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Meetings with Remarkable Men by G.I. Gurdjieff
Quick Answer Meetings with Remarkable Men (1963) is Gurdjieff's autobiography and the second series of "All and Everything." It describes his search for genuine knowledge across Central Asia, the Middle...
Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson by G.I. Gurdj...
Quick Answer Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson (1950) is G.I. Gurdjieff's 1,200-page masterwork, the first series of "All and Everything." An extraterrestrial named Beelzebub describes humanity's condition to his grandson...
Tales of the Dervishes by Idries Shah: Teaching...
Quick Answer Tales of the Dervishes (1967) by Idries Shah collects Sufi teaching stories from Rumi, Attar, Saadi, Jami, and the oral tradition. Each story is a psychological tool: not...
The Sufis by Idries Shah: Hidden Teachers and t...
Quick Answer The Sufis (1964) by Idries Shah argues that Sufi teaching has influenced Western civilization for centuries through hidden channels: the troubadour poets, Dante, Roger Bacon, Francis of Assisi,...
The Bezels of Wisdom by Ibn Arabi: The Prophets...
Quick Answer The Bezels of Wisdom (Fusus al-Hikam, 1229) by Ibn Arabi presents 27 prophets as 27 facets of divine wisdom. Each prophet, from Adam to Muhammad, embodies a unique...
Lagom: The Swedish Philosophy of Just Enough
Quick Answer Lagom (pronounced "LAH-gom") is a Swedish word meaning "just the right amount." Not too much, not too little. It applies to everything: work, food, spending, conversation. Where Danish...