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  • The Myth of the Eternal Return

    Cosmos and History

    by Mircea Eliade ...
    Translated by Willard R. Trask ...
    Series series Bollingen Recollections
    A landmark work in the history of religions from a pioneer in the fieldFirst published in English in 1954, this founding work in the historical study of religions secured the North American reputation of the Romanian émigré-scholar Mircea Eliade. Referring to an astonishing number of cultures and drawing on scholarship in no fewer than half a dozen European languages, The Myth of the Eternal ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Imagining Religion

    From Babylon to Jonestown

    by Jonathan Z. Smith ...
    Series series Chicago Studies in the History of Judaism
    With this influential book of essays, Jonathan Z. Smith has pointed the academic study of religion in a new theoretical direction, one neither theological nor willfully ideological.Making use of examples as apparently diverse and exotic as the Maori cults in nineteenth-century New Zealand and the events of Jonestown, Smith shows that religion must be construed as conventional, anthropological, ... Read more

    $24.49 USD

  • The Myth of the Eternal Return

    Cosmos and History

    by Mircea Eliade ...
    Translated by Willard R. Trask ...
    Series series Princeton Classics
    First published in English in 1954, this founding work of the history of religions secured the North American reputation of the Romanian émigré-scholar Mircea Eliade. Making reference to an astonishing number of cultures and drawing on scholarship published in no fewer than half a dozen European languages, The Myth of the Eternal Return illuminates the religious beliefs and rituals of a wide ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

  • Writing Religion

    The Case for the Critical Study of Religion

    by Steven W. Ramey, Theodore Louis Trost, Steven Leonard Jacobs, Russell T. McCutcheon, Russell T. McCutcheon, Arjun Appadurai, Aaron W. Hughes0, Martin S. Jaffee1, Nathan Katz2, Amy-Jill Levine3, Bruce Lincoln4, Tomoko Masuzawa5, Ann Pellegrini6, Judith Plaskow7, Jonathan Z. Smith8 ...
    In 2002, the University of Alabama's Department of Religious Studies established the annual Aronov Lecture Series to showcase the works of nationally recognized scholars of religion capable of reflecting on issues of wide relevance to scholars from across the humanities and social sciences. Writing Religion: The Case for the Critical Study of Religion is an edited collection of essays that ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

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  • A History of Religious Ideas Volume 1

    From the Stone Age to the Eleusinian Mysteries

    by Mircea Eliade ...
    Translated by Willard R. Trask ...
    Series Book 1 - A History of Religious Ideas
    "Everyone who cares about the human adventure will find new information and new angles of vision."—Martin E. Marty, The New York Times Book ReviewThis extraordinary work delves into the subject of religion in the prehistoric and ancient worlds—humankind's earliest quests for meaning. From Neanderthal burials to the mythology of the Iron Age, to the religions of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Israel, ... Read more

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  • Four Archetypes

    (From Vol. 9, Part 1 of the Collected Works of C. G. Jung) (New in Paper)

    by C. G. Jung ...
    Translated by R. F.C. Hull ...
    Series Book 1 - Jung Extracts
    One of Jung's most influential ideas has been his view, presented here, that primordial images, or archetypes, dwell deep within the unconscious of every human being. The essays in this volume gather together Jung's most important statements on the archetypes, beginning with the introduction of the concept in "Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious." In separate essays, he elaborates and ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Dreams

    (From Volumes 4, 8, 12, and 16 of the Collected Works of C. G. Jung)

    by C. G. Jung ...
    Translated by R. F. C. Hull ...
    Series series Bollingen Series
    Dream analysis is a distinctive and foundational part of analytical psychology, the school of psychology founded by C. G. Jung and his successors. This volume collects Jung's most insightful contributions to the study of dreams and their meaning. The essays in this volume, written by Jung between 1909 and 1945, reveal Jung's most essential views about dreaming--especially regarding the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Revolt Against the Modern World

    Politics, Religion, and Social Order in the Kali Yuga

    by Julius Evola ...
    With unflinching gaze and uncompromising intensity Julius Evola analyzes the spiritual and cultural malaise at the heart of Western civilization and all that passes for progress in the modern world. As a gadfly, Evola spares no one and nothing in his survey of what we have lost and where we are headed. At turns prophetic and provocative, Revolt against the Modern World outlines a profound ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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  • The Kingdom of Agarttha

    A Journey into the Hollow Earth

    by Marquis Alexandre Saint-Yves d'Alveydre ...
    First English translation of the book that introduced the realm of Hollow Earth• Explores the underground world of Agarttha, sometimes known as Shambhala, a realm that is spiritually and technologically advanced beyond our modern culture• One of the most influential works of 19th-century occultism• Written by the philosopher who influenced Papus, Rene Guénon, and Rudolf SteinerThe underground ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Philokalia

    A Classic Text of Orthodox Spirituality

    Edited by Brock Bingaman, Bradley Nassif ...
    The Philokalia (literally "love of the beautiful or good") is, after the Bible, the most influential source of spiritual tradition within the Orthodox Church. First published in Greek in 1782 by St. Nicodemos of the Holy Mountain and St. Macarios of Corinth, the Philokalia includes works by thirty-six influential Orthodox authors from the fourth to fifteenth-centuries such as Maximus the Confessor ... Read more

    $52.19 USD

  • Lords of the Left-Hand Path

    Forbidden Practices and Spiritual Heresies

    by Stephen E. Flowers, Ph.D. ...
    Examines the left-hand path and reveals the masters of the tradition• Explores the practices and beliefs of many left-hand path groups, including the Cult of Set, the Hell-Fire Club, and heretical Sufi, Zoroastrian, Christian, and Muslim sects• Investigates many infamous occult personalities, including Helena Blavatsky, Aleister Crowley, the Marquis de Sade, and Anton LaVey• Explains the true ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Gnostic Philosophy

    From Ancient Persia to Modern Times

    by Tobias Churton ...
    An extensive examination of the history of gnosticism and how its philosophy has influenced the Western esoteric tradition• Explains how the Gnostic understanding of self-realization is embodied in the esoteric traditions of the Rosicrucians and Freemasons• Explores how gnosticism continues to influence contemporary spirituality• Shows gnosticism to be a philosophical key that helps spiritual ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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