2009. Second edition. As a Young man, Frank Sinclair looked for, and found, the teaching of G.I. Gurdjieff in Cape Town, South Africa, some eight years after Gurdjieff's death. Moved by his first encounter with Gurdjieff''s chief pupil, Madame Jeanne de Salzmann, at Franklin Farms (the old Ouspensky estate at..... More
Bloomington: 2008. Discover the common ground shared between Islamic Sufism and Hindu Bhaktism through their literary expressions. This book examines two classic love poems—The Story of Layla Majnun (written by Nezami in the Sufi tradition) and Gita Govinda (written by Jayadeva in the Hindu tradition)—and finds common experiences of love..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1977. 182 pages. More
New York: 2008. Contains THE GODDING PROCESS David A. Cooper - A revelatory understanding of God, from the Kabbalah, GOD IS THE GOOD Patrick Laude - A masterful survey of God across the Traditions, IN THE SPIRIT OF GOD Nicholas Motovilov and St. Seraphim of Sarov - Meeting a saint..... More
San Rafael: Sophia Perennis, 2008. First edition. With elegance and clarity, Wolfgang Smith leads the reader, step by step, to the realization that the specifically 'modern' world is based intellectually, not indeed upon scientific facts, but ultimately on nothing more substantial than a syndrome of Promethean myths. And this 'opening'..... More
Hillsdale: Sophia Perennis, 2005. Third edition, revised. Beginning with the recognition the current quantum mechanical world views suffer from a certain 'residual cartesianism' that has been smuggled in unconsciously. The moment one discards this hidden premise, quantum theory begins to 'make sense' in a way that is never has before..... More
Middlesex: Perennial Books, 1979. Double issue; Contents include Memorial for Francis Clive-Ross, Sophia Perennis by Frithjof Schuon, Fate, Foresight and Freewill by Ananda Coomaraswamy, Insight into Alchemy by Titus Burckhardt, A Muslim's Reflections on Hans Küng by Seyyed Hossein Nasr, The Destruction of The Christian Tradition - IV by Rama..... More
New York: 2001. Contains "A Fool's History of Human Civilization" by Joy Thompson - Or, a history of Everyman, "Falling and Rising in Love" by Rama Devagupta - The story of Laila and Majnu, "At Home in the Land of the Little Green Waiting-Maid " by Nan Runde - A...... More
New York: Society for Myth and Tradition, 1985. Contains "Living in the Rift" by Philip Zaleski - The contemporary challenge, "Out of Chaos" by Vine Deloria, Jr. - The exilic mission of the Native American, "Now, Farewell and Hail" by P.L. Travers - Lost and found, "We Are All Witnesses"..... More
New York: 1994. First edition. Contains "Treasure Teachings: An interview with Robert Thurman" - Discovering Buddhism's secret knowledge; "The Heart of Ritual" by Eliezer Shore - The treasure of repetition; "Holy Foolishness" by Jim Forest - Unexpected saints in the Russian Orthodox tradition; "In Search of Hidden Wonder" by John..... More
2009. It would be fitting to say of Henri Tracol, a pupil of G. I. Gurdjieff, that all through his life he called many sides of himself into action toward the "harmonious development" advocated by Gurdjieff. For this reason the talks and interviews he gave over the years are of..... More
New York: 1991. First printing. Contains "The Use of Art" by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy - The distinction of utilitarian craftsmanship; "Spinning: Leaving Well Alone: An interview with Barbara Wheeler" - Attending the wool from sheep to woven fabric; "Some Notes on Arab Calligraphy" by Jean Sulzberger - The inscription of..... More
New York: Society for Myth and Tradition, 1990. Contains "The Mystery of Rebirth" by Henri Tracol - Parabola discusses with the author his ideas on incarnation and disincarnation; "The Hand and the Mind" by Jean Bernard - Their mutual support in human work; "A Fine Upstanding Man" by Martha Heyneman..... More
New York: 2004. Contains "The Devil in the Way" by Stephen Batchelor - Emptiness as a path; "First Question" by Ravi Ravindra - What lies behind our masks?; "The Gift of the Call" by Christopher Bamford - From duality to unity; "The Woman in Chains" by Natalie Baan - Andromeda..... More
New York: 2004. Contains "The Devil in the Way" by Stephen Batchelor - Emptiness as a path; "First Question" by Ravi Ravindra - What lies behind our masks?; "The Gift of the Call" by Christopher Bamford - From duality to unity; "The Woman in Chains" by Natalie Baan - Andromeda..... More
New York: Parabola, 1978. First edition. 144 pages. More
San Rafael: Sophia Perennis, 2008. First edition. Charles Upton: "Human love has fallen on hard times; it has been 'officially discredited.' Even liberal humanitarianism is not what it used to be; how then can romantic love, which in its origins is essentially aristocratic (in Meister Eckhart's sense when he said..... More
Hillsdale: Sophia Perennis, 2005. First edition. This book analyzes the findings of UFO researcher Jacques Vallee and some of his colleagues in light of the teachings of René Guénon. According to Upton, the UFO phenomema are one of the 'cracks in the great wall' separating the material plane from the..... More
Hillsdale: Sophia Perennis, 2005. First edition. The Men's Movement has come, and for the most part gone. While it was here, it gave us an opportunity to learn something about the Warrior Spirit—not in the context of militarism, or economic acquisitiveness, or the martial arts subculture, or gang warfare, but..... More
Hillsdale: Sophia Perennis, 2004. First edition. 115 pages. More
Ghent: Sophia Perennis, 2001. First edition. Examines the present religious and cultural scene from the standpoint of trasitional metaphysics and critiques the New Age spiritualities within their postmodern context. Its many references ro René Guénon and Frithjof Schuon also help to introduce the 'traditionalist' thinkers. 562 pages. More
New York: Society for Myth and Tradition, 2001. Later printing. 128 pages. More
Zurich: Daimon Verlag, 2010. First edition. Papers from Eranos Conferences: Eranos Reborn, The Modernities of East and West, Emerging Images of Humanity, Perspectives on Violence and Aggression, and The Legacy Tour; Contributors includeLuigi Zoja, Robert Temple, Werner Erhard, Richard Tarnas, Ervin Laszlo, Ursula KingStanislav Grof and others; 524 pages. More
Hillsdale: Sophia Perennis, 2002. Second edition. 150 pages. More
New York: 2007. Contains The Mustard Seed and the Mountain by Patrick Laude: The many dimensions of faith; Faith as an Act of Freedom by Abraham Joshua Heschel: "To have faith is greater than to see"; "A Wing and a Prayer": An interview with Katharine Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of..... More