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Product Description: Reveals the Hermetic underpinnings of modern scientific theories • Offers a full reconsideration of the history of science from Newton to the present day as well as a Platonic-Hermetic perspective on modern technology • Examines Hermetic resonances among the ideas of Gurdjieff, Robert Fludd, Marsilio Ficino, and cybernetics; Einstein and the Tibetan Bardo; Neoplatonism and artificial intelligence; and Rosicrucianism and the internet • Shows how Hermetic doctrine is at the heart of what modern physics is now rediscovering: that consciousness permeates everything Contemporary scientific disciplines such as chaos and complexity theory, artificial intelligence, and cognitive science treat themselves as new fields of inquiry, but many of these ideas can be traced back to Hermeticism, the European intellectual tradition sparked by the rediscovery of the Corpus Hermeticum and Platonic texts in the 15th century...read more

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9781620554821 | Inner Traditions, May 7, 2016, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Reveals the Hermetic underpinnings of modern scientific theories • Offers a full reconsideration of the history of science from Newton to the present day as well as a Platonic-Hermetic perspective on modern technology • Examines Hermetic resonances among the ideas of Gurdjieff, Robert Fludd, Marsilio Ficino, and cybernetics; Einstein and the Tibetan Bardo; Neoplatonism and artificial intelligence; and Rosicrucianism and the internet • Shows how Hermetic doctrine is at the heart of what modern physics is now rediscovering: that consciousness permeates everything Contemporary scientific disciplines such as chaos and complexity theory, artificial intelligence, and cognitive science treat themselves as new fields of inquiry, but many of these ideas can be traced back to Hermeticism, the European intellectual tradition sparked by the rediscovery of the Corpus Hermeticum and Platonic texts in the 15th century.

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Product Description: By the early twenty-first century, a phenomenon that once was inconceivable had become nearly commonplace in American society: the public spiritual teacher who neither belongs to, nor is authorized by a major religious tradition. From the Oprah Winfrey-endorsed Eckhart Tolle to figures like Gangaji and Adhyashanti, there are now countless spiritual teachers who claim and teach variants of instant or immediate enlightenment...read more

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9780199368136 | Oxford Univ Pr, May 1, 2014, cover price $78.00 | About this edition: By the early twenty-first century, a phenomenon that once was inconceivable had become nearly commonplace in American society: the public spiritual teacher who neither belongs to, nor is authorized by a major religious tradition.

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Product Description: Magic and Mysticism: An Introduction to Western Esoteric Traditions is a concise overview, from antiquity to the present, of all the major Western religious esoteric movements. Topics covered include alchemy, Gnosticism, Hermeticism, Rosicrucianism, Theosophy and many more...read more

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9780742558366 | Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, June 15, 2007, cover price $27.00 | About this edition: Magic and Mysticism: An Introduction to Western Esoteric Traditions is a concise overview, from antiquity to the present, of all the major Western religious esoteric movements.

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Product Description: Magic and Mysticism: An Introduction to Western Esoteric Traditions is a concise overview, from antiquity to the present, of all the major Western religious esoteric movements. Topics covered include alchemy, Gnosticism, Hermeticism, Rosicrucianism, Theosophy and many more...read more

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9780742558359 | Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, May 30, 2007, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: Magic and Mysticism: An Introduction to Western Esoteric Traditions is a concise overview, from antiquity to the present, of all the major Western religious esoteric movements.

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Product Description: The only book of its kind, The New Inquisitions is an exhilarating investigation into the intellectual origins of totalitarianism. Arthur Versluis unveils the connections between heretic hunting in early and medieval Christianity, and the emergence of totalitarianism in the twentieth century...read more

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9780195306378 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, July 27, 2006, cover price $44.95 | About this edition: The only book of its kind, The New Inquisitions is an exhilarating investigation into the intellectual origins of totalitarianism.

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Product Description: Alice Bunker Stockham (1833-1912) was one of the first female M.D.s in the United States. In her remarkable book Karezza, she explains her own theory and practice of sexual mysticism. She insists that the practice of karezza, a special kind of sexual union, was a key to mysticism, magic, and creativity...read more

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9781596500051 | New Cultures Pr, January 31, 2006, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Alice Bunker Stockham (1833-1912) was one of the first female M.

Product Description: Book by Ayshford, Robert

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9781596500020 | New Cultures Pr, January 31, 2005, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Book by Ayshford, Robert

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Product Description: Focusing on how spiritual initiation takes place in Western esoteric religious, literary, and artistic traditions from antiquity to the present, Restoring Paradise provides an introduction to Western esotericism, including early modern esoteric movements like alchemy, Christian theosophy, and Rosicrucianism...read more

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9780791461396 | State Univ of New York Pr, May 1, 2004, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Focusing on how spiritual initiation takes place in Western esoteric religious, literary, and artistic traditions from antiquity to the present, Restoring Paradise provides an introduction to Western esotericism, including early modern esoteric movements like alchemy, Christian theosophy, and Rosicrucianism.

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Product Description: In Awakening the Contemplative Spirit, Arthur Versluis explores the ways that writing and the contemplative life intertwine with one another, for in his view, writing is both preparation for and a natural expression of the contemplative life...read more

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9780965048811 | New Cultures Pr, March 1, 2004, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: In Awakening the Contemplative Spirit, Arthur Versluis explores the ways that writing and the contemplative life intertwine with one another, for in his view, writing is both preparation for and a natural expression of the contemplative life.

