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  • Eros and the Pearl

    The Yezidi Cosmogonic Myth at the Crossroads of Mystical Traditions

    by Artur Rodziewicz ...
    Eros and the Pearl is the first monograph devoted to the Yezidi cosmogonic myth. It is based on the author’s field research among the Yezidi people in Iraq, Turkey, Georgia, and Armenia. The author focuses on the analysis of the cosmogonic motif of Pearl and Love and, referring to various source materials, traces the presence of analogous threads in other religious traditions, esp. Yarsanism, ... Read more

    $81.89 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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  • The Quest For Hermes Trismegistus

    by Gary Lachman ...
    From the sands of Alexandria via the Renaissance palaces of the Medicis, to our own times, this spiritual adventure story traces the profound influence of Hermes Trismegistus -- the 'thrice-great one', as he was often called -- on the western mind. For centuries his name ranked among the most illustrious of the ancient world. Considered by some a contemporary of Moses and a forerunner of Christ, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of Religious Ideas: Volume 3

    From Muhammad to the Age of Reforms

    by Mircea Eliade ...
    Translated by Alf Hiltebeitel, Diane Apostolos-Cappadona ...
    Series Book 3 - A History of Religious Ideas
    The conclusion of the three-volume history "rendered with the talent of one who is not only an academic writer but a novelist of considerable distinction" (David J. Levy, Times Higher Education Supplement).In A History of Religious Ideas. Mircea Eliade examines the movement of Jewish thought out of ancient Eurasia, the Christian transformation of the Mediterranean area and Europe, and the rise and ... Read more

    $20.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Shamanic Wisdom in the Pyramid Texts

    The Mystical Tradition of Ancient Egypt

    by Jeremy Naydler ...
    A radical reinterpretation of the Pyramid Texts as shamanic mystical wisdom rather than funerary rituals• Reveals the mystical nature of Egyptian civilization denied by orthodox Egyptologists• Examines the similarity between the pharaoh’s afterlife voyage and shamanic journeying• Shows shamanism to be the foundation of the Egyptian mystical traditionTo the Greek philosophers and other peoples of ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Zoroastrianism

    An Introduction

    by Associate Professor Jenny Rose ...
    Series series I.B.Tauris Introductions to Religion
    Zoroastrianism is one of the world's great ancient religions. In present-day Iran, significant communities of Zoroastrians (who take their name from the founder of the faith, the remarkable religious reformer Zoroaster) still practise the rituals and teach the moral precepts that once undergirded the officially state-sanctioned faith of the mighty Sasanian empire. Beyond Iran, the Zoroastrian ... Read more

    $30.79 USD

  • The Secret History of Hermes Trismegistus

    Hermeticism from Ancient to Modern Times

    by Florian Ebeling ...
    Translated by David Lorton ...
    "Perhaps Hermeticism has fascinated so many people precisely because it has made it possible to produce many analogies and relationships to various traditions: to Platonism in its many varieties, to Stoicism, to Gnostic ideas, and even to certain Aristotelian doctrines. The Gnostic, the esoteric, the Platonist, or the deist has each been able to find something familiar in the writings. One just ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • Zarathustra

    Myth - Message - History

    by Abolghassem Khamneipur ...
    ZARATHUSTRA WAS ONE OF THE GREATEST historical personalities known to us, and he forever shifted the course of civilization. Nevertheless, publications about him are fragmented and written for specialized academics only, making them incomprehensible to the general public. This book, for the first time, presents an easy and reader-friendly view for the educated general public. It examines its ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Rumi - Past and Present, East and West

    The Life, Teachings, and Poetry of Jalal al-Din Rumi

    by Franklin D. Lewis ...
    The definitive study of the world's bestselling poetDrawing on a vast array of sources, from writings of the poet himself to the latest scholarly literature, this new anniversary edition of the award-winning work examines the background, the legacy, and the continuing significance of Jalâl al-Din Rumi, today’s bestselling poet in the United States. With new translations of over fifty of Rumi’s ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Iqbal: Poet, Philosopher, and His Place in World Literature

    by Zafar M. Iqbal ...
    For most Urdu speakers in the Indian subcontinent, Iqbal has long been one of the most loved and admired poets. Much has been written about his poetry and philosophy . This book stays away from his politics. Iqbal first received recognition in the West in 1920 when his translation of Asrar-e-Khudi by R. A. Nicholson (The Secrets of the Self) first appeared. Most of the recurring criticism was on ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • And Muhammad Is His Messenger

    The Veneration of the Prophet in Islamic Piety

    by Annemarie Schimmel ...
    Series series Studies in Religion
    The important role of the Prophet Muhammad in the everyday lives of Muslims is usually overlooked by Western scholars and has consequently never been understood by the Western world. Using original sources in the various Islamic languages, Annemarie Schimmel explains the central place of Muhammad in Muslim life, mystical thought, and poetry. She sees the veneration of Muhammad as having many ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • General Introduction to Persian Literature

    History of Persian Literature A, Vol I

    Edited by J.T.P. Bruijn ...
    Series series History of Persian Literature
    Persian literature is the jewel in the crown of Persian culture. It has profoundly influenced the literatures of Ottoman Turkey, Muslim India and Turkic Central Asia and been a source of inspiration for Goethe, Emerson, Matthew Arnold and Jorge Luis Borges among others. Yet Persian literature has never received the attention it truly deserves."A History of Persian Literature" answers this need and ... Read more

    $153.89 USD