arif dem Weisen nicht genau folgt, bringt sie einen halben Jungen zur Welt. Die Geschichte handelt davon, wie Neem durch Klugheit, Verhandlungsf?higkeit und Kompromissbereitschaft ein ganzer Junge wird. Diese unterhaltsame Fabel zeigt Kindern, wie sie...

The World of the Sufi

Idries Shah

Assembled by Idries Shah, The World of the Sufi is a comprehensive collection of learned essays and papers on the subject of Sufi thought. One of the book’s attractions is the way that it considers central questions and areas of study from different angles. Sufi literature, the use o...