Albion Andalus Books: 25 books

“This fascinating book by gifted writer and storyteller Shalach Manot reflects on the life of an unusual Sephardic man, his childhood in Turkey, and later, his adaptation to life in America. We follow his adventures and come away with a deeper appreciation and understanding of the Sephardic immigrant...

Edward Bastian's groundbreaking book, Mandala: Creating an Authentic Spiritual Path: An InterSpiritual Process, provides the reader with a profound tool for constructing and cultivating a personal spiritual path from the world’s collective spiritual wisdom, utilizing one's own preferences and learning...

Meditations for InterSpiritual Practice is a collection of articles on meditation and prayer in different spiritual traditions as taught by authentic teachers of those traditions. In each article, the author gives context for a foundational practice of their tradition and follows it with instructions...

"In this book of deathbed prayers and meditations, Dr. Simcha Paull Raphael provides us with powerful insights into Jewish tradition. His look at the role and power of prayer as life ebbs provides the reader with a foundation for comfort, compassion and caring that links us with a sense of the sacred....

RABBI ZALMAN SCHACHTER-SHALOMI (usually called, "Reb Zalman") is widely known as the founder of the Jewish Renewal movement, whose accessible teachings on Kabbalah and Hasidism have helped to change the face of modern Judaism. But what is less well known is that he comes from a family of Belzer Hasidim...

One day, Israeli scientist and spiritual teacher, Michael Kagan, sat down to say his morning prayers. As he was about to take up his prayer book, he suddenly heard—“Are you ready?” Ready for what? he thought. “Ready to write,” came the response. Somewhat bewildered, he argued that it wasn’t...

A unique volume of spiritual slam poetry, inspired by rap as much as it is by the Tao Te Ching, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism and Kabbalah, and Sufism.

In The Rest of Creation, words by Rabbi Arthur Waskow and pictures by illustrator Avi Katz tell children and grown-ups why and how God decided to create the Sabbath with advice from a hippopotamus, a peacock, a bumble-bee, a redwood tree, and two humans.

Ever since his novel, The Search Committee, I have been waiting anxiously for Rabbi Marc D. Angel's next work of fiction. The short story collection The Crown of Solomon and Other Stories was worth the wait! A unique and moving collection that allows the reader insight into Sephardic Jewry's...

Breaking Open the Heart contains four works of poetry written by Gregory David Done from 2009-2017. In these collections, Gregory attempts to describe spiritual and personal growth in the only form of language adequate to do so—poetry. In the author’s own words, “you cannot know, you cannot...

"Simcha Paull Raphael is a skilled and compassionate guide to the terrain of grief. His elegant weaving of Jewish custom, psychological wisdom and visions of the afterlife provides an invaluable resource for anyone caring for Jewish mourners on their path from loss toward wholeness." ---...