East & West by René Guénon
170 pp. Index More Detail
Diagnoses the fundamental "abnormality" of Western civilization compared to traditional societies of the East and offers avenues of reorientation toward fundamental principles largely abandoned.
Price: $20.00
Insights into Islamic Esoterism & Taoism by René Guénon
78 pp. Index More Detail
Early articles by Guénon on Sufism or Islamic esoterism defining the fundamental elements of tasawwuf, shari'ah, tariquah, and haquqah. An essay also explores Taoism and Confucianism.
Given Guénon's lifelong preoccupation with initiatic spiritualty, the cosmological sciences, and the errors of modernity, there is no real incompatibility of outlook here between the Guénon of 1909 and the of 1950. Far from being a mere collection of fugitive writings, Miscellanea is an important work in its own right, worthy of its own unique place in the Guénonian corpus.
Price: $20.95
Perspectives on Initiation by René Guénon
320 pp. More Detail
Provides indispensable points of reference for anyone attempting to distinguish between 'initiatic,' 'pseudo-initiatic,' and 'counter-initiatic' spiritualities. Makes a distinction between initiatic and mystical paths and the dangers and barrenness of syncretism and the often dire consequences of fostering 'psychic powers.'
Price: $22.00
Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power by René Guénon
108 pp. More Detail
Analysis of the relationship between royal and sacerdotal power in accordance with the Hindu doctrine of Manvantara and Plato's depiction of historical degeneration in the Republic, Guénon views history as a series of revolts of lower castes against the higher. When the nadir of lawful historical degeneration is reached, a new cycle begins, that of the dawning of the Heavenly Jerusalem—spiritual Knowledge.
Price: $19.00
The Great Triad by René Guénon
162 pp. More Detail
The last book to appear during his lifetime (1886–1951), this is Guénon's most comprehensive exposition of the science of Alchemy. The 'Great Triad,' defined as Heaven-Man-Earth, is a cosmological and metaphysical doctrine which Guénon traces through Chinese Taoism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhist, Hermetic and Masonic teachings.
Price: $22.00
The King of the World by René Guénon
77 pp. More Detail
One of Guénon's most controversial books, it was written in response to Ferdinand Ossendowski's Men, Beasts and Gods, whose closing chapters concerning the "King of the World" and Agartha, his subterranean kingdom.
Price: $19.00
The Metaphysical Principles of the Infinitesimal Calculus by René Guénon
132 pp. More Detail
Mathematics, Guénon believes, must be rediscovered as the handmaiden of metaphysics. Agreeing with Plato that mathematics can furnish symbols for metaphysics, Guénon argues that if metaphysical principles in themselves are not understood—which they clearly aren't by the vast majority of modern mathematicians and scientists—it cannot fulfill this function. Leibnitz, discoverer of the infinitesimal calculus and major critic of Descartes, he sees as a significant modern philosopher of mathematics, whose insights are worth placing in a metaphysical context-something Leibnitz himself tried to do. Guénon helps make these efforts more metaphysically intelligible, and transposes them to a higher level.
Price: $20.00
The Spiritist Fallacy by René Guénon
347 pp. Index More Detail
Packed with arcane facts, Guénon reveals and interprets the phenomena of Spiritism, real or alleged. His accompanying doctrinal expositions offer prescient insight into the modern mind's many deviations and "psychological," particularly its many brands of New Age "therapy' to which he offers a much needed corrective.
Price: $25.00
Theosophy: History of a Pseudo-Religion by René Guénon
335 pp. More Detail
A devastating and detailed critique of Mme Blavatsky's Theosophical Society and its antecedents. Included is Rudolf Steiner's breakaway Anthroposophy movement. An unusual feature is the extensive treatment of the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor and other occult systems.
Price: $25.00
Traditional Forms and Cosmic Cycles by René Guénon
136 pp. More Detail
Focuses on a study on cosmic cycles beginning with the Hindu doctrine of Manvantara and considering those of Egyptian Hermeticism, Greco-Roman antiquity, the Kabbal, Sufis, Ismailis, Hopi, Lakota and Maya nations. As earlier ages differed qualitatively from ours, this may explain why our historicism and archaeology have yet to truly access those of "Hyperborea" and "Atlantis." Guénon transmits the requisite sense of these earlier times which may awaken the intuition of higher levels of Being.