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Product Description: Book by Eckhart, Meister, Stryz, Jan
By Meister Eckhart, Jan Stryz and Arthur Versluis (introduced by)

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9780965048859 | New Cultures Pr, January 1, 2003, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Book by Eckhart, Meister, Stryz, Jan

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9780965048873 | New Cultures Pr, January 1, 2003, cover price $12.95

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Product Description: Ranging from Eskimos of the far North to the Aztecs and Incas of South America, the author offers a lucid concise introduction to the traditions of the Native American peoples. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780007130252 | Thorsons Pub, April 1, 2002, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Ranging from Eskimos of the far North to the Aztecs and Incas of South America, the author offers a lucid concise introduction to the traditions of the Native American peoples.

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Product Description: softcover (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780965048835 | New Cultures Pr, June 1, 2001, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: softcover

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Product Description: The term "Western esotericism" refers to a wide range of spiritual currents including alchemy, Hermeticism, Kabbala, Rosicrucianism, and Christian theosophy, as well as several practical forms of esotericism like cartomancy, geomancy, necromancy, alchemy, astrology, herbalism, and magic...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780195138870 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, March 8, 2001, cover price $115.00 | About this edition: The term "Western esotericism" refers to a wide range of spiritual currents including alchemy, Hermeticism, Kabbala, Rosicrucianism, and Christian theosophy, as well as several practical forms of esotericism like cartomancy, geomancy, necromancy, alchemy, astrology, herbalism, and magic.

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Product Description: Wisdom's Book: The Sophia Anthology is a remarkable collection of rare texts that reveal what we well may call the Nag Hammadi Library of modern times. For there is a virtually unknown spiritual Sophianic tradition that has developed since the seventeenth century and that still exists today...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
By Arthur Versluis (editor)

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9781557787866 | Paragon House, May 1, 2000, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Wisdom's Book: The Sophia Anthology is a remarkable collection of rare texts that reveal what we well may call the Nag Hammadi Library of modern times.

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9781557787835 | Paragon House, May 1, 2000, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Wisdom's Book: The Sophia Anthology is a remarkable collection of rare texts that reveal what we well may call the Nag Hammadi Library of modern times.

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Product Description: At times a personal memoir, at times a philosophical discussion, Island Farm is a snapshot of the American agrarian tradition. Much in the style of books such as Letters from an American Farmer, Arthur Versluis recounts the story of the Versluis family's orchards near Grand Rapids, Michigan, founded by his great- grandfather more than a century ago...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780870135453 | Michigan State Univ Pr, April 1, 2000, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: At times a personal memoir, at times a philosophical discussion, Island Farm is a snapshot of the American agrarian tradition.

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Product Description: The first book in English to provide an in-depth introduction to the Christian theosophic tradition that began with Jacob Bohme, Wisdom's Children brings us into a startling new world of experiential spirituality that is in fact the Christian equivalent of Sufism and Kabbalism...read more

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9780791443293 | State Univ of New York Pr, October 1, 1999, cover price $58.50 | About this edition: The first book in English to provide an in-depth introduction to the Christian theosophic tradition that began with Jacob Bohme, Wisdom's Children brings us into a startling new world of experiential spirituality that is in fact the Christian equivalent of Sufism and Kabbalism.

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9780791443309 | State Univ of New York Pr, October 1, 1999, cover price $31.95 | About this edition: The first book in English to provide an in-depth introduction to the Christian theosophic tradition that began with Jacob Bohme, Wisdom's Children brings us into a startling new world of experiential spirituality that is in fact the Christian equivalent of Sufism and Kabbalism.

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Product Description: SIGNED and inscribed by author on title page. Hardcover, no DJ. Text contains minor marking. Binding is tight, Hinges strong. Covers show light edge wear.

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9780965048880 | New Cultures Pr, May 1, 1996, cover price $34.00 | About this edition: SIGNED and inscribed by author on title page.

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9780965048804 | New Cultures Pr, May 1, 1996, cover price $39.00

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Product Description: This introduction to Native American traditions, from the Eskimo and the continental tribes of America to the Aztecs and Mayas of Mexico and Incas of South America, includes discussions of Native American views of nature, spirits and ancestors, ceremonies and rituals, medicine and sacred sites and symbols, plus many of the teachings and prophecies of well-known visionaries such as Black Elk...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9781852305727 | Element Books Ltd, November 1, 1994, cover price $19.95

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9781852307196 | Houghton Mifflin, October 1, 1995, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: This introduction to Native American traditions, from the Eskimo and the continental tribes of America to the Aztecs and Mayas of Mexico and Incas of South America, includes discussions of Native American views of nature, spirits and ancestors, ceremonies and rituals, medicine and sacred sites and symbols, plus many of the teachings and prophecies of well-known visionaries such as Black Elk.

By Arthur Versluis (editor)

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9780819191380 | Univ Pr of Amer, February 1, 1995, cover price $64.50

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9780819191397 | Univ Pr of Amer, January 1, 1995, cover price $37.50

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