This book is a work of love born of the author's desire to share with her family and her friends her discovery of what she calls the Way of Life as expressed in the classic of Eastern wisdom the Tao Te Ching. Written during the 6th century B.C. the Tao Te Ching is difficult for many Westerners to fathom as it attempts to describe what cannot be described: ...
Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists.
This companion volume to Ramana Maharshi and the Path to Self Knowledge contains many of his actual conversations with those who sought his guidance. It covers the whole religious and spiritual field from basic theories about God and the nature of human beings, to advice about the conduct of our daily lives.
This text presents a classic history of magic and occultism, and is a book of which A.E. Waite said there is nothing in the occult literature to compare with it...The History of Magic is the most arresting, entertaining and brilliant of all studies on the subject.
First published in 1896, King presents the cuneiform text of a group of 60 clay tablets inscribed with prayers and religious compositions of a devotional and magical character. These tablets were created by the scribes of Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria, between 669-625 b.c., and are currently part of the Kuyunjik collection in the British Museum.
Papus (Dr. Ge'rard Encausse 1865-1916) was one of the great occultists of France, and was instrumental in developing and popularizing Eliphas Levi's earlier suggestions of a link between the Hebrew alphabet and the twenty-two trumps of the tarot.
Lévi links the Old and New Testaments by comparing the qabalistic imagery and concepts inherent in both "The Prophecy of Ezekiel" and "The Apocalypse of St. John." Includes Lévi's illuminating commentary on Ezekiel.
In this engaging and wise little book, Gellert takes us on a moving journey from magic and the paranormal, to mysticism and the highest religious experience He draws upon both a scientifically acute mind and a compassionate heart to show how somehow we are able to experience all these "more than human" events.