The Man Whose Arms Grew Branches

<p>A Teaching Story from the tradition of Eastern folklore this tale by seeks to divert the mind with entertainment while allowing a deeper didactic level to be received.</p><p><br></p><p>Its author Tahir Shah - one of the foremost writers of his generation - was himself raised in the ancient tradition of instructive stories and storytelling.</p><p><br></p><p>The son of the prominent Sufi writer and thinker Idries Shah Tahir was weaned from early childhood on folktales and folklore drawn from all points of the cultural compass.</p><p><br></p><p>Encouraged from a young age to write stories of his own he was trained to draw both perception and entertainment from the celebrated story treasuries of the East - such as <em>The Thousand and One Nights</em>.</p><p><br></p><p>Tahir asserts that the simplest tales can contain complex interwoven layers of meaning knowledge and acuity - instructional material that is frequently invisible to the reader. By learning to recognize the subtleties it's possible to mine a treasure trove of wisdom from the tales that surround our lives.</p><p><br></p>