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  • Aubrey Burl – Prehistoric Avebury
    Aubrey Burl – Prehistoric Avebury
    $6.00 | , ,

    This magnificent book is a fascinating account of the prehistoric stone circles at Avebury, which not only date from an earlier era but are also larger than the more famous […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Hermetica: The Lost Wisdom of the Pharaohs
    The Hermetica: The Lost Wisdom of the Pharaohs
    $6.00 | , ,

    Serving as a theological basis for major world religions such as Christianity and Islam, the Hermetica has had an influence on Western culture that cannot be overstated. The collection of […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Rudolf Wittkower – Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism
    Rudolf Wittkower – Architectural Principles in the Age of Humani…
    $6.00 | , ,

    A brief examination of the theory and practice of Renaissance architecture that draws attention to the values underlying this style This book is in Good readable condition. It has been […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Conscious Universe: The Scientific Truth of Psychic Phenomena
    The Conscious Universe: The Scientific Truth of Psychic Phenomena
    $6.00 | , ,

    This myth-shattering book explains the evidence for the veracity of psychic phenomena, uniting the teachings of mystics, the theories of quantum physics, and the latest in high-tech experiments. [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Heart of Creation: The Mesoamerican World and the Legacy of Linda Schele
    Heart of Creation: The Mesoamerican World and the Legacy of Linda Sche…
    $15.00 | , ,

    This accessible, state-of-the-art review of Mayan hieroglyphics and cosmology also serves as a tribute to one of the field’s most noted pioneers. The core of this book focuses on the […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Edward S. Casey – Spirit and Soul: Essays in Philosophical Psychology
    Edward S. Casey – Spirit and Soul: Essays in Philosophical Psych…
    $12.00 | , ,

    In a clear and vivid manner, Edward S. Casey, one of Americas finest thinkers, takes up the great themes of imagination, remembering, perceiving, and place. A brilliant and useful account […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Guy Sircello – Love and Beauty
    Guy Sircello – Love and Beauty
    $25.00 | , ,

    Building on concepts developed in his previously published New Theory of Beauty, Guy Sircello constructs a bold and provocative theory of love in which the objects of love are the […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Jonathan Cott – Isis and Osiris
    Jonathan Cott – Isis and Osiris
    $8.00 | , ,

    The author of Pipers at the Gates of Dawn interviews worshipers, philosophers, historians, and psychologists worldwide to understand the tenacity and influence of the Ur myth of death and [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Roger Penrose – The Emperor’s New Mind
    Roger Penrose – The Emperor’s New Mind
    $8.00 | , ,

    For decades, proponents of artificial intelligence have argued that computers will soon be doing everything that a human mind can do. Admittedly, computers now play chess at the grandmaster [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Howard S Hoffman – Vision and the Art of Drawing
    Howard S Hoffman – Vision and the Art of Drawing
    $8.00 | , ,

    Explaining vision, perception, and right-brain hemisphere theory in a clear style, this book brings together art and science in a way that readers can use to increase their visual perception […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Caitlin Matthews – The Elements of the Goddess
    Caitlin Matthews – The Elements of the Goddess
    $8.00 | , ,

    This text looks at the myth of the Goddess in western culture. It discusses such qestions as: what are the myths that surround her?; how can we define and understand […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Richard Temple – Icons and the Mystical Origins of Christianity
    Richard Temple – Icons and the Mystical Origins of Christianity
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    This searching work uses the imagery of icons as the basis for an exploration of the true mystical source of the Christian faith. Richard Temple points out that icons themselves […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Rudolf Steiner – The Secret Stream : Christian Rosenkreutz and Rosicrucianism
    Rudolf Steiner – The Secret Stream : Christian Rosenkreutz and R…
    $7.00 | , ,

    During the early seventeenth century, Europe was suddenly embroiled in controversy after the publication of the first Rosicrucian texts. Ever since, Rosicrucianism has been at the center of [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Amir D. Aczel – The Mystery of the Aleph
    Amir D. Aczel – The Mystery of the Aleph
    $7.00 | , ,

    From the end of the 19th century until his death, one of history’s most brilliant mathematicians languished in an asylum. The Mystery of the Aleph tells the story of Georg […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • John Mitchell – Megalithomania
    John Mitchell – Megalithomania
    $7.00 | , ,

    John Michell tells the wonderful story of the reactions, ancient and modern, to these prehistoric relics, whether astronomical, legendary, mystical or visionary. This book is in Good readable [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife
    The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife
    $7.00 | , ,

    Ancient Egyptians held a rich and complex vision of the afterlife and codified their beliefs in books that were to be discovered more than two millennia later in royal tombs. […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Kabbalah: Three Thousand Years Of Mystic Tradition
    Kabbalah: Three Thousand Years Of Mystic Tradition
    $7.00 | , ,

    Hebrew scholar and author of “Dead Sea The Untold Story” turns his attention to the enthralling history of Kabbalah–depicting how it has developed through three millennia to [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Chinese Horoscopes: The Twelve Signs and What They Mean
    Chinese Horoscopes: The Twelve Signs and What They Mean
    $10.00 | , ,

