Caravan of Dreams

Caravan of Dreams distils the essence of Eastern thought in a feast of stories sayings poems and allegories collected by one of the worlds 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.Its title is inspired from the couplet written by the Sufi mystic Bahaudin: Here we are all of us: in a dream-caravan A caravan but a dream - a dream but a caravan. And we know which are the dreams. Therein lies the hope.