The Mystery of Sophia: Bearer of the New Culture: The Rose of the World “In the beginning was Sophia, and Sophia was with God, united with the Logos. Sophia was in the beginning with God. All things were made by the Logos and Sophia, and nothing that was made was made without the Logos and Sophia.
A Treatise on Living Thinking: A Path beyond Western Philosophy, beyond Yoga, beyond Zen “The ‘I’ that we each say we are cannot be the ‘I,’ except in living thinking—still unknown to us. We know only the ‘already-thought,’ or reflected thought, but we are unaware of how we know it. First, we must think in order
Islam in Relation to the Christ Impulse: A Search for Reconciliation between Christianity and Islam Andrei Younis elucidates esoteric reasons behind the emergence of Islam from the perspective of Steiner’s Spiritual Science. He draws on more than thirty years of studying Steiner’s works, as well as on first-hand knowledge gained from living in various Islamic
A Practical Manual of Meditation “It is easy to be good by being weak. It is easy to be strong by being wicked. It is difficult and heroic to be free . . .” Rudolf Steiner often emphasized the importance of meditation practice for the self-development of students of Anthroposophy. In his writings and lectures,
The Redemption of the Animals: Their Evolution, Their Inner Life, and Our Future Together “A large proportion of our present higher animals are nothing other than human beings who were so entangled in their passions that they became hardened and ceased to evolve further. The animals came into being as a consequence of the hardening
Worlds Interpenetrating and Apart: Collected Poems, 1959 – 1995 In this volume of poems written over thirty-five years, William Irwin Thompson presents a remarkable range of work―from the personal and lyrical, through the narrative and mythological, to the scientific and cosmological―that traces many of the major themes that have affected contemporary culture for the past
The Essential Aurobindo: Writings of Sri Aurobindo “The coming of a spiritual age must be preceded by the appearance of an increasing number of individuals who are no longer satisfied with the normal intellectual, vital, and physical existence of man, but perceive that a greater evolution is the real goal of humanity and attempt to effect
From Normal to Healthy: Paths to the Liberation of Consciousness How much practical time do we usually devote to the general art of being human? This practical guide to the self-healing of consciousness—it is both a spiritual psychology and a contemporary manual of the inner life—begins by laying out very clearly the unhealthy, unfree nature
Legend: A Novel “An entertaining allegory about wholeness and unification of the self.” ―John Shirley, author, The Eclipse Penumbra This contemporary cult classic ranks with the best, most imaginative, and most inspirational novels of the genre. It has been favorably compared to Dune and The Postman (the books not the movies). The story takes place in a decaying
The Marriage of Sense and Thought: Imaginative Participation in Science “In this brilliant book, the authors build a fascinating bridge between science and the world of the senses, a bridge that holds great promise for overcoming the fragmentation and alienation that is so characteristic of our time.” —Fritjof Capra, author of The Tao of Physics
The Meaning of Love “The meaning and worth of love as a feeling is that it really forces us, with all our being, to acknowledge for another the same absolute significance that, because of the power of egoism, we are conscious of only in our own selves. Love is important, not only as one of
Remembering Heraclitus Fragments of Heraclitus: “To be wise is one thing: to know the thought that directs all things through all things.” “We should not act like the children of our parents.” This bright, deep, meditative jewel-like study brings Heraclitus to life in a new way, and shows him to be one of the principal
Sacred Geography: Geomancy: Co-creating the Earth Cosmos “This is my second effort to present geomancy as a whole to the public consciousness. I wrote my first book on this subject in German more than ten years ago, titled School of Geomancy (Schule der Geomantie, Knaur, Munich, 1996). However, since that time my knowledge of geomancy, coupled with my
The Sophia Teachings: The Emergence of the Divine Feminine in Our Time Robert Powell uncovers a secret stream of wisdom that flows through the heart of Christianity—the feminine principle, known in Greek as “Sophia,” the being of Holy Wisdom herself. This sacred embodiment, named in the Old Testament as the first living being made by
Speech of the Grail: A Journey toward Speaking that Heals and Transforms In Speech of the Grail, storyteller and ceremonialist Linda Sussman explores a new way to speak, one that heals and transforms. She takes for her guide Wolfram von Eschenbach’s epic tale of the Grail, showing how it depicts a path of initiation toward healing speech—to “doing the
War, Progress, and the End of History: Three Conversations, Including a Short Tale of the Antichrist “Is evil only a natural defect, an imperfection disappearing by itself with the growth of good, or is it a real power, ruling our world by means of temptations, so that, to fight it successfully, assistance must be found in another sphere of being? This vital question
America’s Global Responsibility: Individuation, Initiation and Threefolding Jesaiah Ben-Aharon recalls the founding vision of the United States and reminds the reader of the obligations inherent in the ideals set forth in the Declaration of Independence. After summarizing current world socioeconomic conditions, the author discusses the dire consequences of ignoring the country’s obligations. He explains how
The Astrological Revolution: Unveiling the Science of the Stars as a Science of Reincarnation and Karma Like the prostrate pilgrim on the front cover—with his head protruding through the vault of heaven to discern the working of the cosmos—humanity has for many centuries employed astrology to penetrate the mystery of the stars’ relationship to human
Auragole of the Mountains: Book One of Aurogole’s Journey Meekelorr, lying near a stream in the Easternlands with a small troop of his soldiers sleeping nearby, woke suddenly from a strange dream. He sat up, pushing away both the blankets and the grogginess. He wanted to think about the dream, to fix it in his
Auragole of Mattelmead: Book Three of Aurogole’s Journey Auragole seemed to have one overriding emotion, Lorenwile observed as they walked down street after street in Mattelmead City. It was amazement. He was perpetually startled by what his eyes were taking in and what his ears were hearing. He often looked like a deer flushed out
