The book I'd want to have on a desert island. A quarter of a century after reading it for the first time, it still offers up new insights.

A touchstone to help us discern true from false, and a restorative that unfailingly puctures self-imporance.

The definitive account of 'The New Phase' of teaching.

There is a sense in which many of us were the Storyteller's children. And, like Saira, felt the need to find out if his stories were 'true'.

Anyone interested in 'spiritual' matters needs to know about these things. Nobody has done a better job of succinctly bringing together current knowledge on the subject.

The other great force for 'influence' in our lives is culture. Edward T. Hall's explanation of how culture affects our perception of the world remains unsurpassed.

In Samarkand, Russian psychiatrist Olga Kharitidi is introduced to an ancient Sufi therapeutic tradition that overturns some of our fundamental assumptions about mental illness and trauma.

Fascinating account of travels in the world of the Sufis, across the Middle East and Central Asia, in the 1960s.

Fascinating account of travels in the world of the Sufis, in war-torn Afghanistan of the late 1980s.

Forget Coleman Barks' 'free' translations - Nicholson's 1934 translation may be scholarly and old-fashioned, but he largely manages to preserves Rumi's intention.

This is a beautiful, sustained metaphor for anyone who has felt that there must be more to life.

A beautiful. moving tale carrying some powerful and important lessons.

A brilliant introduction to the 'practise of presence'