The Sufis.

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Contents Introduction Robert Graves Author's Preface The Islanders - a fable The Background: I. The Travelers and the Grapes The Background: II. The Elephant in the Dark The Subtleties of Mulla Nasrudin Sheikh Saadi of Shiraz Our Master Jalaluddin Rumi lbn El-Arabi: The Greatest Sheikh El-Ghazali of Persia Omar Khayyam The Secret Language: I. The Coalmen The Secret Language: II. The Builders The Secret Language: Ill. The Philosopher's Stone Mysteries in the West: I. Strange Rites Mysteries in the West: II. The Chivalric Circle Mysteries in the West: Ill. The Head of Wisdom Mysteries in the West: IV. Francis of Assisi Mysteries in the West: V. The Secret Doctrine The Higher Law The Book of the Dervishes The Dervish Orders Seeker After Knowledge The Creed of Love Miracles and Magic The Teacher, the Teaching, the Taught The Far East APPENDIX I: Esoteric Interpretation of the Koran APPENDIX II: The Rapidness Annotations