Idries “Arkon Daraul” Shah

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled

show source

Born	1924-06-16
Died	1996-11-23

Was a writer of books on Sufism and Witchcraft. He also wrote books on secret societies under the pen name Arkon Daraul.

Quotes

show source

I have it on good authority that this group [Wicca] will be the cornerstone of the religion of the coming age. But rationally, rationally I can’t see it!
- 1961

Cited Sources

A History Of Secret Societies

ISBN: 671770519
Author(s): Idries Shah
Publisher: Pocket Books

Linked To:
Baldwin II Grants Templars Residence In His Palace - An Old Moslem Mosque, Chapter 3, pg. 35
Baldwin II Sends Templars To Pope To Apply For Official Recognition Of Holy See, Chapter 3, pg. 37

There is, it must be confessed, a psychological difficulty about a single world government. The chief source of social cohesion in the past, I repeat, has been war: the passions that inspire a feeling of unity are hate and fear. These depend upon the existence of an enemy, actual or potential. It seems to follow that a world government could only be kept in being by force, not by the spontaneous loyalty that now inspires a nation at war.
-Bertrand Russell