Caravan of Dreams

<p>Caravan of Dreams distills the essence of Eastern thought in a feast of stories sayings poems and allegories collected by one of the world’s leading experts in Oriental philosophy. Idries Shah builds up a complete picture of a single consciousness relating mythology to reality illuminating historical patterns and presenting philosophical legends in this unique anthology.</p><p>Its title is inspired from the couplet written by the Sufi mystic Bahaudin:</p><p>“<em>Here we are all of us: in a dream-caravan</em></p><p><em>A caravan but a dream – a dream but a caravan.</em></p><p><em>And we know which are the dreams.</em></p><p><em>Therein lies the hope.</em>”</p>