DL/REVIEWS//SHAH I/5 - [Reviews of the work of Idries Shah: The Commanding Self]

DL/REVIEWS//SHAH I/5

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[Reviews of the work of Idries Shah: The Commanding Self]

1994

3 Letters (typescript and MS)
2 Article

Lessing, Doris May, 1919-2013

5 items, some highlighted. Includes a press cutting from Lessing's published review on The Commanding Self, entitled 'Conquering Inner Space'.

DL/REVIEWS//SHAH I/5/001 [from Doris Lessing to Daniel Johnson of The Times, 28/03/1994]

Letter, 1 leaf, typed.
Writes that she would like to produce a piece on Shah's new book, The Commanding Self. Discusses Sufism, and the issues that the semantics of the word throws up, a "whole host of associations, like 'gurus', 'dancing dervishes', table-turning". Mentions Islam.

DL/REVIEWS//SHAH I/5/003 [Lessing's review in The Times, 05/05/1994]

Article, 1 leaf, typed.
Mentions Shah's previous book, The Sufis. Discusses Shah's vast body of work, spanning 30 books, that offers a "comprehensive experience of the Sufi view of life". Writes that 'the commanding self' is a Sufi term for a "false personality". Discusses the fact that she has been a student of Sufism for thirty years.