Moshkel Gosha
A Story of Transformation

with a Commentary by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee

Moshkel Gosha is an ancient Persian story as well known in Persia as Cinderella is in Europe. The story also belongs to the Sufi tradition. It is a tale about a prickly-bush digger, and his daughter, and how his discovery of magical stones changes their lives to wealth and then disaster, until the final "happy ending." Moshkel Gosha means in Persian literally "the remover of obstacles," and the story is about how to work with the magical dimension within life. It is also about the mythic power of story telling -- how telling one's own story can help remove obstacles in one's life.

Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee's commentary to the tale is like a map-highlighting the dangers and rewards of integrating and working with the magical quality that is within each of us. It is the story of our own, individual relationship with the inner world. Because we are living at a time when there is a great need to realize the healing power that lies within us, this story should not be forgotten, for, in the words of Moshkel Gosha, when it is told, "the people who are in real need will be able to find their way."

Hardcover, 5" X 7", ISBN 1-890350-10-9, 128 pages
US: $14, UK: £9 plus £2 p&p

"This little book is a priceless jewel. It is such a joy to read age-old truths set in the context of another language and other customs, and to have the essence of these truths translated so beautifully and powerfully into a language we can all understand."
- Robert Johnson, author Balancing Heaven & Earth and Inner Work

"Moshkel Gosha is a mysterious Sufi story with different levels of meaning. This commentary gives many valuable insights into the hidden significance of this story. It shows how an ancient Sufi teaching story contains the answer to one of today's most important psychological and spiritual questions: how to let the healing and transformative power of the inner world become part of our everyday life."
- Irina Tweedie, author Daughter of Fire: a Diary of a Spiritual Training with a Sufi Master