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| Original Title: | Darkest England |
| ISBN: | 0863040756 (ISBN13: 9780863040757) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Idries Shah
Paperback | Pages: 346 pages Rating: 4.59 | 44 Users | 9 Reviews
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| Title | : | Darkest England |
| Author | : | Idries Shah |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 346 pages |
| Published | : | December 1st 1999 by Octagon Press, Limited (first published 1980) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Religion. Islam |
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Baffled at first, then a farthing or two dropped. More to Darkest England than explaining the English to themselves or explaining how we might become English; an art we seem to have forgotten.Chapter Thirty Page 281. Heisenberg Wasn't so Original... Quotes from page 287.
'This supposed madness is never more in evidence than when the English are imparting information by the method-without-a-system-which to outsiders- is positively oriental, even metaphysical, in texture.'
'.......Perhaps to describe this Shakespeare uses the word multipotent: Having the power to do many things. To get closer to the truth we would have to invoke another English word, omniform, a sort of opposite of uniform, and signifying 'capable of every form.'
Reading between the lines is fun in this book. Some of the lines seem to refer to how 'Men of Wisdom' may operate.
Something for England to emulate.
Can't wait to re-read the other two books in the Trilogy. The Natives Are Restless and The Englishman's Handbook. Read as a whole, one suspects pointers to the future that is now the present, and how to deal with that future.
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Very funnyOutsiders view of English people and the land.
In Darkest England, Idries Shah makes us see England as though it were an foreign culture. And in doing so makes apparently mundane habits, "exotic" - and by doing so helps us see cultures, our own and that of others, more objectively. An amusing and heartfelt romp, with moments of great insight, through the labyrinth that is England.
Baffled at first, then a farthing or two dropped. More to Darkest England than explaining the English to themselves or explaining how we might become English; an art we seem to have forgotten.Chapter Thirty Page 281. Heisenberg Wasn't so Original... Quotes from page 287. 'This supposed madness is never more in evidence than when the English are imparting information by the method-without-a-system-which to outsiders- is positively oriental, even metaphysical, in texture.''.......Perhaps to
Loved it! An excellent and erudite essay about the origins of the English. Very surprising conclusions.
An absorbing book that certainly comes through on its promise to consider England in the way it suggests the English mind works: "To understand the problem, let alone any of the answers, you have to let your mind run free, range over the whole of the horizon, seek and find hints and glimpses here, there, and everywhere", then sift the grains of evidence you collect before testing them out.It was also interesting to see how much has changed since the book was first published in 1987 - I can't
Idries Shah (Persian: ادریس شاه), also known as Idris Shah, né Sayed Idries el-Hashimi (Arabic: سيد إدريس هاشمي), was an author and teacher in the Sufi tradition who wrote over three dozen critically acclaimed books on topics ranging from psychology and spirituality to travelogues and culture studies.Born in India, the descendant of a family of Afghan nobles, Shah grew up mainly in England. His
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