Description
Author: Idries Shah
Publisher: Idries Shah Foundation
Year: 2015
Pages: 205
Printed: UK
ISBN: 978-178-4790363
Binding: Soft Cover
Book Condition: New
Weight: 300gr.
Description from the publisher: In Idries Shah’s Wisdom of the Idiots, the ‘idiots’ are Sufis, called this because their wisdom penetrates to a depth which renders it inaccessible to the merely intelligent or academically knowledgeable.
The exercise-stories of the Sufis are tools prepared for a specific purpose. On this level the movements of the characters in a story portray psychological processes, and the story becomes a working blueprint of those processes.
Wisdom of the Idiots has been awarded many prizes, including two gold medals, one for being ‘Best Book’, in conjunction with UNESCO’s World Book Year.