![]() ![]() Shah was Director of Studies of the Institute for Cultural Research, an educational organization sponsoring interdisciplinary and crosscultural studies of human thought a founding member of the Club of Rome a Governor of the Royal Humane Society and the Royal Hospital and Home for Incurables and the founder of publishing house Octagon Press. His knowledge and interests appeared limitless, and his activities and accomplishments took place in many different countries and in numerous fields of endeavor. In keeping with Sufi tradition, his life was essentially one of service. ![]() ![]() Shah was educated in both the East and West, by private tutors and through wide-ranging travel and personal encounters - the series of journeys which characterize Sufi education and development. Shah has been described as "the most significant worker adapting classical spiritual thought to the modern world." As the urgency of our global situation becomes apparent, more and more readers are turning to the books of Idries Shah (1924-1996) as a way to train new capacities and new ways of thinking. ![]()
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