On Backgammon Time

<p><em>On Backgammon Time</em> is a Teaching Story by Tahir Shah one of the foremost writers of his generation who was himself raised in the ancient tradition of stories and storytelling.</p><p><br></p><p>The son of the prominent Sufi writer and thinker Idries Shah Tahir was weaned on folktales and folklore drawn from all points of the cultural compass.</p><p><br></p><p>Encouraged to write stories of his own from early childhood he was trained to draw both perception and entertainment from the great story treasuries such as <em>The Thousand and One Nights</em>.</p><p><br></p><p>Descended from a long line of storytellers Tahir learnt that the simplest tale often contains interwoven layers of meaning knowledge and acuity frequently invisible to the reader - and that by learning to recognize the subtleties it's possible to mine a treasure trove of wisdom.</p>