"There is no time for faddish and superficial books about the spiritual life. If it is inspiration and guidance we want, we could do no better than to read the selections in this book slowly and medit...

Meeting for long midnight conversations in Paris, two poets and prophetic peacemakers-one an exiled Buddhist monk, the other a Jesuit priest-range widely over memory, death, religion, prison and exile...

Here is a book for anyone interested in the beliefs and rituals of the world's major religions.It is the only book gathering ceremonies from most of the world's major religions into one volume.There a...

"In Living Buddha, Living Christ, the best-selling Vietnamese Zen master opened the door to dialogue between the living traditions of Christianity and Buddhism. This next book deepens the dialogue, in...

Scully leads readers on 50 guided journeys into the spirit world of sacred totems and oracles, including journeys of awakening, transformation, healing, celebration and liberation and animal teachi...

In this provocative book, the author sifts through the work of a multi-disciplinary array of scholars to present the first comparative study of the traditional religions of northern africa and arabia,...

The first of two metaphysical trilogies, this book invites the reader to tap into that which God IS, into Wisdom, into Creative Intelligence. First published six years ago, this 1993 revised edition h...

This encyclopedia is the first of its kind to provide information about active cults and sects throughout the world. Over 2,200 entries are listed. Lavishly illustrated with black and white photos thr...

The Inner Palace investigates Wisdom Traditions from around the world and the sacred realities they reveal. These rich teachings are presented gradually, in a conversational tone, invoking a sense of ...

The Inner Palace investigates Wisdom Traditions from around the world and the sacred realities they reveal. These rich teachings are presented gradually, in a conversational tone, invoking a sense of ...

Certain spiritual principles present since the dawn of time are now again rising to consciousness with renewed force, for reasons beyond the efforts of organized religion. This treatise on the history...

From Hinduism to Catholicism, Rastafarianism to Shamanism, here is an accessible, comprehensive look at the histories, sacred texts, beliefs and practices of the world's religions. This concise, strai...

In Living Buddha, Living Christ, the author explores the spiritual crossroads where the tradition of Christianity and Buddhism meet. Living Buddha, Living Christ reawakens our understanding of both r...

The monotheistic faiths that dominate Western history are relative newcomers compared to the ancient spiritual heritage they banished through civil laws. This book sheds new light on the ancient origi...

The paradox of religion is that it is at once responsible for both the highest achievements and the cruelest inhumanity in human history. How can we understand this enigma? Divisive religion separates...

This introduction to bowing and related spiritual practices shows Western spiritual seekers how to do it and why. The author describes her personal exploration of this sacred art as practiced in the K...

The title of the Daodejing (or Tao te Ching) might be usefully rendered The way the universe works, for Laozi taught that people should ignore the pressures of society and align themselves to the unde...

With the perspective of a passionate historian and the clarity of a modern-day medicine woman, cruden zeroes in on the rich meaning of the celtic spirit in contemporary times. She examines the celtic ...

This intriguing look into humankind's search for answers to the spiritual and philosophical mysteries of life focuses on five major religious disciplines of the world. With analytical precision as wel...

History illustrates the power of religion to bring about change. Describing how world religions have begun to broaden their focus on God-human and human-human relationships to encompass human-Earth re...