One of Idries Shah’s most-loved and seminal works, capturing in a collection of tales from the Middle East and Central Asia, the magic, wonder and power of Eastern lore.

Caravan of Dreams is a magical anthology that brings the reader closer to the spiritual essence of the Middle Eastern and Islamic wisdom traditions.

Collected by one of the world’s leading experts on Sufi thought and psychology, it distils the essence of Eastern thought in a feast of legends, sayings, poems, proverbs and anecdotes, and teaching-stories, “intended to lay a basis of knowledge about Sufism and its characteristic methods of thought.”

Through this work, Shah builds a picture of a single civilizational consciousness, whose rich and soul-sustaining narratives are, “a part of the most priceless heritage of mankind.”

Categories: Origins of Islam, Stories and Storytelling

Subjects: Eastern folklore, Eastern thought, Sufi stories, Sufi thought