Sufi psychology Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 34. Chapters: Inayat Khan, Vilayat Inayat Khan, Ghazali, Idries Shah, International Association of Sufism, Avempace, Lataif-e-sitta, Octagon Press, A. H. Almaas, Javad Nurbakhsh, Eleven Naqshbandi principles, Robert E. Ornstein, Nafs, Arthur J. Deikman, Muhammad Ajmal, Fazal Inayat-Khan, Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, The Commanding Self, Learning How to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way, Wisdom of the Idiots, Robert Frager, Knowing How to Know. Excerpt: Idries Shah (16 June, 1924 ? 23 November, 1996) (Persian: ), also known as Idris Shah, né Sayed Idries el-Hashimi (Arabic: ??? ????? ?????), was an author and teacher in the Sufi tradition who wrote over three dozen critically acclaimed books on topics ranging from psychology and spirituality to travelogues and culture studies. Born in India, the descendant of a family of Afghan nobles, Shah grew up mainly in England. His early writings centred on magic and witchcraft. In 1960 he established a publishing house, Octagon Press, producing translations of Sufi classics as well as titles of his own. His most seminal work was The Sufis, which appeared in 1964 and was well received internationally. In 1965, Shah founded the Institute for Cultural Research, a London-based educational charity devoted to the study of human behaviour and culture. A similar organisation, the Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge (ISHK), exists in the United States, under the directorship of Stanford University psychology professor Robert Ornstein, whom Shah appointed as his deputy in the U.S. In his writings, Shah presented Sufism as a universal form of wisdom that predated Islam. Emphasizing that Sufism was not static but always adapted itself to the current time, place and people, he framed his teaching in Western psychological terms. Shah made extensive use of traditional teaching stories and parables, texts that contained multiple layers of meaning designed to [...] Autor: Source: Wikipedia Wydawnictwo: Books LLC, Reference Series Rok wydania: 2012 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 34 Wymiary: 24.6 x 18.9 x 0.5 cm Język: angielski ISBN: 9781155685182