World Wisdom: 168 books
Sufism
Veil and Quintessence A New Translation with Selected Letters
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2006
This new edition of Frithjof Schuon's important work, Sufism: Veil and Quintessence, is a fully revised translation from the French original and has an extensive Appendix containing previously unpublished letters and other private writings.
The Essential Shinran
A Buddhist Path of True Entrusting
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2006
Renowned scholar of Shin Buddhism, Alfred Bloom, presents the life and spiritual legacy of Shinran Shonin, the influential religious reformer and founder of Pure Land Buddhism, the most popular school of Buddhism in Japan today. Bloom presents a wide selection of Shinran’s essential writings on...
Living In Amida's Universal Vow
Essays on Shin Buddhism
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2004
Though it has been in the West for over one hundred years, Pure Land and Shin Buddhism has been little known or understood among Western peoples. This book brings together a sampling of the resources available for the study of Shin Pure Land Buddhism through a variety of essays from important and...
The Earth Made New
Plains Indian Stories of Creation
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2009
This book celebrates the American Indian belief that the cycle of Creation is taking place around us at all times. In this beautifully illustrated edition, replete with stunning watercolors, Goble tells the remarkable Plains Indian story of the remaking of Earth after the flood, when the creatures who...
Tipi
Home of the Nomadic Buffalo Hunters
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Award-winning author Paul Goble examines the construction, art, and significance of the tipi to the Plains Indians in his newest book, entitled Tipi: Home of the Nomadic Buffalo Hunters. Through a re-telling of the old-timer's stories, Goble shows how the tipi was more than just a home, but an expression of spiritual beliefs.
The Quiet Way
A Christian Path to Inner Peace
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2008
Though you may not know Gerhard Tersteegen by name, you will likely find his hymn "Thou hidden love of God" in your hymnal. If you read further, you will see that this hymn was translated by none other than John Wesley – a great admirer of Tersteegen. Now you too can be inspired by the same words that...
by Mateus Soares de Azevado
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
In this groundbreaking work, award-winning Brazilian journalist Azevedo presents a frank and objective account of how the label of “fundamentalism” can be applied to religious and secular ‘faiths’ alike. In the 21st century, passionate and emotional attachment to a single point of view, and the...
The Betrayal of Tradition
Essays on the Spiritual Crisis of Modernity
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2004
This collection of essays by eminent traditionalists and contemporary thinkers throws into sharp relief many of the urgent problems of today.
Horse Raid
The Making of a Warrior
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2014
For the tribes of the American plains in the Buffalo Days of the pre-reservation life, horse raiding was a chance for men to show their courage and bravery in battle. “No man can help another to be brave,” says grandfather to fourteen-year-old Lone Bull, “but through brave deeds you may become...
The Way and the Mountain
Tibet, Buddhism, and Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2008
The Way and the Mountain is a selection of Marco Pallis’ most important writings on Tibetan Buddhism. He provides the keen observations of a Westerner as he makes sense of spiritual practices, moral systems, modes of dress, and other traditions that are often hard to understand unless described by an open and seeking soul.
From the Divine to the Human
A New Translation with Selected Letters
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2014
In this book, which has been called a synthesis of his whole message, Frithjof Schuon invites us to explore aspects of humankind's relationship with the Divine, including our sense of the sacred, the conditions of our existence, the symbolism of the human body, and the question of accepting or refusing...
by Frithjof Schuon
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
During the last three years of his life Frithjof Schuon wrote approximately 3,500 short poems in his mother tongue German. These poems, which have been called “metaphysical music,” cover every possible aspect of spiritual doctrine, practice and virtue, as well as the role and function of beauty....
Adastra & Stella Maris
Poems by Frithjof Schuon
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2003
The spiritual traveler may carry this German/English bilingual book of poems for a lifetime and not exhaust its content.
The Hunter’s Promise
An Abenaki Tale
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2015
“Promise to remember me” was the only thing that the mysterious and beautiful woman had ever said to him. She had appeared from nowhere one day, when the hunter had been alone during the long winter months. Just as suddenly she has disappeared again, but the hunter was sure we would keep his promise...