Price: $19.00
Mind & Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly Wrong by Thomas Nagel
Hardcover 130 pp. More Detail
The failure to account for something so integral to nature as mind, argues philosopher Thomas Nagel, "is a major problem, threatening to unravel the entire naturalistic world picture, extending to biology, evolutionary theory, and cosmology." Succinctly exploring the materialistic, idealistic and theistic explanations and even that of "neutral monism," Nagel opts for "natural teleology," a design without a designer.
Price: $24.95
The Life & Teachings of Carlos Castaneda by William Patrick Patterson
Notes, Chronology, Index, Appendices & Includes Daniel Brinton's 1894 Essay on "Nagualism in Native American Folklore & History", 290 pp. More Detail
Since Castaneda's first book, The Teachings of Don Juan, readers have wondered about his sources. Here, shown concept-by-concept, is the primary source of Castaneda's ideas—Gurdjieff's Fourth Way. Also explored are don Juan's true identity, the meaning of Castaneda's "jump into the abyss," the life of the Nagual and his witches. Also included in full is the first reference to Nagualism, anthropologist Daniel Brinton's essay "Nagualism: A Study in Native American Folklore and History" written in 1894.
"Although inclined to skepticism about Castaneda, I found myself reading The Life & Teachings of Carlos Castaneda with total fascination. As it tells just about everything, I imagine this will be the definitive book on Castaneda." —Colin Wilson, author, The Outsider and The Occult
"Patterson brings original insight into the forces and influences that formed Castaneda's sorceric adventure. Particularly interesting are the role of Anaïs Nin and the revelation of the source of many of Castaneda's supposedly sorceric ideas." —Mary Ellen Korman, author, A Woman's Work: The Life of Ethel Merston
"A must read for anyone who has followed Carlos on his extraordinary journey. The way William Patrick Patterson expounds on Carlos' teachings is astounding!" —Margaret Runyan, author, A Magical Journey with Carlos Castaneda
"This is the most brilliant and insightful rendering to date of the 'Ultimate Impeccable Warrior,' Carlos Castaneda, my father." —C.J. Castaneda
Hegel's Phenomenology of Self-Consciousness: Text and Commentary by Leo Rauch and David Sherman
236 pp. More Detail
A new translation of the German philosopher's famous chapter IV on self-consciousness (the "master-slave dialectic") from his major work, Phenomenology of Spirit. Included is a review of its reception by major thinkers such as Heidegger, Sartre, Lacan and Habermas.
Price: $18.00
The Roman Stoics: Self, Responsibility & Affection by Gretchen Reydams-Schils
Index, bibliography, 210 pp. More Detail
Roman Stoics of the imperial period developed a distinctive model of social ethics, one which adapted the ideal philosophical life to existing communities and everyday societal values. Examined is how philosophers such as Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Hierocles and Epictetus applied their distinct brand of social ethics to daily relations and responsibilities, creating an effective model of involvement and ethical behavior in the classical world.
Price: $24.00
René Guénon: Some Observations by Frithjof Schuon
63 pp. More Detail
To the mathematical precision of Guénon's (1886-1951) metaphsics, cosmology and esoteric history, Schuon (1907-1998) adds a poetic or "musical" element, inspired by his close relationship with the Divine Feminine.
Price: $16.00
The Crisis of Western Philosophy by Vladimir Solovyov
191 pp. More Detail
Solovyov (1853–1900), close friend of Dostoevsky and founder of modern Russian religious philosophy, critiques positivism—which he understands to be the whole tradition of Western rationalism—and sees the irreconcilable conflicts between reason and faith (or revelation), and reason and nature. He holds that "the philosophical development now ended has bequeathed to the very near future a complete and universal resolution of those questions."
Price: $20.00
Aristotle on Memory by Richard Sorabji
Index, notes, 122 pp. More Detail
New translation of the author's classic 1972 translation of De Memoira with commentary, summaries and three essays comparing Aristotle's accounts of memory and recollections. For this edition, Sorabji, general editor of seventy volumes to date of The Ancient Commentators on Aristotle, provides a substantial new introduction, particularly as concerns the role of mental images in the imagination.
