In Idries Shah\'s Wisdom of the Idiots, the \'idiots\' are Sufis, called this because their Wisdom penetrates to a depth which renders it inaccessible to the merely intelligent or academically-knowledgeable.
Wisdom of the Idiots has been awarded many prizes, including tw.
On this level the movements of the characters in a story portray psychological processes, and the story becomes a working blueprint of those processes.
The exercise-stories of the Sufis are tools prepared for a specific purpose.
In Idries Shah\'s Wisdom of the Idiots, the \'idiots\' are Sufis, called this because their Wisdom penetrates to a depth which renders it inaccessible to the merely intelligent or academically-knowledgeable