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  • Destination Mecca
    Idries Shah
    ‘What was I? ‘A writer, a traveller – and an outlaw in a sense.’Idries Shah wrote this book before he became Idries Shah. It’s an adventure within an adventure.On one level it’s an immensely engaging collection of traveller’s tales. Whether stowing away on a smugglers’ ship or having an audience with a king, it’s a pleasure to spend time with Shah. On another level, you’ll see ...
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    17,64 €

  • Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection
    E.A. Wallis Budge / E.AWallis Budge
    2019 Reprint of 1911 Edition Originally Published in Two Volumes and Now Bound into One.  New introduction by Jane Harrison.  Two volumes bound in one.  In this book E. A. Wallis Budge, one of the world's foremost Egyptologists, focuses on Osiris as the single most important Egyptian deity.  In Ancient Egyptian mythology, Osiris was the god of the beyond whose death and res...
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    57,82 €

  • Sri Chaitanya’s Life and Teachings
    Long / Rosen / Steven Rosen
    Tucked away in ancient Sanskrit and Bengali texts is a secret teaching, a blissful devotional (bhakti) tradition that involves sacred congregational chanting (kīrtana), mindfulness practices (japa, smaraṇam), and the deepening of one’s relationship with God (rasa). Brought to the world’s stage by Śrī Chaitanya Mahāprabhu (1486-1533), and fully documented by his immediate follow...
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    54,15 €

  • The World of the Sufi
    Idries Shah
    Assembled by Idries Shah, The World of the Sufi is a comprehensive collection of learned essays and papers on the subject of Sufi thought. One of the book’s attractions is the way that it considers central questions and areas of study from different angles. Sufi literature, the use of humour, and Sufi communities in various cultural settings, are some of the many subjects discu...
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    18,45 €

  • The World of the Sufi
    Idries Shah
    Assembled by Idries Shah, The World of the Sufi is a comprehensive collection of learned essays and papers on the subject of Sufi thought. One of the book’s attractions is the way that it considers central questions and areas of study from different angles. Sufi literature, the use of humour, and Sufi communities in various cultural settings, are some of the many subjects discu...
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    11,45 €

  • El elefante en la oscuridad
    Idries Shah
    Un grupo de hombres intenta examinar un elefante en una habitación oscura.Agarrando diferentes partes – una oreja, una pierna, la cola – cada uno de ellos confunde la parte que está tocando con la totalidad… y se convence de que el elefante es un abanico o una cuerda o un pilar, etcétera.Con esta fábula del gigante Sufi Jalaluddin Rumi, la cual tiene más de setecientos años de ...
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    6,12 €

  • XVI Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies
    This book includes papers given at the XVI Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies (IOSCS), held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, in 2016. Essays from scholars from Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America identify and discuss new topics and lines of inquiry and develop fresh insights and arguments in existing areas of research into the Septua...
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    42,84 €

  • XVI Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies
    This book includes papers given at the XVI Congress of the International Organization for Septuagint and Cognate Studies (IOSCS), held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, in 2016. Essays from scholars from Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America identify and discuss new topics and lines of inquiry and develop fresh insights and arguments in existing areas of research into the Septua...
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    56,47 €

  • Debating Yoga and Mindfulness in Public Schools
    Candy Gunther Brown
    Yoga and mindfulness activities, with roots in Asian traditions such as Hinduism or Buddhism, have been brought into growing numbers of public schools since the 1970s. While they are commonly assumed to be secular educational tools, Candy Gunther Brown asks whether religion is truly left out of the equation in the context of public-school curricula. An expert witness in four le...
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    140,55 €

  • Debating Yoga and Mindfulness in Public Schools
    Candy Gunther Brown
    Yoga and mindfulness activities, with roots in Asian traditions such as Hinduism or Buddhism, have been brought into growing numbers of public schools since the 1970s. While they are commonly assumed to be secular educational tools, Candy Gunther Brown asks whether religion is truly left out of the equation in the context of public-school curricula. An expert witness in four le...
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    56,98 €

