A collection of entertaining anecdotes and "Parables in action" Illustrating the eminently practical and lucid approach of eastern dervish teachers. Distilled from the teachings of more than one hundred sages in three co...A collection of entertaining anecdotes and "Parables in action" Illustrating the eminently practical and lucid approach of eastern dervish teachers. Distilled from the teachings of more than one hundred sages in three continents, it offers an extraordinary variety of underlying themes, from "The inner significance of outward service" To "Real and imagined desire".