Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic: Empedocles and Pythagorean Tradition
8 best books like Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic: Empedocles and Pythagorean Tradition (Peter Kingsley): The Epic of Gilgamesh, Lila, The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True, The Piazza Tales, Healing with Form, Energy, and Light: The Five Elements in Tibetan Shamanism, Tantra, and Dzogchen, Ancient Mystery Cults (Revised), Encountering the Wisdom Jesus, The Practice of Natural Movement: Reclaim Power, Health, and Freedom
| Author | Anonymous |
| ISBN | 0141026286 |
Andrew George's "masterly new translation" (The Times) of the world's first truly great work of literature
Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, is the world’s oldest epic, predating Homer by many centuries....
| Author | Marilynne Robinson |
| ISBN | 0374187614 |
Marilynne Robinson, one of the greatest novelists of our time, returns to the town of Gilead in an unforgettable story of a girlhood lived on the fringes of society in fear, awe, and wonder.
Lila, homeless and alone after years of roaming the countryside, steps inside a small-town Iowa church...
The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True
| Author | Richard Dawkins |
| ISBN | 1439192812 |
Magic takes many forms. Supernatural magic is what our ancestors used in order to explain the world before they developed the scientific method. The ancient Egyptians explained the night by suggesting the goddess Nut swallowed the sun. The Vikings believed a rainbow was the gods’ bridge to earth....
| Author | Herman Melville |
| ISBN | 1603120262 |
Included in this Herman Melville collection are six tales that range considerably -- from "The Encantadas" (an allegorical travelogue) to the haunting "Bartleby, the Scrivener." Opening the volume is "The Piazza," a pastoral sketch that frames the collection. "Benito Cereno" -- a subversive satire...
Healing with Form, Energy, and Light: The Five Elements in Tibetan Shamanism, Tantra, and Dzogchen
| Author | Tenzin Wangyal |
| ISBN | 1559391766 |
In the shamanic worldview of Tibet, the five elements of earth, water, fire, air, and space are accessed through the raw powers of nature and through non-physical beings associated with the natural world. In the Tibetan tantric view the elements are recognized as five kinds of energy in the body and...
Ancient Mystery Cults (Revised)
| Author | Walter Burkert |
| ISBN | 0674033876 |
The foremost historian of Greek religion provides the first comprehensive, comparative study of a little-known aspect of ancient religious beliefs and practices. Secret mystery cults flourished within the larger culture of the public religion of Greece and Rome for roughly a thousand years. This...
Encountering the Wisdom Jesus
| Author | Cynthia Bourgeault |
| ISBN | 1591792932 |
The early Christians, teaches the Reverend Cynthia Bourgeault, were afire with the spirit of Jesus, inspired fully by his teaching of a total transformation of consciousness. How do we reclaim that fire today?On Encountering the Wisdom Jesus, this brilliant author and dynamic Episcopalian priest...
The Practice of Natural Movement: Reclaim Power, Health, and Freedom
| Author | Erwan Le Corre |
| ISBN | 1628600233 |
Erwan Le Corre, creator of the world-renowned fitness system MovNat, is on a mission to reintroduce natural movement to our modern lives with the most ancient movement skill set: walking, running, balancing, jumping, crawling, climbing, swimming, lifting, carrying, throwing, catching, and self-defense.
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