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Philosophy
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Thinkers, Saints, Heretics
Spiritual Paths of the Middle Ages
Virginia Sease and Manfred Schmidt-Brabant
Softbound
$30.00
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Whether souls have returned in physical incarnations as Platonists, as Aristotelians, as pupils of Chartres, as members of the Dominican Order, as Templars, as Cathars, or whether these souls accompany us as spiritual beings, a stream of spiritual continuity that begins in the Middle Ages flows through human history.
- Manfred Schmidt-Brabant
Why do people today look back to the Middle Ages with such interest? Are those times related in some way with the present? In this enlightening series of lectures, Manfred Schmidt-Brabant and Virginia Sease suggest that our sense of self depends on creating a true relationship to the present age. To do this, however, we must understand the spiritual roots of our time. The authors suggest that those roots may be found in the Middle Ages. The impulses that originate from that time continue to flow into the present, helping to shape our thinking, feeling and actions. Even the history of Europe is determined largely by the thinking of people during the Middle Ages, which has endured to be believed and fought over. This emerges today in individual consciousness as well as in the fabric of our communities.
To help us undersatnd this critical period, the authors embark on a broad historical survey of the culture and history—exoteric and esoteric—of the Middle Ages. Their journey takes in King Arthur and the Celtic mysteries; Francis of Assisi, the Franciscans and the School of Chartres; Thomas Aquinas, Averroes, and the Dominicans; Cabbala and Jewish mysticism; heretics and the Cathars; Templar secrets; spiritual alchemy and Gothic architecture; Columbus and the mysteries of America; and the consciousness soul and the historical figure of Faust.
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Two Fish on One Hook
A Transformative Reading of Thoreau's Walden
Raymond P. Tripp, Jr.
Softbound
$14.95
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This study of Thoreau’s transcendental work offers us
the task of doing as Thoreau does, exhorting us to follow
the patterns Thoreau sets up in Walden and to approach his
work as an act of communication-- one that urges us to listen,
to hear, and to act upon what he has to say: one that becomes
a transformative experience.
It is all too easy, however, to admire Thoreau’s art
and miss his meaning. Thoreau has constructed Walden on transparent
overlays of meaning—biography, literature, philosophy,
and religion—but in whatever way we read it, Thoreau’s
words are what work the communicative transformation of his
readers. Form, meaning, and language are Thoreau’s instruments
for unearthing the truth, and Tripp steadfastly follows their
spiraling movement down the concentric intricacies of Thoreau’s
message through the broad structure of Walden, section by
section, chapter by chapter, sentence by sentence, word by
word until at last they merge, patterns and purposes, form
and idea, heaven and earth, at Walden Pond.
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The Boundaries of Natural Science
Eight Lectures
Rudolf Steiner
With an introduction by Saul Bellow
Softbound
Sorry - out of print
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The widespread penetration of twentieth century life by modern
science has created a troubling gulf between the inner experience
of human consciousness and the external scientific investigation
of the physical world. This is reflected in the so-called
"mind-body split" in our modern times.
These two "worlds" collide again and again in our
daily experience. Increasing efforts are expended to order
modern society "scientifically"; yet, as Nobel prize-winning
author Saul Bellow states in his lucid foreword, "the
scientific method . . . is powerless to explain the consciousness
that directs it."
For this crucial dilemma Rudolf Steiner suggests a solution
beyond the "boundaries of natural science." Steiner
argues for a twofold extension of consciousness. The first
involves mental disciplines leading to a pure, sense-free
thought activity. The second requires the mind to learn how
to set aside thinking and give itself over to pure perception.
Both exercises can lead to the development of higher cognitive
faculties that enable us to grasp the vital connections between
the inner and outer realms.
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