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World Religions and Philosophy
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Buddha In Glory Center of all centers, core of cores,almond self-enclosed and growing sweet-all this universe, to the furthest starsand beyond them, is your flesh, your fruit.
Now you feel how nothing clings to you;your vast shell reaches into endless space,and there the rich, thick fluids rise and flow.Illuminated in your infinite peace,
a billion stars spinning through the night,blazing high above your head.But in you is the presence thatwill be, when all the stars are dead. - Rainer Maria Rilke | | Truth is One - according to Ramakrishna People worship God according to their tastes and temperaments. The mother cooks the same fish differently for her children, that each one may have what suits his stomach. For some she cooks the rich dish of pilau. But not all the children can digest it. For those with weak stomachs she prepares soup. Some, again, like fried fish or pickled fish. It depends on one's taste.... I see people who talk about religion constantly quarreling with one another. Hindus, Mussulmans, Brahmos, Saktas, Vaishnavas, Saivas all quarrel with one another. Click for more. |
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The Direct Path: Creating a Journey to the Divine
Andrew Harvey
Broadway, New York, 2000.
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Today more Americans than ever consider themselves to be "spiritual" people, and yet attendance at religious institutions is down, perhaps because many of us are searching for a way to encounter the divine on our own terms.
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The Celtic and Scandinavian Religions
J.A. MacCulloch
Academy Chicago, 1997.
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In this unique study, the author compares Celtic mythology and religion with the beliefs of early Scandinavian society.
Vikings and Norsemen who raided British shores ruled parts of Britain for centuries. The religion of the Scandinavians was the same as the religious beliefs and practices of their fellow Teutonic and Germanic tribes, and their chief deities and religious rituals were like those of Teutonic people anyJšre.
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Ancient Christian Magic: Coptic Texts of Ritual Power
Ed. Marvin W. Meyer and Richard Smith
Princeton, 1999
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Meyer (The Secret Teachings of Jesus, 1984) and Smith (The Nag Hamadi Library, not reviewed) provide literate and entertaining translations of a variety of early Christian magical incantations. For too long, the editors contend, scholars have tended to draw distinctions between what is called "religion" and what is termed mere "magic."
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City of God
St. Augustine
Modern Library 1994
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No book except the Bible itself had a greater influence on the Middle Ages than Augustine's The City of
God. And since medieval Europe was the cradle of modern Western society, this work is vital for understanding
our world and how it came into being
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Sufi: Expressions of the Mystic Quest
Lalch Bakhtor
Thames and Hudson, London, 1987
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Sufism is the inner dimension of Islam, expressing hidden archetypes in concrete symbols. To the Sufi, both the ritual of the worshiper and the work of the craftsman evoke the life that resides in all things: the preparedness of matter to answer the call of God.
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Zen
Anne Bancroft
Thames and Hudson, New York 1987
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An insightful look at Zen and Zen teahcings from a well-known lecturer of Zen and related subjects. Illustrated.
- Ingram
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The Essential Rumi
Translated by Coleman Barks
Castle Books, New Jersey, 1995
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No translator could do greater justice to the gorgeous simplicity of
Rumi's poetry than
Coleman Barks has done here. These exquisite
renderings of the 13th-century Persian
mystic's words into American free verse capture
all the "inner searching, the delicacy,
and simple groundedness" that characterize
Rumi's poetry while remaining faithful to
the images, tone, and spiritual message of the
originals. Barks's introductions to each
of the 27 sections (described as "playful
palimpsests spread over Rumi's
imagination," and "meant to confuse scholars who
would divide Rumi's poetry into
the accepted categories") are themselves
wonderful achievements of a poetic
imagination; searching explanations of
unfamiliar concepts and funny stories provide
colorful background and frame the selections as
no dry historical exegesis could.
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The Shambhala Guide to Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism
Perle Besserman
Shambhala Pubns
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Jewish mystics from biblical times to the present have explored the hidden secrets of the Torah in quest of a single goal: to lose the self in the Infinite "No-thingness" (Ein Sof) and be at one with God. In language accessible to the layperson, this Shambhala Guide provides a detailed introduction to the complex world of Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism.
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Problems of Suffering in the Religions of the World
John Bowker
DK Publishing, New York, 1975
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A comparative general study of the problems of suffering as treated by Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Marxism, Hinduism and Buddhism.
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The Book of the Dead :The Hieroglyphic Transcript and Translation into English of the Papyrus of Ani
trans. E.A. Wallis Budge
University Books, New Jersey, 1960.
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Covers ancient Egyptian mythology, religious beliefs, and magical practices while presenting the words of common spells, incantations, hymns, magical formulas, and prayers in a thoroughly explained format.
- Ingram
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