Price: $15.00
Spiritual Philosophy Used Esoteric Books
Art of the Inner Meal: Eating as a Spiritual Path Donald Altman
First Edition. Hardcover, 230 pp. More Detail
HarperCollins, San Francisco, 1999
Book Condition: Book: As New. Appears unread. DJ: As New.
ID: 7146
Price: $12.00
Brain, Culture, and the Human Spirit: Essays from an Emergent Evolutionary Perspective edited by James B. Ashbrook
Soft Cover, 210 pp.; edited by James B. Ashbrook More Detail
University Press of America, Lanham, MD, 1993
Book Condition: Good+. Some scuffing, pages clean and unmarked.
ID: 7059
Price: $46.00
The Future of Humanity: A Conversation with J. Krishnamurti and David Bohm J. Krishnamurti and David Bohm
Hardcover with dust jacket, 5.25 x 7.5, 98 pp. More Detail
Harper and Row, San Francisco, 1986
Book Condition: Book: Near Fine. Light shelfwear, pastedown sunned, pages unmarked. DJ: Near Fine. Clean, closed tear to edge, not price clipped.
ID: 1761
Price: $25.00
The Future of Humanity: Two Dialogues between J. Krishnamurti, David Bohm J. Krishnamurti and David Bohm
First Edition. Soft Cover, 85 pp. More Detail
Mirananda, Netherlands, 1986
Book Condition: Fine: Tight binding, covers slightly rubbed, pages bright and unmarked, ribbon marker. Photo of Krishamurti on front cover, Bohm on the back cover.
ID: 5307
Price: $115.00
You Are the Adventure J. Allen Boone
Soft Cover, 135 pp. More Detail
Robert H. Sommer, Publisher, Harrington Park, NJ, 1977
Book Condition: Fair. Tight copy, soiling to cover, coffee stains to page edges, no underlining or highlighting.
ID: 7108
Price: $20.00
The Philosophy of Schleiermacher: The Development of His Theory of Scientific and Religious Knowledge Richard B. Brandt
Hard Cover, 350 pp. More Detail
Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York, 1941 First Edition
Book Condition: Book: Very Good+. Clean covers, some bumping, tight binding, unmarked pages, owners stamp on front endpaper. DJ: Missing
ID: 4096
Price: $25.00
The Discovery of Grace: An Aesthetic Justification for God's Resistance to Himself Robin Woodsworth Carlsen
Soft Cover, 159 pp. More Detail
The Snow Man Press, Victoria, BC, 1983
Book Condition: Very Good. Tight binding, creased cover, shelfwear, unmarked pages. Dedication to Sunyata written by author on half title page.
ID: 4066
Price: $20.00
Letters to Léontine Zanta Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Hard Cover, 127 pp. More Detail
Harper & Row, New York, 1969
Book Condition: Book: As New, except for price stamp on front endpaper. DJ: Fine. Slightly rubbed with minor edgewear.
ID: 5466
Price: $18.00
Teilhard de Chardin: A Biographical Study Claude Cuénot
Hard Cover, 485 pp. More Detail
Helicon Press, Baltimore, MD, 1967
Book Condition: Book: Very Good. Tight binding, bumping, staining on edges, unmarked pages, photos. DJ: Good. Closed tears, shelfwear, abrasion to cover, soiling, price-clipped.
ID: 1892
Price: $20.00
The Philosophy of Classical Yoga Georg Feuerstein
Hard Cover, 140 pp. More Detail
St. Martin's Press, New York, 1980
Book Condition: Book: Fine. Appears unread. DJ: Near Fine. Slight shelfwear, sunned.
ID: 3161
Price: $18.00
Simone Weil: An Intellectual Biography Gabriella Fiori
Hard Cover with dust jacket, 6 x 9, 380 pp More Detail
University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, 1989
Book Condition: Book: Fine. DJ: Fine. Mylar-covered.
ID: 1077
Price: $26.00
Robert Fludd: Hermetic Philosopher and Surveyor of Two Worlds Joscelyn Godwin
Soft Cover, 96 pp. More Detail
Phanes Press, Grand Rapids, MI, 1991
Book Condition: As New. Profusely illustrated in black and white.
