World Wisdom: 168 books
The Boy & His Mud Horses
& Other Stories from the Tipi
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Beautifully illustrated by award-winning author Paul Goble, The Boy and His Mud Horses features a collection of 27 traditional stories from different Native American tribes, including the Pawnee, Cheyenne, Blackfoot, and Lakota. Also includes a foreword by Albert White Hat, Sr., a nationally respected Lakota leader and linguist.
by Alexis York Lumbard
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2015
Have you ever wondered why pine trees stay green all winter long and don’t lose their leaves like other trees? According to an ancient legend attributed to the Cherokee Indians, it was a simple act of kindness towards an injured little bird that earned pine trees this very honor. Retold by award-winning...
Indian Boyhood
The True Story of a Sioux Upbringing
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2016
Imagine a childhood full of adventure. Where riding horses, playing in the woods, and hunting for food was part of everyday life; where a grizzly bear, a raccoon, or a squirrel was your favorite pet. But imagine, too, being an orphan at the age of six, being forced off your land by U.S. soldiers,...
Gifts of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Patroness of Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
Just before dawn on Saturday the 9th of December, 1531, Juan Diego was on his way to Mass near Mexico City. He came to a hill known as Tepeyac just as day broke. He could hear the singing of many beautiful birds, but then the singing suddenly stopped. As he looked towards the top of the hill he heard...
by Jacqueline Jules
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
Long ago, when the world was brand new, all birds were naked. It wasn’t fair. Foxes had fur. Turtles had shells. Birds deserved warm coats, too. Disgruntled, they approach the first full spring moon for advice. Birds of all shapes and sizes attend the meeting. Everyone except Peacock. He arrives on...
The Underlying Religion
An Introduction to the Perennial Philosphy
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2007
The Underlying Religion is an anthology of 25 essays by 14 of the leading exponents of the “perennialist” or “traditionalist” school of comparative religious thought, associated with René Guénon, Ananda Coomaraswamy, and Frithjof Schuon. This school is well known for its espousal of the “transcendent...
Spiritual Perspectives and Human Facts
A New Translation with Selected Letters
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2007
This new edition of philosopher Frithjof Schuon’s classic Spiritual Perspectives and Human Facts is a fully revised translation of the French edition, and contains a new extensive appendix of previously unpublished selections from Schuon’s letters and other private writings related to the topics...
Prayer Fashions Man
Frithjof Schuon on the Spiritual Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2004
In this newly revised English translation from the French, including a comprehensive glossary, this volume surveys the enormous range of Schuon's writngs on prayer and spiritual life.
Music Of The Sky: An Anthology Of Spirit
An Anthology of Spiritual Poetry
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
A collection of spiritual poetry from antiquity to the present, reflecting many styles and expressions of our experince of the sacred through the medium of poetry. Organized into three universal dimensions of spiritual life, the awareness of suffering and death, the experience of the depth of compassion...
The Essential Vedanta
A New Source Book of Advaita Vedanta
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2004
This book is the only comprehensive introduction to Advaita Vedanta that traces the history of this tradition by means of primary sources. The sources (in translation) are drawn from Sanskrit texts by some of the most important advaitic thinkers. The editors have filled in the appropriate background...
In the Face of the Absolute
A New Translation with Selected Letters
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
Religion scholar Huston Smith called Frithjof Schuon "the most important religious thinker of [the 20th] century." In this revised edition of his classic work, perennialist author Frithjof Schuon addresses diverse aspects of the religious phenomenon with his characteristic authority. In the book’s...
The Shin Buddhist Classical Tradition
A Reader in Pure Land Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2014
This book is an anthology of passages gathered from the leading monks and teachers of the Pure Land, or Shin, school of Buddhist teaching. Extending from the foundational texts and first interpreters in the 4th century, to Rennyo in the15th century, Professor Bloom’s selections trace the development...
Islam, Fundamentalism, and the Betrayal of Tradition, Revised and Expanded
Essays by Western Muslim Scholars
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2009
Eight years after the horrific attacks of September 11th, misunderstanding and distrust between Islam and the West are still as rampant as ever. In this new and fully revised edition of his critically acclaimed book, Joseph Lumbard collects a series of essays that explain not only the veil of misconceptions...
The Power of the Sacred Name
Indian Spirituality Inspired by Mantras
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2011
In Hinduism, as in all of the great religious traditions from around the globe, the repeating or singing of a sacred name is an integral part of prayer and daily life. With chapters that explore the contribution of Mahatma Gandhi and Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, this edited collection of the writing...