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by James H. Austin, M.D.
Austin, a clinical neurologist, researcher, and Zen practitioner, examines the evolving psychological processes and brain changes associated with long-range meditation. He draws not only on the latest neuroscience research and new neuroimaging studies but also on Zen literature and his personal experience with alternate states of consciousness.
586 pp.
Price: $40.00
by William C. Chittick
Noted Sufi scholar William Chittick translates for the first time certain aspects of Rumi's teachings, selecting and rearranging Rumi's poetry and prose in order to leave aside unnecessary complications and to present his ideas in his own words in an orderly fashion. It surveys the basic Sufi and Islamic doctrines concerning God and the world, the role of man in the cosmos, the need for religion, man's ultimate becoming, the states and stations of the mystical ascent to God, and the means whereby literature employs symbols to express "unseen" realities.
433 pp.
Price: $27.00
by Stephen Chun-Tao Cheng
A new East-West approach to transforming the singing and speaking voice.
142 pp.
Price: $15.00
by Alain Daniélou
An important book, heretofore virtually unobtainable in the West, it traces the development of musical scales from their origins in China and India, through the merging in ancient Greece of these two systems, and on to the development of the Western musical traditions of modal and polyphonic music.The musicians of antiquity understood scales to be either cycles of simple intervals, as in China; arrays of varying intervals around a central pitch, as in India; or a combination of the two, as in Greece. Any one of these methods of construction resulted in a multitude of contrasting scales, each capable of expressing distinct emotional and spiritual states. Those scales, says Daniélou, not only reflected but also influenced the spiritual values of their parent civilizations.
Hardcover, 172 pp.
Price: $25.00
by Alain Daniélou
Revealing the earliest sources of Shivaite and Dionysian traditions—magical power, intoxication, ecstatic sexuality, and transcendence—the distinguished Orientalist Alain Daniélou reconstructs the 6,000 year-old practices portraying man's ancient relationship with creation that were observed from the Indus Valley to the coasts of Portugal.
250 pp.
Price: $15.00
by Alain Daniélou
Celebrating the masculine symbol of creative energy in the religious traditions of East and West, Daniélou surveys its expression through the phallic Neolithic amulets, obelisks and the ithyphallic pharaohs, mukha lingams of India, and European standing stones. Considered also are diverse mythologies of the Celts (Cernunnos, the Horned God, Greek [Pan, Hermes, Priapus] and Hindus [Ardhanarishhvara, the androgyne]). Manifestation of the creator, a source of bliss and transcendence, Daniélou argues, the phallus must assume this symbolic role again, if the link to the divine is not to be sundered.
Photographs, illustrations, 117 pp.
Price: $20.00
by Alain Daniélou
Exploring the relationship between Shaivism and the West, Daniélou—who lived in India for 15 years, using only Sanskrit and Hindi and studying music and philosophy with eminent scholars—provides an extensive examination of the chief tenets underlying Shaivsim and how they relate and bridge the gap between science and religion.
Index, 129 pp.
Price: $15.00
by Alain Daniélou
Based entirely on original published and unpublished Sanskrit sources, Daniélou, a distinguished Orientalist who lived in India for over 20 years, explores the methods of yoga in its different forms, including techniques of the "left-hand" paths.
Index, 195 pp.
Price: $15.00
by Karlfried Graf Dürckheim
Dürckheim spent eight years in Japan before World War studying the age-old techniques of Zen Buddhism so deeply as to become one of its first Western authorities. In this classic now retranslated, the focus is on a belly-centered posture and attitude of Hara, the center of the vital force, rather than the "chest-out-belly in" posture and attitude of the West.
Photos, index, 202 pp.
Price: $15.00
by Julius Evola
Tracing Tantrism and Shaktism from the fourth century onward, Evola focuses on the perilous practices of the Vamachara which uses human passions and the power of Nature to control the senses. He draws on original texts to divine methods of self-mastery.
240 pp.
Price: $17.00
by René Guénon
This small volume brings together a number of Guénon's early articles on Sufism and the particularities of its initiation by defining its fundamental elements. Articles include: "The Influence of Islamic Civilization in the West," "The Science of Hand-Reading in Sufism," "Notes on Angelic Number Symbolism in the Arabic Alphabet," and "Taoism and Confucianism."
89 pp.
Price: $19.00
by Martin Lings
Based on Arabic sources of the eighth and ninth centuries, the noted Islamic scholar Martin Lings brings a vast erudition and gift for narrative that gives a freshness and directness to the words of those who heard Muhammad speak and who witnessed the events of his life. Given the current reciprocal destruction, this would make a good beginning to understanding Islam.
359 pp.
Price: $20.00
by Arthur Osborne
Born in 1879, Ramana Maharshi came to full enlightenment in his 17th year after undergoing the death of the physical body while remaining in full consciousness. Following this transformation, he left his home and was drawn irresistibly to the sacred hill of Arunachala where an ashram formed around him and he taught Advaita Vedanta (non-dualism).
207 pp.
Price: $13.00
edited by Arthur Osborne
A compendium of the seminal Advaita sage's original works. It includes the Five Hymns to Arunachala, as well as the two sets of Forty Verses along with miscellaneous works including Aatma Vidya. An inclusive overview of the purest of the ancient Hindu teachings. A must read for the serious Advaita Student.
192 pp.
Price: $13.00
edited by Arthur Osborne
This companion volume to Ramana Maharshi and the Path of Self-Knowledge contains many of his actual conversations with students and seekers. He taught the purest form of Advaita Vedanta (non-dualism) through the discipline of Self-Enquiry. No previous knowledge of Hinduism is needed to understand what is being discussed.
200 pp.
Price: $16.00