2023, ISBN: 9780883600498

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Bloomington, IN World Wisdom Books, 2004. Paperback First Edition USA (2004); unstated in accordance with World Wisdom Books' customary practice. First Edition USA (2004); unstated … Mehr…

Bloomington, IN World Wisdom Books, 2004. Paperback First Edition USA (2004); unstated in accordance with World Wisdom Books' customary practice. First Edition USA (2004); unstated in accordance with World Wisdom Books' customary practice. Fine in Wraps: flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of creases to the covers. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A like-new copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing no flaws. Bright and Clean. Virtually 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9 x 6.1 x 0.85 inches). xxv, 250 pages. Selected and Edited by James S. Cutsinger. Foreward by Antoine Faivre. Translated from the French by Mark Perry in collaboration with Jean-Pierre Lafouge, Deborah Casey and James S. Cutsinger. Language: English. Cover Painting by Frithjof Schuon. Weight: 14.4 ounces. The Writings of Frithjof Schuon Series. Trade Paperback. Frithjof Schuon is best known as the foremost spokesman of the religio perennis and as a philosopher in the metaphysical current of Shankara and Plato. Over the past 50 years, he has written more than 20 books on metaphysical, spiritual and ethnic themes as well as having been a regular contributor to journals on comparative religion in both Europe and America. Schuon's writings have been consistently featured and reviewed in a wide range of scholarly and philosophical publications around the world, respected by both scholars and spiritual authorities. Schuon was born in 1907 in Basle, Switzerland, of German parents. As a youth, he went to Paris, where he studied for a few years before undertaking a number of trips to North Africa, the Near East and India in order to contact spiritual authorities and witness traditional cultures. Following World War II, he accepted an invitation to travel to the American West, where he lived for several months among the Plains Indians, in whom he has always had a deep interest. Having received his education in France, Schuon has written all his major works in French, which began to appear in English translation in 1953. Of his first book, The Transcendent Unity of Religions (London, Faber & Faber) T.S. Eliot wrote: "I have met with no more impressive work in the comparative study of Oriental and Occidental religion." The traditionalist or "perennialist" perspective began to be enunciated in the West at the beginning of the twentieth century by the French philosopher Rene Guenon and by the Orientalist and Harvard professor Ananda Coomaraswamy. Fundamentally, this doctrine is the Sanatana Dharma--the "eternal religion"--of Hindu Vedantists. It was formulated in the West, in particular, by Plato, by Meister Eckhart in the Christian world, and is also to be found in Islam with Sufism. Every religion has, besides its literal meaning, an esoteric dimension, which is essential, primordial and universal. This intellectual universality is one of the hallmarks of Schuon's works, and it gives rise to many fascinating insights into not only the various spiritual traditions, but also history, science and art. The dominant theme or principle of Schuon's writings was foreshadowed in his early encounter with a Black marabout who had accompanied some members of his Senegalese village to Switzerland in order to demonstrate their culture. When the young Schuon talked with him, the venerable old man drew a circle with radii on the ground and explained: "God is in the center, all paths lead to Him.", World Wisdom Books, 2004., 0, Germany: Black Letter Press, 2023. First Edition. Hardcover bound in brown Buckram, Measures 100x160 mm, 120-gram red Endpapers, Printed on 115 g wood-free, age-resistant Arena Ivory Rough paper, Sewn book block, Ribbon marker. new/none as issued. Marco Sabbatani. The peculiar and startling effect of morphine on a person unaccustomed to its administration was happily illustrated in the instance of a gentleman to whom, under its influence (about three-eighths of a grain,) the dream to be related occurred. The Dream-God, or a Singular Evolvement of Thought in Sleep (1873), is, on the face of it, an account of a dream recalled and written down from memory of a journey taken under the influence of morphine administered as he recovered from a burn sustained on a South Carolina plantation. What ensues is a Swiftian night journey, an American Miraj, during which the sleeper is taken by the God of Sleep, Hypnos, on a flight around the world, taking in its elemental and spiritual wonders and the courts of empires. This is a whimsical satire of the world as it appeared in the New York newspapers of the time, when Russian imperial expansion was a source of anxiety, and the Qing and Ottoman courts were a source of deep Orientalist fascination. Underlying this is a Masonic discourse on the unity of religions which anticipates, and with its interest in Eastern religions may reflect, the foundation of Theosophy in New York in 1875. As such, this charming text illustrates how Theosophy crystallized from a literate alternative culture with global interests and reach. Artist Marco Sabbatani, who previously collaborated with us on The Flowers of Evil by Charles Baudelaire and A Season in Hell by Arthur Rimbaud, has once again graced one of our projects, infusing it with his distinctive style that marries a rich atmosphere, ominous imagery, and a touch of psychedelia. For The Dream-God, he created the cover, such as five illustrations in the book., Black Letter Press, 2023, 6, Fort Worth, Texas: Amon Carter Museum, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Cloth over boards is clean. DJ faded at spine with general light edge wear. ; Chapters on Thomas Eakins, American orientalists and classical idealists. Chapters on accomodating academic ieals to American imagery and the academic armature of American impressionism. Roster of Gerome's American pupils, 1864-1903, included. ; The Anne Burnett Tandy Lectures in American Civilization; Vol. 5; 10.25" tall; 112 pages., Amon Carter Museum, 1984, 2.75<

1984, ISBN: 9780883600498

Fort Worth, Texas: Amon Carter Museum, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Cloth over boards is clean. DJ faded at spine with … Mehr…

Fort Worth, Texas: Amon Carter Museum, 1984. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Sound binding and hinges. Clean, bright pages. Cloth over boards is clean. DJ faded at spine with general light edge wear. ; Chapters on Thomas Eakins, American orientalists and classical idealists. Chapters on accomodating academic ieals to American imagery and the academic armature of American impressionism. Roster of Gerome's American pupils, 1864-1903, included. ; The Anne Burnett Tandy Lectures in American Civilization; Vol. 5; 10.25" tall; 112 pages., Amon Carter Museum, 1984, 2.75<

1985, ISBN: 0883600498

[EAN: 9780883600498], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Amon Carter Museum], Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Boo… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780883600498], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Amon Carter Museum], Good condition. This is the average used book, that has all pages or leaves present, but may include writing. Book may be ex-library with stamps and stickers., Books<