title: The Sufi Mystery
author: N. P. Archer
description: The mystery of the Sufis, in the ancient usage of the word, is the experience of self-realization taught by traditional schools of mysticism. In English, too, the word mystery also stands for an art or craft, a skill; and this sense is also preserved in the Sufic usage of the word Work, or science of the Sufi: Knowledge without action is like wax without honey.
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  # Sinister
  
  
  ### A Shaye Archer Novel
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Jana DeLeon
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Copyright](part0002.html#1T140-1d3f730715f4485e8aa5657060893a7f)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0003.html#2RHM0-1d3f730715f4485e8aa5657060893a7f)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0004.html#3Q280-1d3f730715f4485e8aa5657060893a7f)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0005.html#4OIQ0-1d3f730715f4485e8aa5657060893a7f)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0006.html#5N3C0-1d3f730715f4485e8aa5657060893a7f)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5](part0007.html#6LJU0-1d3f730715f4485e8aa5657060893a7f)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 6](part0008.html#7K4G0-1d3f730715f4485e8aa5657060893a7f)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 7](part0009.html#8IL20-1d3f730715f4485e8aa5657060893a7f)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 8](part0010.html#9H5K0-1d3f730715f4485e8aa5657060893a7f)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 9](part0011.html#AFM60-1d3f730715f4485e8aa5657060893a7f)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 10](part0012.html#BE6O0-1d3f730715f4485e8aa5657060893a7f)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 11](part0013.html#CCNA0-1d