Title Memoirs of a Dervish.

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London : Profile Books, 2011.

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Description	1 online resource (277 pages)
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Contents	Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; 1 Oxford; 2 Odd People; 3 Algeria; 4 Sacred and Profane Love; 5 The Summer of 1967; 6 Shadows; 7 Aftermath; Last Things; List Of Illustrations; Acknowledgements.
Summary	In the summer of 1964, while a military coup was taking place and tanks were rolling through the streets of Algiers, Robert Irwin set off for Algeria in search of Sufi enlightenment. There he entered a world of marvels and ecstasy, converted to Islam and received an initiation as a faqir. He learnt the rituals of Islam in North Africa and he studied Arabic in London. He also pursued more esoteric topics under a holy fool possessed of telepathic powers. A series of meditations on the nature of mystical experience run through this memoir. But political violence, torture, rock music, drugs, night.
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Subject	Irwin, Robert, 1946-
	Irwin, Robert, 1946- (OCoLC)fst01953908
	Dervishes.
	Sufism.
	Muslim converts -- Great Britain -- Biography.
	Muslim scholars -- Great Britain -- Biography.
	Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 1945-
	Algeria -- Description and travel.
	RELIGION -- Islam -- General.
	Dervishes. (OCoLC)fst00891104
	Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
	Muslim converts. (OCoLC)fst01030949
	Muslim scholars. (OCoLC)fst01731774
	Sufism. (OCoLC)fst01137257
	Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
	Algeria. (OCoLC)fst01205459
	Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
Chronological Term	Since 1945
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Other Form:	Print version: Irwin, Robert. Memoirs of a Dervish. London : Profile Books, ©2011 9781861979919
ISBN	9781847654045 (electronic bk.)
	1847654045 (electronic bk.)

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