Learning How to Learn

100 Conversations with Idries Shah Condensed from over three million words, these conversations involve housewives and cabinet ministers, professors and assembly-line workers, on the subject of how traditional psychology can illuminate current human, social and spiritual problems. More than a hundred tales and extracts from Sufi lore, ranging from the eighth century Hasan of Basra, to the modern Afghan poet Khalilullah Khalili, are woven into Shah's narratives of how and why the Sufis learn, what they learn: and how spiritual understanding develops and deteriorates in all societies.

Do you know how to learn? This book is condensed from three million words of answers Idries Shah gave to questions from his readers. It’s the closest thing he left to a practical manual to his Sufi teachings. He explains what Sufism is and is not. He discusses the connections between spirituality, psychology and self-development. And he throws in quite a few terrific jokes on the way. It’s the next best thing to spending time with Idries Shah himself – why not try it?

Do you know how to learn? This book is condensed from three million words of answers Idries Shah gave to questions from his readers. It's the closest thing he left to a practical manual to his Sufi teachings. He explains what Sufism is and is not. He discusses the connections between spirituality, psychology and self-development. And he throws in quite a few terrific jokes on the way. It's the next best thing to spending time with Idries Shah himself - why not try it?