From The Idries Shah Foundation:
A Perfumed Scorpion
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 behaviour 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.
Read the full text of A PERFUMED SCORPION: THE WAY TO THE WAY
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