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A Perfumed Scorpion

By: Idries Shah
Narrated by: David Ault
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The "perfuming of a scorpion", referred to by the great Sufi teacher Bahaudin, symbolizes hypocrisy and self-deception: both in the individual and in institutions.

In A Perfumed Scorpion, Idries Shah directs attention to both the perfume and the scorpion - the overlay and the reality - in psychology, human behavior and the learning process.

Crammed with illustrative anecdotes from contemporary life, the book is nevertheless rooted in the teaching patterns of Rumi, Hafiz, Jami, and many other great Oriental sages. It deals with the need for and the path to knowledge and information.

©1978 ISF Publishing (P)2017 ISF Publishing Eastern Philosophy

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A largely logical and intellectual book which seems like an invitation to consider a more advanced alternative way of experiencing life.
In the quotations from Rumi , there appears to be a disparity between the audible and text versions.
David Ault is an excellent narrator.

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