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 real unity..... More
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1975. First edition. Cover art by Paul Reynard; 178 pages. More
New York: Dutton, 1976. 178 pages. More
Monkfish, 2015. 208 pages. More
San Francisco: Mercury House, 1986. First edition. 208 pages. More
New York: Doubleday, 1998. First printing. 157 pages. More
San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2003. Second edition. Through parables, reflections, and a unique mental exercise Jacob Needleman illuminates the great mystery of time and helps us resolve our increasingly dysfunctional relationship to it. Foreword by John Cleese; 157 pages. More
2012. First printing. What is the purpose of life on Earth? Jacob Needleman frames man's role on the planet in a completely new and fresh way, moving beyond the usual environmental concerns to reveal how the care and maintenance of a world is something vital and basic to our existence..... More
2012. First printing. What is the purpose of life on Earth? Jacob Needleman frames man's role on the planet in a completely new and fresh way, moving beyond the usual environmental concerns to reveal how the care and maintenance of a world is something vital and basic to our existence..... More
San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1985. First edition. 187 pages. More
London: Arkana, 1992. First UK edition. 187 pages. More
New York: 2009. First edition. 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 Gurdjieff here..... More
New York: Tarcher / Penguin, 2007. First edition. 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 the ethical..... More
New York: Tarcher / Penguin, 2007. First edition. 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 the ethical..... More
New York: Tarcher / Penguin, 2007. First edition. 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 the ethical..... More
Sandpoint: Morning Light Press, 2005. A wise and inspiring guide to discovering the gift of lasting love; A gentle mix of philosophy, myth and sacred wisdom. Needleman carries us to the missing half of love--the part that helps another search for truth; two people who help each other to know..... 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. 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 got all our habitual wants summed up.) If philosopher Jacob..... More
New York: Continuum, 1996. First edition. 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
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
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 us away from the here and now. To break through these..... More
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 questioning, brought people to an appreciation of deeper strata of..... More
New York: Parabola, 1981. First printing. Contents include "WHAT IS MAN?" by Kathleen Raine - Educating the "unnatural" man, EARTH PEOPLE by David Price - The Nambiquara of Brazil balance between life and death, THE CRAB FEAST by David Malouf - A poem, CHINUA ACHEBE: AT THE CROSSROADS by Jonathan..... More
New York: 2012. First printing. Contents include PATHS ARE MADE FOR WALKING by Nipun Mehta: Four steps to take on the road of life, A SHIFT IN VISION by Barbara Helen Berger: The unexpected potential of negative space, THE TWILIGHT OF CERTAINTY by Rob Percival: Raised in darkness, they strive..... More