DL/A-Z//SHAH I/2 - [Correspondence with Idries Shah re: discussions on religion]

Reference code

DL/A-Z//SHAH I/2

Level of description

Sub-file

Title

[Correspondence with Idries Shah re: discussions on religion]

Date/s

1983-1986

Quantity & Format

2 Letters (typescript)

Creator

Shah, Idries

Creator

Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013

Scope and content

2 items, highlighted. Correspondence between Idries Shah and Doris Lessing, regarding religion, Sufism, mysticism, and the politics of Africa.

DL/A-Z//SHAH I/001 [from Idries Shah to Doris Lessing, 18/01/1983]

Letter, 2 leaves, typed.
Shah comments on religious dogma in Christianity and Sufism, as well as mysticism and the church. References conspiracy and spiritualism.

DL/A-Z//SHAH I/002 [from Doris Lessing to Idries Shah, 07/04/1986]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Lessing writes of her friend Babu Mahomed, and discusses the politics of Africa, particularly corruption in Uganda and Eritrea. Mentions the president of Uganda and the state of the country, a "disaster", after the civil war.

DL - Doris Lessing Archive
- DL/2008 - Doris Lessing Archive 2008 deposit
  - DL/A-Z - [A-Z Correspondence of Doris Lessing]
    - DL/A-Z//SHAH I - [Correspondence with Idries Shah]
      - DL/A-Z//SHAH I/2 - [Correspondence with Idries Shah re: discussions on religion]

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