    An in-depth guide to the history & meaning of the Chinese zodiac system. This book is in Good readable condition. It has been read and may show some age & […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Spycomm: Covert Communication Techniques Of The Underground
    Spycomm: Covert Communication Techniques Of The Underground
    $80.00 | , ,

    “Guerrillas, fugitives and other members of the “underground” must exploit existing resources to communicate secretly. This book tells you how they use improvised microfilm, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Loving Man: A Photographic Guide To Gay Male Lovemaking
    Loving Man: A Photographic Guide To Gay Male Lovemaking
    $75.00 | , ,

    One of the first sex-ed & health guides for gay men. Hark Publishing, 1976 Hardcover edition. Some sagging from spine and wear to boards. Discoloration to edges of pages.

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Richard Wollheim – Painting as an Art
    Richard Wollheim – Painting as an Art
    $20.00 | , , ,

    Painting as an Art is acclaimed philosopher Richard Wollheim’s encompassing vision of how to view art. Transcending the traditional boundaries of art history, Wollheim draws on his three great [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Luce Irigaray – je, tu, nous: Toward a Culture of Difference
    Luce Irigaray – je, tu, nous: Toward a Culture of Difference
    $8.00 | , , ,

    Irigaray offers the clearest available introduction to her own work. Focusing on power, women, gender and patriarchal mythologies, she lays out what for her has become the central problem for [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • John Meyendorff – Christ in Eastern Christian Thought
    John Meyendorff – Christ in Eastern Christian Thought
    $8.00 | , , ,

    This major study of Byzantine Christology is at the same time a study of the Orthodox understanding of man and his salvation. Focusing on the concept of hypostasis or “person,” […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Book Before Printing: Ancient, Medieval and Oriental
    The Book Before Printing: Ancient, Medieval and Oriental
    $8.00 | , , ,

    It is probable that the earliest “books” were written on wood or leaves as early as the fourth millennium B.C. These fragile materials, unfortunately, have not come down to us. […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Mirror of the Gods: How the Renaissance Artists Rediscovered the Pagan Gods
    The Mirror of the Gods: How the Renaissance Artists Rediscovered the P…
    $8.00 | , , ,

    By the end of the 15th century, the remains of the ancient gods littered the landscape of Western Europe. Christianity had erased the religions of ancient Greece and Rome and […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • C.G. Jung & C. Kerenyi – Essays on a Science of Mythology
    C.G. Jung & C. Kerenyi – Essays on a Science of Mythology
    $7.00 | , , ,

    Essays on a Science of Mythology is a cooperative work between C. Kerényi, who has been called “the most psychological of mythologists,” and C. G. Jung, who has been called […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Homage to Pythagoras: Rediscovering Sacred Science
    Homage to Pythagoras: Rediscovering Sacred Science
    $7.00 | , , ,

    These articles, both scholarly and sympathetic to the Pythagorean perspective, are proof of the contemporary interest in Pythagoras’ philosophy as a living reality. Homage to Pythagoras is [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Z’Ev Ben Shimon Halevi – Kabbalah and Exodus
    Z’Ev Ben Shimon Halevi – Kabbalah and Exodus
    $7.00 | , , ,

    Examines the connection between the old testament and the Kabbalistic system. This book is in Good readable condition. It has been read and may show some age & wear to […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Celebration: Studies in Festivity and Ritual
    Celebration: Studies in Festivity and Ritual
    $7.00 | , , ,

    Includes material on ceremonial masks, Western Ashkenazic torah binders, Canela initiation festivals, potlatch ceremonies, Chamula carnivals, early 19th-century Protestant radicals, Penitentes, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Dennis Altman – Global Sex
    Dennis Altman – Global Sex
    $6.00 | , , ,

    Global Sex is the first major work to take on the globalization of sexuality, examining the ways in which desire and pleasure—as well as ideas about gender, political power, and […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Sacred Geometry: Philosophy & Practice
    Sacred Geometry: Philosophy & Practice
    $8.00 | , , ,

    The thinkers of ancient Egypt, Greece and India recognized that numbers governed much of what they saw in their world and hence provided an approach to its divine creator. Robert […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Lionrock ‎– An Instinct For Detection
    Lionrock ‎– An Instinct For Detection
    $35.00 | , , ,

    “There’s something joyous afoot throughout Lionrock’s excellent, overlooked gem of an album An Instinct for Detection. Equal parts throbbing, frazzled instrumentals and tracks [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Surgeon – Basictonal-remake
    Surgeon – Basictonal-remake
    $18.00 | , , ,

    Dark and brooding techno from a master of the genre Label: Tresor – Tresor 85 Format: Vinyl, 12″ Country: Germany Released: 1997 VG+/VG. In label dj sleeve, light marks on […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Aphex Twin – Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt2 (EP)
    Aphex Twin – Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt2 (EP)
    $18.00 | , , ,

