London: Octagon Press, 1994. Crisp and unmarked, NF/NF. Full cloth binding. 332pp. Jacket offered in a new mylar cover. This book, while complete in itself as an anthology of hitherto unpublished work, serves to illustrate and amplify Indries Shah's preceding twenty and more books on the Sufi Way. The Commanding Self, in Sufic terminology, is that mixture of primitive and conditioned responses, common to everyone, which inhibits and distorts human progress and understanding.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.

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Bookseller: Turn-The-Page Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 065986
Title: The Commanding Self
Author: Shah, Idries
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0863040667
ISBN 13: 9780863040665
Publisher: Octagon Press
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1994
Size: 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
Keywords: Islam Muslim Teachings.
Bookseller catalogs: Religion Philosphy Eastern;

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