. "ISBN 0-86304-072-1 (paperback edition)" . "The Commanding Self"@en . . . "The Commanding Self is a book by the writer Idries Shah first published by Octagon Press in 1994. A paperback edition was published in 1997.Shortly before he died, Shah stated that his books form a complete course that could fulfil the function he had fulfilled while alive. As such, The Commanding Self can be read as part of a whole course of study.Shah stated that The Commanding Self was \"the key to understanding his entire corpus of work.\""@en . . "39505551" . . .