SPEAKING OF MY LIFE: THE ART OF LIVING IN THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION.
San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1979. First edition. 149 pages. More
San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1979. First edition. 149 pages. More
San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1979. First edition. 149 pages. More
New York: Continuum, 1997. 450 pages. Forty-four essays about Gurdjieff, all aspects his teaching, his influence on contemporary culture and the relevance of The Fourth Way to other religious perspectives. Additionally, included is the transcript of a dialogue between Gurdjieff and some of his students in the late 1940's that..... More
San Francisco: Far West Editions, 1989. First edition. A Lecture Series sponsored by Far West Institute; Speakers include Jacob Needleman, Mark Thurston and Robert Bly; 149 pages. More
New York: Putnams, 2002. First edition. Signed by the author on the title page; 371 pages. Jacob Needleman takes a new sounding of the inner beliefs and spiritual sensibilities of the great iconic figures of America. His powerfully conceived portraits show us George Washington as the great symbol of selfless..... More
New York: Putnams, 2002. 371 pages. Jacob Needleman takes a new sounding of the inner beliefs and spiritual sensibilities of the great iconic figures of America. His powerfully conceived portraits show us George Washington as the great symbol of selfless impartiality; Thomas Jefferson as the embodiment of the communal search..... More
New York: Putnams, 2002. First edition. 371 pages. Jacob Needleman takes a new sounding of the inner beliefs and spiritual sensibilities of the great iconic figures of America. His powerfully conceived portraits show us George Washington as the great symbol of selfless impartiality; Thomas Jefferson as the embodiment of the..... More
New York: Crossroad, 1982. First edition. 173 pages. More
Berkeley: 2016. First printing. 111 pages. Seeking to reconcile the split between our inner child and our adult self, eminent philosopher and religious scholar Jacob Needleman evokes the ancient spiritual tradition of a deep dialogue between a guiding wisdom figure and a seeker. The elder offers an initiation to a...... More
New York: Doubleday, 1991. 319 pages. More
New York: Doubleday, 1991. First printing. Inscribed by the author; 319 pages. More
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1970. Author's first book; 245 pages. More
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1970. Author's first book; 245 pages. More
New York: Dutton, 1977. Author's first book; 245 pages. More
178 pages. My aim in this book ... says Needleman, "has not been to speak of the convergence of science and spirituality, but of their separation. As in nature itself, organic unity is a reciprocal relationship between separate but interdependent entities. In human life as well, there can be no..... More
Monkfish, 2015. 208 pages. More
New York: Doubleday, 1998. First printing. 157 pages. More
New York: 2009. First edition. 241 pages. In his most deeply personal work, religious scholar Needleman cuts a clear path through today’s clamorous debates over the existence of God, illuminating an entirely new way of approaching the question of how to understand a higher power. He draws more directly from..... More
New York: Tarcher / Penguin, 2007. First edition. 285 pages. In Why Can't We Be Good? Needleman identifies the core problem that therapists and social philosophers fail to see. He depicts the individual human as a being who knows what is good, yet who remains mysteriously helpless to innerly adopt..... More
New York: Macmillan, 1973. First printing. Selections from various authors; 592 pages. More
New York: 1995. First edition. Twentieth anniversary issue; Contains "Divine and Human Lovers" - A Photographic Gallery, "Between Heaven and Earth: An interview with Jacob Needleman" - The connection between humanity and a higher level, "The Five-fold Sacrament" by Indra Sinha - Tantra and erotic communion, "Desire and Illusion: Two..... More
Fearless Books, 2013. Jacob Needleman in conversation with D. Patrick Miller; 127 pages. How much of the deprivation felt by modern Westerners can be summed up by the complaints “If only I had more time…” and “If only I felt more love…”? (Throw in “more money” and you’ve just about..... More
New York: 2010. Contents include Interview with Jacob Needleman and review of his book What is God?; Love and Money by Richard Smoley; Does Something in Us Know More than We do by James Opie; 128 pages. More
30 minute interview on DVD; Part of the Thinking Allowed Series. Why do we fail to truly listen when there is so much wisdom available to us? Philosopher Jacob Needleman suggests that communication is dependent upon the ability to listen to the depths within oneself. Paradoxically, sometimes our thoughts take..... More
30 minute DVD interview; Part of the Thinking Allowed Series. The essential tension between our material and spiritual natures is often forgotten as we pursue contemporary concerns. Jacob Needleman, Ph.D., author of The Heart of Philosophy and The New Religions, points to Socrates as the ideal philosopher who, through his..... More