The Delay of the Heart by David Appelbaum
Explores themes of responsibility and initiation and offers an "initiatory ethics." Continues the line of thought given in Disruption and intimates a secret of delay that is behind all traditional teachings and suggests ways that a sensitivity to a sacred obligation emerges from the heart of human experience.
167 pp.
Price: $20.00
The Stop by David Appelbaum
The first in his three volume work on the interval (see Disruption and The Delay of the Heart), Appelbaum explores the moment of shock when a gap is created, evoking awareness, and ignorance passes to knowledge. Says Frederick Turner, University of Texas, "This is one of the most brilliant, interesting and utterly original books I have read. It replaces Derrida's despairing notion of absence with a full and potent foundation of presence."
154 pp.
Price: $18.00
Voice by David Appelbaum
Explores the subjugation of voice by thought and indicates means for reversing the authority of the sound and for freeing up the voice. Concluding that the poetic voice reconciles the search for semantic meaning with the raw, acoustical effect that free voice causes, Appelbaum proposes a new and radical interpretation of the truth of voice—that it is true if it provides a disclosure of our human contradictions.
155 pp.
Price: $35.00
The Crisis of the Modern World by René Guénon
A prelude to his magnum opus, The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times, Guénon brilliantly and concisely critiques the Western deviation—its loss of tradition, exaltation of action over knowledge, rampant individualism and general social chaos—that will lead to the 'age of darkness' that precedes the end of the present world.
120 pp.
Price: $19.00
The Great Triad by René Guénon
The last book to appear during his lifetime (1886–1951), this is Guénon's most comprehensive exposition of the science of Alchemy. The 'Great Triad,' defined as Heaven-Man-Earth, is a cosmological and metaphysical doctrine which Guénon traces through Chinese Taoism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhist, Hermetic and Masonic teachings.
162 pp.
Price: $22.00
Initiation and Spiritual Realization by René Guénon
The closest work on 'spiritual direction' that Guénon ever wrote, it touches on the transmission of initiatic grace, the various types of functions of the spiritual master, obstacles the aspirant is likely to encounter, different modes of contemplation and the degrees of realization.
208 pp.
Price: $21.00
Man and His Becoming According to the Vedānta by René Guénon
This is Guénon's central exposition of traditional metaphysics, companion to his two other great works in this genre—The Symbolism of the Cross and The Multiple States of Being. Guénon held that Hinduism embraces the most ancient, profound and comprehensive expression of traditional metaphysics we possess, which can in some ways function as a key to every other traditional form. To this day, it remains one of the best expositions of the doctrines of the Vedānta.
200 pp.
Price: $20.00
The Metaphysical Principles of the Infinitesimal Calculus by René Guénon
Published just five years before Guénon's death in 1951, it focuses on questions regarding the nature of limits and the infinite with respect to the calculus both as mathematical discipline and as symbolism for the initiatory path. It extends and complements the geometrical symbolism he employs in other works, especially The Symbolism of the Cross, The Multiple States of the Being, and Symbols of Sacred Science.
132 pp.
Price: $20.00
The Multiple States of the Being by René Guénon
A cogent and penetrating exploration of the possibilities of individual consciousness, the hierarchy of individual faculties, spiritual hierarchies and the limits of the indefinite. Says Huston Smith, "Guénon is one of the greatest prophets of our time, whose voice is even more important today than when he was alive."
98 pp.
Price: $19.00
Perspectives on Initiation by René Guénon
Provides indispensable points of reference for anyone attempting to distinguish between 'initiatic,' 'pseudo-initiatic,' and 'counter-initiatic' spiritualities. Makes a distinction between initiatic and mystical paths and the dangers and barrenness of syncretism and the often dire consequences of fostering 'psychic powers.'
320 pp.
Price: $22.00
The Reign of Quantity & the Signs of the Times by René Guénon
The masterwork of the great pneumatic thinker and a luminary of the twentieth century, Guénon issues a comprehensive critique of the antitraditional stance of the modern world and where it must lead. Chapters include: The Solidification of the World; The Fissures in the Great Wall; Shamanism and Sorcery; Deviation and Subversion; The Inversion of Symbols; and The Great Parody, or Spirituality Inverted.