ID: 1616
Price: $22.00
Initiation and Spiritual Realization Rene Guenon
Soft Cover, 187 pp.; Translated by Henry D. Fohr, edited by Samuel D. Fohr More Detail
Sophia Perennis, Ghent, NY, 2001
Book Condition: Near Fine. Tight binding, light shelfwear, unmarked pages.
ID: 7103
Price: $19.00
The Lord of the World Rene Guenon
Soft Cover, 70 pp. More Detail
Coombe Springs Press, North Yorkshire, England, 1983
Book Condition: Fine. Appears unread, slight shelfwear, clean pages.
ID: 7105
Price: $30.00
The Multiple States of Being Rene Guenon
Soft Cover, 140 pp.; translated by Joscelyn Godwin More Detail
Larson Publications, Burdett, NY, 1984
Book Condition: Very Good. Tight binding, clean, some rubbing, edgewear.
ID: 7104
Price: $23.00
Wholeness Lost and Wholeness Regained: Forgotten Tales of Individuation from Ancient Tibet Herbert V. Guenther
Soft Cover, 159 pp. More Detail
State University of New York Press, Albany, NY, 1994
Book Condition: Near Fine. Appears unread. Tight binding, covers rubbed, slight shelfwear, clean pages. Contains charts.
ID: 1664
Price: $25.00
Man Is Not Alone: A Philosophy of Religion Abraham Joshua Heschel
Soft Cover, 305 pp. More Detail
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1976
Book Condition: As New. Not a remainder.
ID: 6034
Price: $13.00
Philosophy of Religion John Hick
Softcover, 6 x 9, 111 pp. More Detail
Prentice-Hall, New Jersey, 1964
Book Condition: Very Good. Crisp clean pages, slight sunning and fraying on covers, binding tight, very clean overall.
ID: 0470
Price: $8.00
The Existence of God (Problems of Philosophy Series) John Hick
Softcover, 4 x 7, 305 pp. More Detail
Macmillan, New York, 1973
Book Condition: Good. Shelfwear, owner's name and bookstore stamp, clean pages.
ID: 0906
Price: $6.00
Reality Peter Kingsley
Soft Cover, 591 pp. More Detail
The Golden Sufi Center, Inverness, CA, 2008
Book Condition: Fine. Appears unread, light shelfwear, unmarked pages.
ID: 7527
Price: $28.00
The Passionate Mind: A Manual for Living Creatively with One's Self Joel Kramer
Softcover, 122 pp. More Detail
North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, CA, 1993
Book Condition: As New. Contains illustrations.
ID: 5348
Price: $10.00
An Art of Our Own: The Spiritual in Twentieth-Century Art Roger Lipsey
First Edition. Hardcover, 518 pp. More Detail
Shambhala, Boston, 1988
Book Condition: Book. As New. Appears unread, clean boards, unmarked pages. DJ: As New. Protected in mylar.
ID: 7481
Price: $65.00
The Iron Cow of Zen Albert Low
Soft Cover, 244 pp. More Detail
Tuttle Publishing, Rutland, VT, 1994
Book Condition: Near Fine. Clean, lightly read, slight shelfwear. Open tear to index page.
ID: 2553
Price: $8.00
The Body of Light John Mann and Lar Short
Soft Cover, 189 pp. More Detail
Globe Press Books, New York, 1990 First Edition
Book Condition: Fine. Appears unread. Light shelfwear. Sticker on back.
ID: 5738
Price: $19.00
The American Soul: Rediscovering the Wisdom of the Founders Jacob Needleman
First Edition. Hardcover, 371 pp. More Detail
Jeremy Tarcher/Putnam, New York, 2002
Book Condition: Book: As New. DJ: Fine. Light shelfwear, not price clipped.
ID: 7462
Price: $19.00
The Sword of Gnosis: Metaphysics, Cosmology, Tradition, Symbolism Edited by Jacob Needleman
Soft Cover, 464 pp.; Edited by Jacob Needleman More Detail
Penguin, Baltimore, MD, 1974
Book Condition: Fair. Wear to spine, shelfwear, binding tight, some inked underlines and marginalia.
