The Sufis.

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
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