  • Legends of Ancient Egypt - Stories of Egyptian Gods and Heroes
    F. H. Brooksbank / FHBrooksbank
    'Legends of Ancient Egypt' is a fascinating treatise on Egyptian mythology, exploring the legendary stories of the various Egyptian Gods and Heroes. This classic study of Ancient Egyptian beliefs will appeal to those with an interest in this fascinating period of human history, and it would make for a worthy addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: 'The P...
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    24,28 €

  • The Chapters of Coming Forth by Day or The Theban Recension of the Book of the Dead - The Egyptian Hieroglyphic Text Edited from Numerous Papyrus
    Wallis E. A. Budge / Wallis EABudge
    This book contains the chapters of the 'Book of the Dead', an ancient Egyptian funerary text that was used starting from the beginning of the New Kingdom (approximately 1550 BCE) to approximately 50 BCE. Contents include: 'The Book of the Dead', 'Description of the Papyri', 'Introductory Hymns', 'Papyrus of Ani', 'Papyrus of Qenna', 'Papyrus of Hunefer', 'Papyrus of Ani', 'Papy...
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    25,46 €

  • Scarabs - The History, Manufacture and Religious Symbolism of the Scarabaeus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, Etc
    Isaac Myer
    Scarabs were popular amulets and impression seals in Ancient Egypt which have survived in large numbers to this day. Due to the various inscriptions they often had on them, they constitute an important information source for archaeologists and historians studying the ancient world. This vintage book contains a fantastic exploration of the importance of the scarab in Ancient Egy...
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    22,22 €

  • Spirits and Animism in Contemporary Japan
    Fabio Rambelli
    This book draws attention to a striking aspect of contemporary Japanese culture: the prevalence of discussions and representations of 'spirits†? (tama or tamashii). Ancestor cults have played a central role in Japanese culture and religion for many centuries; in recent decades, however, other phenomena have contributed to expand and diversify the realm of Japanese animism. For ...
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    173,92 €

  • The Jew a Negro
    Arthur Talmage Abernethy / PH.D Arthur Talmage Abernethy
    “The most the startling book of the year...its research is unanswerable.” -Literary Digest “The Jew a Negro” has been analyzed by numerous modern authors studying race relations in earlier times in America.Arthur Talmage Abernethy, PH. D., was a professor, Methodist pastor in New York and North Carolina, and a Democratic candidate for congress in North Carolina. He was a gifted...
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    8,03 €

  • The Jews of Africa
    Sidney Mendelssohn
    2019 Reprint of 1920 Edition.  Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software.  According to the author, “The present publication is the first to…endeavor to portray the separate and progressive history of the Jews in the different countries in which they have made their homes, since their expulsion from the land with which they had bee...
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    11,49 €

  • Egyptian Mythology and Egyptian Christianity - With Their Influence on the Opinions of Modern Christendom - With Additional Lecture on The Egyptian Conception on Immortality
    George Andrew Reisner / Samuel Sharpe
    First published in 1863, this vintage book contains a fascinating treatise on Egyptian mythology and Egyptian Christianity, looking in particular at their influences on modern Christianity. Also included is a the 1911 lecture 'The Egyptian Conception of Immortality' by George Andrew Reisner. Samuel Sharpe (1799 - 1881) was an English Unitarian banker. In his spare time, he made...
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    22,17 €

  • The Elephant in the Dark
    Idries Shah
    In a darkened room a group of men once sought to examine an elephant.Taking hold of a different part – an ear, a leg, the tail – each one mistook his particular part for the whole. In the darkness, each of the men became convinced that the elephant was the object he himself had felt – a fan, a rope, a pillar – and so on.With this ancient fable, first described by the Sufi Maste...
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    13,93 €

  • The Elephant in the Dark
    Idries Shah
    In a darkened room a group of men once sought to examine an elephant.Taking hold of a different part – an ear, a leg, the tail – each one mistook his particular part for the whole. In the darkness, each of the men became convinced that the elephant was the object he himself had felt – a fan, a rope, a pillar – and so on.With this ancient fable, first described by the Sufi Maste...
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    5,26 €

  • The World of the Sufi
    Idries Shah
    Assembled by Idries Shah, The World of the Sufi is a comprehensive collection of learned essays and papers on the subject of Sufi thought. One of the book’s attractions is the way that it considers central questions and areas of study from different angles. Sufi literature, the use of humour, and Sufi communities in various cultural settings, are some of the many subjects discu...
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    18,45 €

