Sayyid Tahir al-Hashimi (Tahir Shah) Quotes

The rain of Madre de Dios is similar to that of the Amazon, but there is a petrifying aspect to it, as if it seeks to wound rather than to nurture.

Sayyid Tahir al-Hashimi

• Fear
• Rain
• Dio

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• The rain of Madre de Dios is similar to that of the Amazon, but there is a petrifying aspect to it, as if it seeks to wound rather than to nurture.

  

  Sayyid Tahir al-Hashimi
  • Fear
  • Rain
  • Dio