The Essene Gospel of Peace, Book 1
10 best books like The Essene Gospel of Peace, Book 1 (Edmond Bordeaux Szekely): The Invention of Morel, The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar, The Hero With a Thousand Faces, Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods, Be Here Now, The Book of Questions, Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis, Selected Poems, Divine Pymander of Hermes Trismegistus, The Magic Apple Tree: A Country Year
| Author | Adolfo Bioy Casares |
| ISBN | 1590170571 |
Jorge Luis Borges declared The Invention of Morel a masterpiece of plotting, comparable to The Turn of the Screw and Journey to the Center of the Earth. This fantastic exploration of realities also bears comparison with the sharpest work of Philip K. Dick. It is both a story of suspense and a bizarre romance,...
The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar
| Author | Robert Alexander |
| ISBN | 0142003816 |
Drawing from decades of work, travel, and research in Russia, Robert Alexander re-creates the tragic, perennially fascinating story of the final days of Nicholas and Alexandra as seen through the eyes of the Romanovs' young kitchen boy, Leonka. Now an ancient Russian immigrant, Leonka claims to...
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
| Author | Joseph Campbell |
| ISBN | 0691017840 |
The first popular work to combine the spiritual and psychological insights of modern psychoanalysis with the archetypes of world mythology, the book creates a roadmap for navigating the frustrating path of contemporary life. Examining heroic myths in the light of modern psychology, it considers...
Wild Fermentation: The Flavor, Nutrition, and Craft of Live-Culture Foods
| Author | Sandor Ellix Katz |
| ISBN | 1931498237 |
Bread. Cheese. Wine. Beer. Coffee. Chocolate. Most people consume fermented foods and drinks every day. For thousands of years, humans have enjoyed the distinctive flavors and nutrition resulting from the transformative power of microscopic bacteria and fungi. Wild Fermentation: The Flavor,...
Describes one man's transformation upon his acceptance of the principles of Yoga & gives a modern restatement of the importance of the spiritual side of human nature. Illustrated.
The book is divided into four sections:
Journey: The Transformation: Dr Richard Alpert, PhD into Baba...
| Author | Pablo Neruda |
| ISBN | 1556591608 |
A best-selling volume of Pablo Neruda's poetry in an English-Spanish edition.
Pablo Neruda is one of the world's most popular and famous poets, and in The Book of Questions, Neruda refuses to be corralled by the rational mind. Composed of 316 unanswerable questions, these poems integrate...
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
| Author | Timothy Egan |
| ISBN | 0618969020 |
How a lone man's epic obsession led to one of America's greatest cultural treasures: Prize-winning writer Timothy Egan tells the riveting, cinematic story behind the most famous photographs in Native American history -- and the driven, brilliant man who made them.
Edward Curtis was charismatic,...
| Author | E.E. Cummings |
| ISBN | 0871401541 |
The one hundred and fifty-six poems here, arranged in twelve sections and introduced by E. E. Cummings's biographer, include his most popular poems, spanning his earliest creations, his vivacious linguistic acrobatics, up to his last valedictory sonnets. Also featured are thirteen drawings,...
| Author | Hermes Trismegistus |
| ISBN | 0911662480 |
A challenging, but enlightening and exhilarating read.
For a novice in hermetic philosophy like myself, it was an eye-opening experience to read material that doesn't just tell you, but that reflects in your day to day life. I would lie if I said I understood the weight of everything said in...
The Magic Apple Tree: A Country Year
| Author | Susan Hill |
| ISBN | 0140064206 |
This is a comforting read! Definitely a book I want to keep on my shelf, for long winter evenings.
Susan Hill describes life in the country in 'ye old England'-village-style. She writes very warmly about old houses, friendly villagers, changing seasons, countryside beauty and nature. She...
Behaving as If the God in All Life Mattered
| Author | Machaelle Small Wright |
| ISBN | 0927978245 |
Machaelle Small Wright is a spiritual pioneer with the profound ability to "see" and "hear" the invisible forces of nature. Her personal story is one of triumph, from a childhood of torment and isolation to discovery of her ability to communicate with the world of nature spirits and devas. At "Perelandra,"...
Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece
| Author | Three Initiates |
| ISBN | 0911662251 |
This stands as one of the most important books I've read about the nature of reality and the supersensible universe. As with any work intending to teach through words something that is larger and exponentially more complex than language will always require careful study. And though this book is not...
Dan Eldon: Safari as a Way of Life
Photojournalist Dan Eldon left behind much more than the astonishing illustrated journals that would form The Journey is the Destination when he lost his life at age twenty-two while on assignment in Somalia. He also bequeathed a life story that has inspired students, teachers, artists, and creative...
Lionheart: A Journey of the Human Spirit
On October 31, 1999, schoolboy sailor Jesse Martin completed one of the last great adventures of the 20th century. At 18 years of age, and after 11 months at sea, he became the youngest person to sail solo, nonstop, and unassisted around the world. This is the story of why Jesse set himself such an astonishing...
