{"product_id":"the-elephant-in-the-dark-idries-shah-9781784799410","title":"The Elephant in the Dark: Christianity, Islam and the Sufis (Pocket Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a darkened room a group of men once sought to examine an elephant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking hold of a different part - an ear, a leg, the tail - each one mistook his particular part for the whole. In the darkness, each of the men became convinced that the elephant was the object he himself had felt - a fan, a rope, a pillar - and so on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this ancient fable, first described by the Sufi Master Jalaluddin Rumi, Idries Shah presents the Sufi perspective that Christianity and Islam stem from one, inner, origin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on Shah's celebrated Geneva University lectures, this book dazzles with the breadth of its scholarship, and the profound depth of its message.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a world riven by cultural and religious differences, \u003cem\u003eThe Elephant in the Dark\u003c\/em\u003e offers fresh thinking, hope, and the ability to look at what we think we know in new ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Idries Shah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1784799416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781784799410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Isf Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/16\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.00h x 4.00w x 0.38d","brand":"Idries Shah","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47424485032191,"sku":"9781784799410","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_53d70107-874b-4f3d-b745-482a7924c79c.jpg?v=1761530528","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-elephant-in-the-dark-idries-shah-9781784799410","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}