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Knowledge is not gained, it is there all the time. It is the veils which have to be dissolved in the mind.

Idries Shah

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Idries Shah
Age: 72 †
Born: 1924
Born: June 16
Died: 1996
Died: November 23
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Collector Of Fairy Tales
Teacher
Writer
Simla
Arkon Daraul
Knowledge
Mind
Time
Dissolved
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Gained

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