Quest Books

The definitive edition of HPB's writings in 15 volumes. Volume 2 is from 1879 to 1880, and includes articles such as:' Erroneous Ideas concerning the Doctrines of the Theosophists'; 'Antiquity of the Vedas'; 'The Number Seven'; 'The Theory of Cycles'.

The definitive edition of HPB's writings in 15 volumes. Volume 3 is from 1881 to 1882, and includes articles such as: 'Transcendental Physics'; 'Electric and Magnetic Affinities between Man and Nature'; 'Hypnotism'; 'Lamas and Druses'; 'Stars and Numbers'; 'Are Dreams but Idle Visions?'; 'Spiritualism and Occult Truth'.

Meditation is the art of being, and in this book Adelaide Gardner focuses on the naturalness of this state of consciousness and the great usefulness to be derived from it. Today, there is little doubt that a quiet and concentrated consciousness can deepen one's awareness of life and permit the achievement of a greater degree of inner peace. This small classis is evidence of this fact.

The definitive edition of HPB's writings in 15 volumes. Volume 4 is from 1882 to 1883, and includes articles such as: 'The Hermetic Brethren'; 'Reincarnations in Tibet'; 'Masons and Jesuits'; 'Death and Immortality'; 'Zoroastrianism in the Light of Occult Philosophy'.

The definitive edition of HPB's writings in 15 volumes. Volume 12 is from 1889 and 1890, and includes articles such as: 'Genius'; 'The Fall of Ideals'; 'Science and the Secret Doctrine'; 'Progress and Culture'; 'The Dual Aspect of Wisdom'; 'Psychic and Noetic Action'.

HPB's first major work, originally published in 1877. The most astounding compendium of occult facts and theories in Theosophical literature. It proclaims the existence of mystery schools under the guardianship of men who are servants for truth.

"In print since 1927, this study of our subtle body is based on the works of Theosophical authors and noted clairvoyants, including H. P. Blavatsky, C. W. Leadbeater, and Annie Besant, and is one of a series of 5 books dealing with the bodies of Man and his role in the Scheme of Evolution. The astral body is the vehicle of feelings and emotions seen by clairvoyants as an aura of flashing colours."

The nature of creation and a synthesis of Eastern and Western thought.

Here are three-hundred and sixty-six meditations-one for each day of the year-each from the heart of a spiritually oriented philosopher from Plato to Emerson to Sri Aurobindo to a host of theosophical students and scholars. Inside of this miniature Quest book is a complete philosophy for living; quiet, short, engaging thoughts, each alive with the spirit of being.

A biography of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, the founder of the Theosophical Society in 1875.

Wood examines the intriguing esoteric idea that humanity is divided into seven spiritual groups, according to our fundamental drives and aspirations.

A Clairvoyant and a Psychiatrist pool their talents in a study of the human health aura! No other work can speak to this subject with such confidence. Imagine: (1) Taking one of the most respected clairvoyants in the world, and (2) a psychiatrist recognized for his fine contributions to his field, (3) having the clairvoyant study the aura of a human subject using her unusual talents, (4) having ...

How reincarnation is compatible with Christian dogma.

"This stimulating book expresses the eonic drama of our eternal growth--from instinct to intuition. Skolimowski is a constant delight and surprise as an image-breaking philosopher/scientist/mystic. He establishes his position as an intrepid spokesperson for ecologically sound progress. He writes irreverent things in a reverent manner.

Buddhist master Achaan Chah spent years meditating in a forest monastery of Thailand. This remarkable book reflects his simple and powerful message as well as the quiet, joyful Buddhist practice of dhudanga, or "everyday mindfulness," with profound insights for the West.

A professor of religion explores Theosophical ideas in modern times. Major concepts discussed include reincarnation, karma, evolution, the Oneness of all life, the cyclic nature of creation, and the mystery of consciousness.

Combining seership with science, Leadbeater presents this absorbing, in-depth, study of the mystery schools of Egypt, Greece, Judea, the Knights Templar of the Middle Ages, and the emergence of Co-Masonry in the twentieth century.

A powerful collection of essays from authors such as Mircea Eliade, Joan Halifax, Stanley Krippner, Brooke Medicine Eagle, Serge King and Michael Harner on the mystifying phenomenon of shamanism around the world - what it is, how it works and why.

A Jungian lecturer and astrologer searches for the sacred in the commonplace on a Celtic pilgrimage to the Isle of Iona, in Scotland. "Iona," the Hebrew word for dove, became home to St. Columba, whose name in Latin means dove, in the year 563 on the Eve of the Pentecost -- the day of the ascent of the Holy Spirit in the Christian calendar, also symbolized by a dove.

How did the universe come into being? What is the nature of God? Of the human spirit? All who seek understanding will find this book an illuminating presentation of India's oldest and most profound religious and philosophical tradition. The Wisdom of the Vedas was first published in 1931 by Kailas Press under the title India's Outlook on Life.