The Red Thread of Passion by David Guy Is sex an enemy that must be subdued before spiritual practice can happen, or is it a powerful creative force and a vehicle of enlightenment? Opinions have differed throughout the ages. Rather than forcing his own answer, David Guy takes the question as an impetus for exploration,
The Superhuman Life of Gesar of Ling Translated by Alexandra David-Neel and Lama Yongden This little volume may have been surpassed by Robin Kornman's monumental translation of the Gesar epic (which we also published), but it's still pretty handy. It serves as a synopsis of the great epic-think of it as the Cliff's Notes version.
An Encylopedia of Archetypal Symbolism, Volume Two: The Body by George R. Elder The glory days of Jungian psychology publishing were over before we got to volume three of this projected multi-volume series, but what a wonder volume two is! The large-format hardcover with its full page images of art related to the body, from
The Natural Laws of Good Luck by Ellen Graf A friend of Ellen Graf, thinking they'd hit it off, suggested that Ellen meet her brother. The catch was, he lived in China, he spoke almost no English, and Ellen would have to travel there to meet him. Thus began one of the most unusual blind
The Awakened One: A Life of the Buddha by Sherab Chodzin Kohn It's one of the great archetypal stories-and in it is contained the seeds of liberation for all beings. This retelling is both readable and informed by an understanding of Buddhist history and teaching. This volume also includes a short history of Buddhism and
The Golden Ass of Apuleius by Marie-Louise von Franz Nobody ever took apart a myth better than the great Dr. von Franz, one of C.G. Jung's foremost disciples. Maybe the foremost. Here she analyses the wildly entertaining second-century Roman novel about a man who gets turned into a donkey, and uses it to show us
The Poetry of Zen Edited by Sam Hamill and J P Seaton This exquisite little book is a delight to hold and look at. It's even more delightful when you start to read the poetic articulations of enlightenment it contains. So, although it looks great in your hand, don't neglect opening it up! For more
Two Strange Tales by Mircea Eliade How many people are even aware that the late renowned scholar of religion and author of such works as The Sacred and the Profane even wrote fiction at all? Not too many, probably. But here is some of the fruit of his little-known spare-time activity: two eerily intriguing novellas
The Red Thread of Passion by David Guy Is sex an enemy that must be subdued before spiritual practice can happen, or is it a powerful creative force and a vehicle of enlightenment? Opinions have differed throughout the ages. Rather than forcing his own answer, David Guy takes the question as an impetus for exploration,
The Superhuman Life of Gesar of Ling Translated by Alexandra David-Neel and Lama Yongden This little volume may have been surpassed by Robin Kornman's monumental translation of the Gesar epic (which we also published), but it's still pretty handy. It serves as a synopsis of the great epic-think of it as the Cliff's Notes version.
The Awakened One: A Life of the Buddha by Sherab Chodzin Kohn It's one of the great archetypal stories-and in it is contained the seeds of liberation for all beings. This retelling is both readable and informed by an understanding of Buddhist history and teaching. This volume also includes a short history of Buddhism and
The Golden Ass of Apuleius by Marie-Louise von Franz Nobody ever took apart a myth better than the great Dr. von Franz, one of C.G. Jung's foremost disciples. Maybe the foremost. Here she analyses the wildly entertaining second-century Roman novel about a man who gets turned into a donkey, and uses it to show us
The Poetry of Zen Edited by Sam Hamill and J P Seaton This exquisite little book is a delight to hold and look at. It's even more delightful when you start to read the poetic articulations of enlightenment it contains. So, although it looks great in your hand, don't neglect opening it up! For more
Two Strange Tales by Mircea Eliade How many people are even aware that the late renowned scholar of religion and author of such works as The Sacred and the Profane even wrote fiction at all? Not too many, probably. But here is some of the fruit of his little-known spare-time activity: two eerily intriguing novellas
