A VEILED GAZELLE
Seeing How to See

Idries Shah
Read by the London College of Storytellers

ISHK Audiobooks, 1997

This is an unabridged recording of Idries Shah's A Veiled Gazelle which is taken from a poem by the 12th-century mystic, Ibn Arabi. The 'gazelles' are perceptions and experiences latent in ordinary man that are 'veiled' by the action of the subjective or 'commanding' self, which, partly through indoctrination and partly through base aspirations, prevents higher vision and understanding.

These tales and narratives, while commended for their beauty and entertainment value, are a remarkable working example of such instruments.

2 digitally-mastered cassettes, running time: approx. 3 hours

Sufi poetry, literature, tales and activities are the instruments which, when employed with insight and prescription rather than automatically or obsessively, help in the relationship between Sufi and pupil, towards the removal of the veils.
--From the Introduction of A Veiled Gazelle © 1976 The Estate of Idries Shah