  • Food and Transformation in Ancient Mediterranean Literature
    Meredith J. C. Warren
    In this book Meredith J.C. Warren identifies and defines a new genre in ancient texts that she terms hierophagy, a specific type of transformational eating where otherworldly things are consumed. Multiple ancient Mediterranean, Jewish, and Christian texts represent the ramifications of consuming otherworldly food, ramifications which were understood across religious boundaries....
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    39,21 €

  • Food and Transformation in Ancient Mediterranean Literature
    Meredith J. C. Warren
    In this book Meredith J.C. Warren identifies and defines a new genre in ancient texts that she terms hierophagy, a specific type of transformational eating where otherworldly things are consumed. Multiple ancient Mediterranean, Jewish, and Christian texts represent the ramifications of consuming otherworldly food, ramifications which were understood across religious boundaries....
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    26,72 €

  • The World of the Sufi
    Idries Shah
    Assembled by Idries Shah, The World of the Sufi is a comprehensive collection of learned essays and papers on the subject of Sufi thought. One of the book’s attractions is the way that it considers central questions and areas of study from different angles. Sufi literature, the use of humour, and Sufi communities in various cultural settings, are some of the many subjects discu...
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    11,45 €

  • The Elephant in the Dark
    Idries Shah
    In a darkened room a group of men once sought to examine an elephant.Taking hold of a different part – an ear, a leg, the tail – each one mistook his particular part for the whole. In the darkness, each of the men became convinced that the elephant was the object he himself had felt – a fan, a rope, a pillar – and so on.With this ancient fable, first described by the Sufi Maste...
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    13,93 €

  • The Elephant in the Dark (Pocket Edition)
    Idries Shah
    In a darkened room a group of men once sought to examine an elephant.Taking hold of a different part – an ear, a leg, the tail – each one mistook his particular part for the whole. In the darkness, each of the men became convinced that the elephant was the object he himself had felt – a fan, a rope, a pillar – and so on.With this ancient fable, first described by the Sufi Maste...
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    5,26 €

  • The Simulation Hypothesis
    Rizwan Virk
    The Simulation Hypothesis, by best-selling author, renowned MIT computer scientist and Silicon Valley video game designer Rizwan Virk, is the first serious book to explain one of the most daring and consequential theories of our time.  Riz is the Executive Director of Play Labs @ MIT, a video game startup incubator at the MIT Game Lab.Drawing from research and concepts from com...
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    11,55 €

  • The Untold Story of Western Civilization Vol. 2
    Chuck Paprocki / Tom Paprocki
    The purpose of our story is to understand the roots of our subconscious programming regarding gender, race, class, religion, and nationality. These are the qualities by which we identify ourselves. They are the constructs by which we live our lives. And yet, our sentimental attachments to these constructs do not allow us to think for the welfare of our species. We cannot fathom...
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    14,21 €

  • Armenian Apocrypha Relating to Biblical Heroes
    Michael E. Stone
    The Armenian tradition is particularly richly endowed with tales of biblical heroes such as such as Adam, Noah, Abraham, Solomon, Daniel and Susanna, and more. Michael E. Stone translates these stories from medieval manuscripts into English and shows how some ancient traditions dating to the Second Temple period were transmitted and transformed by Armenian authors. The texts re...
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    53,60 €

  • Armenian Apocrypha Relating to Biblical Heroes
    Michael E. Stone
    The Armenian tradition is particularly richly endowed with tales of biblical heroes such as such as Adam, Noah, Abraham, Solomon, Daniel and Susanna, and more. Michael E. Stone translates these stories from medieval manuscripts into English and shows how some ancient traditions dating to the Second Temple period were transmitted and transformed by Armenian authors. The texts re...
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    41,10 €

  • Documents from the Luciferians
    Colin M. Whiting
    This volume includes English translations of several documents written by the Luciferians, a group of fourth-century Christians whose name derives from the bishop Lucifer of Cagliari, that highlight connections between developments in Christian theology and local Christian communities in the course of the fourth century. The most important document, the Luciferian petition call...
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    66,06 €


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