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| Idries Shah 
IDRIES SHAH WAS born in 1924 into the respected Afghan family, the Sadaat of Paghman. Among his many accomplishments, he is credited with making a wide body of scholarship on Eastern traditional teachings available in the Western world. Shah’s books have been translated into more than 15 languages, which sell in their millions, and are considered to be some of the most important literature to be published during the twentieth century. One extraordinary aspect of Shah’s work is the wide spectrum of readers his books attract: they are read and studied by psychologists and novelists, physicists and by social workers, by actors, lawyers and housewives. As the urgency of our global situation becomes apparent, more and more readers are turning to the books of Afghan writer Idries Shah (1924-1996) as a way to train new capacities and new ways of thinking. Shah has been described as "the most significant worker adapting classical spiritual thought to the modern world." Shah's lively, contemporary books have sold over 15 million copies in 12 languages worldwide. They have been reviewed by The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Times (London, see for example, Doris Lessing's review), The Tribune, The Telegraph, and numerous other international journals and newspapers. "The most interesting books in the English language"
"A major psychological and cultural event of our time"
"One is immediately forced to use one's mind in a new way"
The instrumental function of Shah's work is now well established among people from all walks of life. Stockbrokers, scientists, lawyers, managers, writers, physicians, and diplomats have found Shah's literature for human development "extraordinary."
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