THE DERMIS PROBE

Idries Shah

Octagon Press, London, 1980

The Dermis Probe is a study of impediments in current thought that block higher forms of understanding between people. The space-age sounding title was suggested over 800 years ago by 'The Blind Ones and the Elephant,' a story immortalized in Rumi's Mathnavi.

Readings from The Dermis Probe are available from ISHK Audiobooks ('The Teaching Story,' Code TEST1). A Spanish edition is also available from ISHK (LA EXPLORACIÓN DÉRMICA, Code EXDE1).

Even if false gold makes man happy:
At the mint it will be identified. --Rumi
--From The Dermis Probe © 1970, 1980 by The Estate of Idries Shah

Yes, the world is an illusion.
But Truth is always being shown there.
--Subhani
--From The Dermis Probe © 1970, 1980 by The Estate of Idries Shah

Like a peep-show into a world most people do not imagine exists.'
--The Guardian