World Wisdom imprint: 132 books
In the Heart of the Desert
The Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2008
The Desert Fathers and Mothers—those early Christian ascetics who withdrew from the world to seek God—have influenced the spiritual lives of many people, from Saint Augustine to Thomas Merton. Their words, sometimes inspiring and uplifting, sometimes agonizingly painful, sometimes humorous, always...
Of the Land and the Spirit
The Essential Lord Northbourne on Ecology and Religion
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2008
Lord Northbourne (1896-1982) was a Renaissance man: a farmer, painter, Olympic rower, translator, and a widely respected author on both ecology and religion. His first book coined the term “organic farming”, and he worked with E. F. Schumacher to bring greater awareness to ecological concerns. His...
Maintaining the Sacred Center
The Bosnian City of Stolac
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
In his fascinating new book, Bosnian academic and former statesman, Rusmir Mahmutcehajic, explores how men and women traditionally ordered their communities, architecture, and habits of life to reflect the divine order, and how this order is coming under attack in an increasingly secularized modern world....
The Philosophy of Ecstasy
Rumi and the Sufi Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-73), founder of the Mevlevi Sufi order of “Whirling Dervishes,” is the best-selling poet in America today. The wide-ranging appeal of his work is such that UNESCO declared 2007 to be “International Rumi Year.” However, his writings represent much more than love poetry....
The Woman Who Lived with Wolves
& Other Stories from the Tipi
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Beautifully illustrated by award-winning author Paul Goble, The Woman Who Lived with Wolves features a collection of 26 traditional stories from different Native American tribes, including the Pawnee, Cheyenne, Blackfoot, and Lakota. These include The Gift of the Sacred Calf Pipe which demonstrate the...
Native Spirit
The Sun Dance Way
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2007
The words of Thomas Yellowtail, a revered Sun Dance chief of the Crow Indian tribe, are brought to life by the internationally known American Indian actor, Gordon Tootoosis. The book is illustrated with over 100 previously unpublished color and sepia photographs from as early as 1903 and traditional...
The Image Taker
The Selected Stories and Photographs of Edward S. Curtis
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2009
Featuring nearly 200 rarely seen photographs from Edward S. Curtis’ masterpiece, The North American Indian, The Image Taker combines the little known histories and stories from 26 Indian tribes, transporting the reader to a lost age.
The Cheyenne Indians
Their History and Lifeways, Edited and Illustrated
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2008
This beautiful book takes George Bird Grinnell’s classic work on the Cheyenne Indians and trims it into 240 fully-illustrated pages of his most essential writings. Grinnell was the long-time editor of Field & Stream magazine and helped to establish both the Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks. During...
The Spiritual Legacy of the American Indian
Commemorative Edition with Letters while Living with Black Elk
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2007
The writings of Joseph Epes Brown are considered amongst the most important studies on the North American Indian undertaken in the twentieth century. His works have been translated into numerous languages and are helping to re-ignite interest in the American Indian religious tradition. The Spiritual...
by Ernest Thompson Seton, Julia M. Seton
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2005
This commemorative edition contains for the first time Seton's drawings of American Indian motifs, a selection of photographs illustrating his life, information about his role as founder of the Boys Scouts of America.
The Destruction of the Christian Tradition, Updated and Revised
Updated and Revised
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2006
Concentrating on the post-Vatican II revisions of its teachings, this book tells the story of the destruction of the Roman Catholic tradition, a defining event of the twentieth century.
by Titus Burckhardt
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2006
The art historian and philosopher of religion, Titus Burckhardt (1908-1984), was one of the 20th century’s most renowned experts on sacred art. The reader is drawn into a pilgrimage through the history of Christian art to architecture, iconography, and illumination; always returning to the fundamental...
by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
A new collection of essays by the great traditionalist/perennialist Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. This collection has been edited by his son, Rama Coomaraswamy, who is well known for his writings on the Christian tradition. The Essential Ananda K. Coomaraswamy contains 21 essays on topics reflecting the...
Figures of Speech or Figures of Thought?
The Traditional View of Art, Revised Edition with Previously Author's Unpublished Notes
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2007
This new edition of Coomaraswamy's classic book, considered his most important work on the philosophy of art, includes all of the revisions Coomaraswamy had wanted to add to the original edition.