HarperSanFrancisco, May 1984. Trade Paperback. Gathered here for the first time in one comprehensive volume are excerpted ancient holy texts from Judeo-Christian traditions that were excluded from the official canon of the Old and New Testaments. The Other Bible is a unique sourcebook of essential selections from Jewish Psudepigrapha, early..... More
Rowman and Littlefield, January 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Text free of markings; Dust jacket mildly edge-worn/rubbed, jacket spine significantly sun-faded w/ title illegible; ; An excellent copy, despite jacket flaws. More
State University of New York Press, August 1991. Paper Back. This book offers 112 dh?ra??s -- 112 meditations or techniques -- for experiencing the extraordinary and paradoxical reality of unbounded consciousness called Bhairava. In her initial question to Bhairava, the Goddess asks him to reveal his own essential nature to..... More
Prometheus, July 1990. Hardcover. Robert G. Ingersoll (1833-1899) was perhaps the most famous American of his day. As an enlightened freethinker and pioneer of humane, rational, and agnostic views, Ingersoll was a tireless advocate of rational thought, who battled superstition and hypocrisy wherever he found it. This dedicated popularizer would..... More
The MIT Press, October 1985. Paper Back. The essays in this collection provide an unusually intense portrait of a society and an age. They offer penetrating insights into past and present developments in Germany, shedding new light on that society and our own. In mid 1978, German philosopher Jürgen Habermas..... More
Aquarian Pr, January 1986. Paper Back. Covers mildly worn from handling, sun-fading present at spine; Spine-length faintly creased from use; Pages free of markings; A great reading copy. More
State University of New York Press, July 1993. Paper Back. This book offers the reader an introduction to the writings of Hildegard of Bingen, Meister Eckhart, Tauler, Nicholas of Cusa, Paracelsus, Jacob Boehme, Angelus Silesius, Novalis and includes the more recent thinkers, such as Schopenhauer and Wittgenstein, who were influenced..... More
Mariner Books, October 1972. Paper Back. An important Christian philosopher contends that if human energy is channeled in the right direction, upward and outward, spiritual energy as a motor force in the universe will outdistance technological advance. Index. Translated by Rene Hague. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book. Covers mildly..... More
Princeton University Press, February 1990. Paper Back. "The book is as vital today as it was the year it was written, still unmatched for the eloquence of its recognition and celebration of this inspiration of Indian art." --From the foreword This pioneering work opened C. G. Jung's eyes to the..... More
Prometheus Books, November 1992. Trade Paperback. Leibniz (1646 - 1716) was a true polymath and has been called the most comprehensive thinker since Aristotle. In these two great works by the founder of modern German speculative philosophy, the reader is introduced to Leibniz's metaphysics, including his conception of physical substance..... More
Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, January 1989. Paper Back. Gently used; Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine un-creased; Pages free of markings; Some pages slightly wavy, likely from exposure to moisture; An excellent copy. More
The Anthroposophic Press, October 1980. Paper Back. Rudolf Stiener (1861 - 1925) became a respected and well-published scientific, literary, and philosophical scholar, particularly known for his work on Goethe's scientific writings. At the beginning of the twentieth century, he began to develop his earlier philosophical principles into an approach to..... More
Chiron Publications, May 1997. Paper Back. A pocket guide presenting concise information on the mythology of these two cultures from Abdera to Zeuxippe, including gods, goddesses, heroes, kings and queens. Significant places, such as Mycenae, Crete, the Augean stables and the Garden of Hesperides are listed separately. Genealogical diagrams are..... More
Ballantine Books, October 1994. Trade Paperback. "Unusually accessible and useful . . . An eye-opener to readers into the universality and importance of myth in human history and culture."--William E. Paden, Chair, Department of Religion, University of Vermont For as long as human beings have had language, they have had..... More
Wiley-Blackwell, August 1991. Paper Back. The development of a theory of linguistics This study examines how Noam Chomsky developed a linguistics theory that led to new discussions and debates about language. Challenging Chomsky: The Generative Garden Game looks at the role the linguist's theory has had in the study of..... More
Martinus Nijhoff / The Hague, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Volume two only of a two volume set; Solid binding; Clean, sturdy blue cloth boards w/ gilt design/lettering at front and spine; Mild foxing present at outer edge text-block; Pages free of markings; Dust jacket shows mild to moderate edge-wear w/..... More
Weiser Books, April 1992. Paper Back. This book is incredibly valuable to students of various esoteric traditions because the notes and excerpts are taken from private and previously unpublished sources, and from authors whose outofprint books are not readily accessible. Interesting information has been collected and annotated concerning such topics..... More
Philosophical Library, June 1973. Hardcover. Solid binding, mildly worn at spine; Clean, sturdy boards, mildly edge-worn; Mild foxing present at outer edge text-block; Pages free of markings; Dust jacket moderately edge-worn w/ chipping and possible silverfish damage present; Jacket spine mildly sun-faded w/ spine text still legible; Jacket now housed..... More
Stone Bridge Press, November 2004. Paper Back. A must-have for anyone who is new and serious about exporing the subject further. Also recommended for advanced practitioners who may want to 'brush-up' on their Sanskrit. -- Yoga Magazine UK This slim volume is a lot more than its title lets on..... More
University of Georgia Press, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing w/ full number line; Tight binding; Clean, sturdy red cloth boards w/ white lettering at spine, mild scuffing/edge-wear present; Pages free of markings; An excellent copy. More
Doubleday, July 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. This definitive introduction to the gnostic scriptures provides a crucial look at the theology, religious atmosphere, and literary traditions of ancient Christianity and Hellenistic Judaism. Maps and tables. Solid binding, mildly worn at spine; Clean, sturdy red cloth boards w/ gilt lettering at front..... More
State University of New York Press, October 1988. Paper Back. Kundalini's power lies dormant in humans until it is awakened. The awakened Kundalini expresses the primal divine impulse and ultimately joins the individual with the divine. The development of the book parallels the development of the Kundalini within. Part One..... More
Yale University Press, March 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. This engrossing biography of highly influential Czech novelist and short-story writer Franz Kafka emphasizes the cultural and historical contexts of his fiction and focuses for the first time on his complex relationship with his father. Tight binding; Clean, sturdy boards; Pages free..... More
Tuttle Publishing, February 1992. Hardcover. Small stains on front book cloth; otherwise, very good condition. More
Oxford University Press, USA, March 1998. Trade Paperback. Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literature. Written in the author's early forties in the last years of the fourth century A.D. and during his first years as a bishop, they reflect on his..... More
