In The Abode of Truth & Other Stories, over sixty classical teaching-stories from the corpus of writer and thinker Idries Shah are gathered.

Drawn from the rich traditions of Sufi wisdom, these tales are part of a centuries-old method of instruction – one that reveals its meaning through reflection rather than overt explanation.

Featuring kings and mendicants, animals and artisans, tricksters and mystics, the tales unfold with clarity and wit, offering glimpses into the deeper patterns of human thought and behaviour.

As with all teaching-stories, their purpose is not to preach but to provoke insight – to shake the reader free from fixed ideas and habitual responses.

Chosen from Shah’s key works including Wisdom of the Idiots, Tales of the Dervishes, The Magic Monastery, and Learning How to Learn, this volume presents a distillation of Sufi pedagogy in literary form.

The Abode of Truth & Other Stories invites the reader on a journey of inner discovery – one that begins, as ever, with a story.