      Label: Warp Records ‎– WAP375 Format: Vinyl, 12″, EP Country: UK Released: 2015 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Jeff Mills – Metropolis Metropolis
    Jeff Mills – Metropolis Metropolis
    $40.00 | , , ,

    “Detroit techno icon Jeff Mills has created a new electronic score for Fritz Lang’s 1927 classic film Metropolis. Metropolis Metropolis is Mills’s second soundtrack for the [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • The Traveler’s Key to Northern India
    The Traveler’s Key to Northern India
    $10.00 | , ,

    Describes the historical background and religious significance of temples, shrines, palaces, and pilgrimage sites, and includes information on their art, architecture and legends This book is in [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Robert Somerlott – Here, Mr. Splitfoot: An Informal Education into Modern Occultism
    Robert Somerlott – Here, Mr. Splitfoot: An Informal Education in…
    $7.00 | , ,

    Chapters include occult stars, identifying spirits, poltergeists, crystal-gazers, host of prophets, occult kaleidoscope, bibliography, index. A witty and informal exploration into modern read [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • S. Giedion – The Eternal Present: Volume I: The Beginnings of Art
    S. Giedion – The Eternal Present: Volume I: The Beginnings of Ar…
    $32.00 | , ,

    “Professor Giedion, well known as an historian of architecture, is concerned in this latest work with a problem that in his view has come more and more into the the […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • The Way of Cartouche: An Oracle of Ancient Egyptian Magic
    The Way of Cartouche: An Oracle of Ancient Egyptian Magic
    $8.00 | , ,

    Written by Murry Hope, the book delves into the mystical practices of ancient Egypt, offering insights into magick studies and divination. This book is in Good readable condition. It has […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul: What Gnarly Computation Taught Me About Ultimate Reality, the Meaning of Life, and How to Be Happy
    The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul: What Gnarly Computation Taugh…
    $8.00 | , ,

    A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step, goes the ancient saying. This concept is at the root of the computational worldview, which basically says that very complex […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Louis Marin – To Destroy Painting
    Louis Marin – To Destroy Painting
    $8.00 | , ,

    The work of the eminent French cultural critic Louis Marin (1931-92) is becoming increasingly important to English-speaking scholars concerned with issues of representation. To Destroy Painting, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Hal Foster – The Return of the Real: Art and Theory at the End of the Century
    Hal Foster – The Return of the Real: Art and Theory at the End o…
    $7.00 | , ,

    In The Return of the Real Hal Foster discusses the development of art and theory since 1960, and reorders the relation between prewar and postwar avant-gardes. Opposed to the assumption […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Foundations of High Magick: The Magical Philosophy
    Foundations of High Magick: The Magical Philosophy
    $30.00 | , ,

    The definitive work on Western mystic traditions which traces the origins and re-interprets Occultism for modern day readers. This book is in Good readable condition. It has been read and […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Egon Sendler – The Icon: Image of the Invisible
    Egon Sendler – The Icon: Image of the Invisible
    $30.00 | , ,

    A comprehensive study of the theology of the Icon and its history, the aesthetics of the Icon and its structures, and the techniques and steps to paint an Icon, this […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Art of the Icon: a Theology of Beauty
    The Art of the Icon: a Theology of Beauty
    $30.00 | , ,

    A presentation on the biblical and patristic vision of beauty, applied then to contemporary movements in art. A ‘theology of the icon’ from a personal point of view, as well […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Forbidden Image: An Intellectual History of Iconoclasm
    The Forbidden Image: An Intellectual History of Iconoclasm
    $18.00 | , ,

    Philosophers and theologians have long engaged in intense debate and introspection over the representation of the deity, its possibilities and its proscriptions. The Forbidden Image traces the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Arnold I Davidson –  Emergence of Sexuality: Historical Epistemology and the Formation of Concepts
    Arnold I Davidson – Emergence of Sexuality: Historical Epistemo…
    $15.00 | , ,

    In a book that moves between philosophy and history, and with lasting significance for both, Arnold Davidson elaborates a powerful new method for considering the history of concepts and the […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Bojana Mojsov – Osiris: Death and Afterlife of a God
    Bojana Mojsov – Osiris: Death and Afterlife of a God
    $15.00 | , ,

    Bojana Mojsov tells the story of the cult of Osiris from beginning to end, sketching its development throughout 3,000 years of Egyptian history. Draws together the numerous records about Osiris [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Rudolf Wittkower – Allegory and the Migration of Symbols
    Rudolf Wittkower – Allegory and the Migration of Symbols
    $10.00 | , ,

    “This book has a taxonomy of sets of similar symbols with which the history of their locations, uses, and meanings can be put together to see the whole. Well researched […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • F.M Cornford – From Religion to Philosophy: A Study in the Origins of Western Speculation
    F.M Cornford – From Religion to Philosophy: A Study in the Origi…
    $8.00 | , ,

    This exploration of early Western philosophy traces the religious roots of science and systematic speculation. Cornford, a distinguished historian of ancient philosophy, combines deep classical [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction