Mysticism category: 2293 books
Swedenborg
An Introduction to His Life and Ideas
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
A clear and concise overview of the life and work of the immensely influential but little understood eighteenth-century mystic-scientist Emanuel Swedenborg.
“Lachman identifies all the roles Swedenborg inhabited (spiritual thinker, psychic, scientist, inventor, statesman, traveler, and possibly...
Existentialists and Mystics
Writings on Philosophy and Literature
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1999
Best known as the author of twenty-six novels, Iris Murdoch has also made significant contributions to the fields of ethics and aesthetics. Collected here for the first time in one volume are her most influential literary and philosophical essays. Tracing Murdoch's journey to a modern Platonism, this...
by Peter Cole, Aminadav Dykman
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
This groundbreaking collection presents for the first time in English a substantial body of poetry that emerges directly from the sublime and often startling world of Jewish mysticism. Taking up Gershom Scholem's call to plumb the “tremendous poetic potential” concealed in the Kabbalistic tradition,...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Kabbalah
Make Your Life’s Path a Spiritual One
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2007
What the Kabbalah can do for you?
According to the authors of this comprehensive guide, the Kabbalah that Madonna popularized is far from authentic. In fact, the Kabbalah is much bigger and better. Here, readers will discover how it can deliver money, love, health, and many other things.
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Burnt Books
Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav and Franz Kafka
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2010
Part of the Jewish Encounter series
Rodger Kamenetz, acclaimed author of The Jew in the Lotus, has long been fascinated by the mystical tales of the Hasidic master Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav. And for many years he has taught a course in Prague on Franz Kafka. The more he thought about their...
The Tumbler of God
Chesterton as Mystic
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2013
"We need a new kind of mystic," writes Fr. Robert Wild; and in The Tumbler of God, he presents a spiritual portrait of G.K. Chesterton that convincingly shows why he is precisely the new kind of mystic we need. Chesterton's mysticism was grounded in an experiential knowledge that existence is a gift...
by Ralph M. Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Here is a book that you will enjoy reading — no matter what your beliefs or affiliations‚ — because it will give you an insight into the fascinating practices and customs of the peoples of the East and ancient worlds from which our civilization sprang.
A personal account of witnessing...
Jung the Mystic
The Esoteric Dimensions of Carl Jung's Life and Teachings
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2010
This bold, compact new biography of Carl Jung fills a gap in our understanding of the pioneering psychiatrist by focusing on the occult and mystical dimension of Jung's life and work, a critical but frequently misunderstood facet of his career.
Although he is often called the "founding...
Gnostic Philosophy
From Ancient Persia to Modern Times
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2005
An extensive examination of the history of gnosticism and how its philosophy has influenced the Western esoteric tradition
• Explains how the Gnostic understanding of self-realization is embodied in the esoteric traditions of the Rosicrucians and Freemasons
• Explores how gnosticism...
Ye Shall Know the Truth
Christianity and the Perennial Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2005
Contains essays on mysticism, prayer, sacred art, the relationship between Christianity and other religious.
The Impersonal Life
The Classic of Self-Realization
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
The classic of practical mysticism is published with four bonus works in this handsome signature edition.
Since it first appeared in 1914, The Impersonal Life has touched hundreds of thousands of readers. Its simple meditative message teaches you, step by step, to realize that your own consciousness...
by Christian Bernard
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Written by Christian Bernard, Imperator of the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC, this book represents the thoughts and ideas of a life-long Rosicrucian.
Christian Bernard serves as the President and Imperator of the worldwide Ancient and Mystical Order Rosae Crucis, better known as the Rosicrucian...
Lost Masters
Rediscovering the Mysticism of the Ancient Greek Philosophers
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2016
Ashrams in Europe twenty-five hundred years ago? Greek philosophers studying in India? Meditation classes in ancient Rome? It sounds unbelievable, but it’s historically true. Alexander the Great had an Indian guru. Pythagoras, Empedocles, and Plotinus all encouraged their students to meditate. Apollonius,...
The Healing Path of Prayer
A Modern Mystic's Guide to Spiritual Power
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2010
Prayer is the key to tapping into the healing energy of the Divine. Yet for many people, prayer has been reduced to a rote practice that has lost its basic meaning and efficacy.
In his long-awaited first book for an ecumenical readership, internationally renowned spiritual healer Ron Roth teaches...