Secret Lore of Magic

Recently someone pointed out to me the existence of this book:

"Secret Lore of Magic" by Indries Shah


http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Lore-Magic-Indries-Shah/dp/0806500042/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1354279429&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Secret+Lore+of+Magic

Here's a wikipedia article on it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Lore_of_Magic

And here's an audio of the introduction, the fable "The Islanders", which I personally found amazingly insightful and very very beautiful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZgeUfYkQCc

Here is the text that is being read out in the audio:

http://www.alhaddad.org/blog/?p=2373


It seems to be an allegory of the Sufis and the history of mankind's lost spirituality.

I'm wondering if anyone has any thoughts on this.

Thank you dear, I will take a look