ID: 7517
Price: $50.00
Visionary Consciousness: Emanuel Swedenborg and the Immanence of Spiritual Reality Jose Antonio Anton Pacheco
First Edition. Soft Cover, 103 pp. Trans. by Robert E. Shillenn More Detail
Arcana Books, Charleston, SC, 2000
Book Condition: Fine. Slight shelfwear, otherwise as new.
ID: 5339
Price: $100.00
Ancient Wisdom New Spirit: Investigations into the Nature of "Being" Peter Ralston
Soft Cover, 238 pp. More Detail
Frog, Ltd., Berkeley, CA, 1994
Book Condition: Near Fine. Slight shelfwear to cover edges, remainder mark. Bright, unmarked pages.
ID: 5708
Price: $12.00
The Interruption of Eternity: Modern Gnosticism and the Origins of the New Religious Consciousness Carl A. Raschke
Hard Cover, 271 pp. More Detail
Nelson-Hall, Chicago, 1980 First Edition
Book Condition: Book: Fine. Tight binding, stains on edges, clean pages. DJ: Near Fine. Open tear on cover, shelfwear, mylar-covered.
ID: 1894
Price: $40.00
Men of Dialogue: Martin Buber and Albrecht Goes Martin Buber & Albrecht Goes; E. William Rollins and Harry Zohn, editors
Hard Cover, 288 pp. More Detail
Funk and Wagnalls, New York, 1969
Book Condition: Book: As New. Gilt spine title. DJ: Very Good+. Slight shelfwear, small closed tears, not price-clipped.
ID: 2365
Price: $12.00
The Myth of the Twentieth Century: An Evaluation of Spiritual-Intellectual Confrontations of Our Age Alfred Rosenberg
Soft Cover, 470 pp. More Detail
Historical Review Press, Sussex, England, 2004
Book Condition: Fine. Pristine except for title page and dedication page separated from binding, otherwise tight binding. Bright unmarked pages.
ID: 1687
Price: $19.00
Activation of Energy Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Soft Cover, 406 pp. More Detail
Harvest/HBJ Book, San Diego, CA, 1970
Book Condition: Very Good+. Tight binding, clean pages, shelfwear.
ID: 1890
Price: $18.00
The Future of Man Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Hard Cover, 309 pp. More Detail
Harper & Row, New York, 1964 First Edition
Book Condition: Very Good. Tight binding, foxing on edges, bumping, clean pages. French inscription designating book being given to Edgar Berman from Teilhard de Chardin's legatee J. Mortier. No DJ.
ID: 1891
Price: $20.00
Dynamics of Faith Paul Tillich
Soft Cover, 147 pp. More Detail
HarperCollins Perennial Classics, New York, 2001
Book Condition: Very Good. Appears unread, scuffing, crease to back corner, clean pages.
ID: 7241
Price: $7.00
After Christianity Gianni Vattimo; Luca D'Isanto, trans.
Hard Cover, 156 pp. More Detail
Columbia University Press, New York, 2002
Book Condition: Book: As New. DJ: Fine. Slight crease to flap.
ID: 2100
Price: $38.00
The Notebooks of Simone Weil, Volumes I & II Simone Weil, translated Arthur F. Wills
Hard Cover, 6 x 9, two-volume set, 331 pp. & 317 pp. More Detail
G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1956 First Edition
Book Condition: Books: Good. Both volumes have clean pages, some sunning and spots to spine and covers, corners and spines bumped and frayed. Spine of vol. 1 is faded, with minor cracking, edgewear. DJs missing.
ID: 1075
Price: $235.00
Religion and the Rebel Colin Wilson
Hardcover, 338 pp. More Detail
Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1957
Book Condition: Book: Very Good. Grey cloth cover with black lettering. Tight binding, clean deckled pages. "First edition" is underlined in ink. Owner's name in ink, inside front, hidden by dj flap. Small star inked on spine above title. DJ: Good. Clean, with some chipping to edges, small closed tear near spine, now protected in mylar.
ID: 2011
Price: $20.00
The Struggle Within Olgivanna Lloyd Wright
Soft Cover, 176 pp. More Detail
Horizon Press, New York, 1955
Book Condition: Good-. Creased spine, slightly cocked, some soiling to top text block, pages clean and unmarked.