284 pp.
Price: $22.00
Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power by René Guénon
Analysis of the relationship between royal and sacerdotal power in accordance with the Hindu doctrine of Manvantara and Plato's depiction of historical degeneration in the Republic, Guénon views history as a series of revolts of lower castes against the higher. When the nadir of lawful historical degeneration is reached, a new cycle begins, that of the dawning of the Heavenly Jerusalem—spiritual Knowledge.
108 pp.
Price: $19.00
The Symbolism of the Cross by René Guénon
A major doctrinal study of the central symbol of Christianity from the standpoint of the metaphysical tradition. The cross is one of the most universal of all symbols and is far from belonging to Christianity alone.
168 pp.
Price: $20.00
Symbols of Sacred Science by René Guénon
Unveils the cosmological meanings of root symbols focusing on The Center of the World, Cyclic Manifestation, Symbolic Weapons, Axial Symbolism and the Symbolism of Passage, Symbolism of Building and Symbolism of the Heart. With a masterful metaphysical exposition, Guénon lays the foundation for a universal esoteric symbology demonstrating the fundamental unity of the images with which the Absolute clothes itself in its cosmic self-revelation.
476 pp.
Price: $26.00
Theosophy: History of a Pseudo-Religion by René Guénon
A devastating and detailed critique of Mme Blavatsky's Theosophical Society and its antecedents. Included is Rudolf Steiner's breakaway Anthroposophy movement. An unusual feature is the extensive treatment of the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor and other occult systems.
335 pp.
Price: $25.00
Traditional Forms and Cosmic Cycles by René Guénon
Focuses on a study on cosmic cycles beginning with the Hindu doctrine of Manvantara and considering those of Egyptian Hermeticism, Greco-Roman antiquity, the Kabbal, Sufis, Ismailis, Hopi, Lakota and Maya nations. As earlier ages differed qualitatively from ours, this may explain why our historicism and archaeology have yet to truly access those of "Hyperborea" and "Atlantis." Guénon transmits the requisite sense of these earlier times which may awaken the intuition of higher levels of Being.
136 pp.
Price: $19.00
Friedrich Nietzsche: The Dionysian Spirit of The Age by A. R. Orage
Before meeting Gurdjieff, Orage was thoroughly acquainted with the philosophy of Nietzsche and his concepts of the Overman and Good and Evil, as this small book shows.
Facsimile reprint of first 1907 edition
83 pp.
Price: $19.00
Hegel's Phenomenology of Self-Consciousness: Text and Commentary by Leo Rauch and David Sherman
A new translation of the German philosopher's famous chapter IV on self-consciousness (the "master-slave dialectic") from his major work, Phenomenology of Spirit. Included is a review of its reception by major thinkers such as Heidegger, Sartre, Lacan and Habermas.
236 pp.
Price: $18.00
The Roman Stoics: Self, Responsibility & Affection by Gretchen Reydams-Schils
Roman Stoics of the imperial period developed a distinctive model of social ethics, one which adapted the ideal philosophical life to existing communities and everyday societal values. Examined is how philosophers such as Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Hierocles and Epictetus applied their distinct brand of social ethics to daily relations and responsibilities, creating an effective model of involvement and ethical behavior in the classical world.
Index, bibliography, 210 pp.
Price: $24.00
The Crisis of Western Philosophy by Vladimir Solovyov
Solovyov (1853–1900), close friend of Dostoevsky and founder of modern Russian religious philosophy, critiques positivism—which he understands to be the whole tradition of Western rationalism—and sees the irreconcilable conflicts between reason and faith (or revelation), and reason and nature. He holds that "the philosophical development now ended has bequeathed to the very near future a complete and universal resolution of those questions."
191 pp.
Price: $20.00
Aristotle on Memory by Richard Sorabji
New translation of the author's classic 1972 translation of De Memoira with commentary, summaries and three essays comparing Aristotle's accounts of memory and recollections. For this edition, Sorabji, general editor of seventy volumes to date of The Ancient Commentators on Aristotle, provides a substantial new introduction, particularly as concerns the role of mental images in the imagination.
Index, notes, 122 pp.
