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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. The exercise-stories of the Sufis are
tools prepared for a specific purpose. On this level the movements of the
characters in a story portray psychological processes, and the story becomes a
working blueprint of those processes. Wisdom of the Idiots has been
awarded many prizes, including two gold medals, one for being ‘Best Book’, in
conjunction with UNESCO’s World Book Year.
