2005. The science of harmonic attunement is the science of the soul. The search for the soul is the hero's quest, and only comes into being from the quest itself. This book attempts to support this quest through an analysis of Aristoxenus' Elementa Harmonica (c. 360 B.C.), from which Mitzi... More
New York: Coward-McCann, 1930. First printing. Though nothing austentibly about the Gurdjieff work, the interpretation is clearly base on Gurdjieff's concepts and includes references to Orage, Jean Toomer and C. Daly King. 304 pages. More
New York: Tarcher / Penguin, 2003. Philosophy as it is frequently taught in classrooms bears little relation to the impassioned and immensely practical pursuit of self-knowledge conducted not only by ancient seekers but also by men and woman who search for truth today. In The Heart of Philosophy, Jacob Needleman... More
New York: Knopf, 1982. First edition. Philosophy as it is frequently taught in classrooms bears little relation to the impassioned and immensely practical pursuit of self-knowledge conducted not only by ancient seekers but also by men and woman who search for truth today. In The Heart of Philosophy, Jacob Needleman... More
Berkeley: 2016. First printing. 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 younger self... More
New York: Tarcher / Penguin, 2003. In this rediscovery of the essence of Christian thought, Jacob Needleman has sought out the ancient texts and modern practitioners of essential Christianity, whose message speaks directly to contemporary seekers. 228 pages. More
New York: Doubleday, 1980. First printing. In this rediscovery of the essence of Christian thought, Jacob Needleman has sought out the ancient texts and modern practitioners of essential Christianity, whose message speaks directly to contemporary seekers. 228 pages. 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
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: Scribners, 1959. 284 pages. More
Facsimile reprint of first edition; Pages 83. More
Edinburgh: T.N. Foulis, 1906. First edition. At the time of this book Orage considered Friedrich Nietzsche the greatest European since Johann Goethe. "He [Nietzsche] stood near the pinnacle of European culture, a scholar among scholars and a thinker among thinkers. His range of subjects is as wide as modern thought."... More
London: Watkins, 1976. First edition. Pages 66. More
Toronto: Colombo and Company, 2004. 65 essays and articels by Saurat on literature, poetry, French society, Religion, Metaphysics and Occultism, including 'A Vist to Gourdyev'; Edited by John Robert Colombo; 331 Pages. More
New York: Barnes & Noble, 1998. Seymour-Smith is extraordinarily erudite, exhibiting an encyclopedic grasp of virtually every area of knowledge. From the I Ching, The Iliad and The Upanishads to Gurdjieff, Wittgenstein and B.F. Skinner, he has selected 100 books and/or authors that have significantly influenced the human paradigm (he... More
New York: 2009. First edition. Systematically explores Gurdjieff’s “objective art” of literary hypnotism intended as a major conduit for the transmission of his teachings on the philosophy, theory, and practice of personal self-knowledge and harmonious human development. In the process, the nature and function of the ‘mystical’ shell hiding the... More
New York: Parabola, 2017. First printing. 128 pages. More
Boston: Tuttle, 1996. First edition. Other essays include "Space for Spirit" by Ron Miller, "Where Psychology Ends" by Lorette Zirker, "Sabbath Consciousness" by Beatrice Bruteau, "Jewish Spirituality" by Laura Bernstein, "Defining Enlightenment" by Judith Blackstone, and "The Faith Beyond the Faiths" by Robert Granat. Selected esays including "Hidden in the... More