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Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 900 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Catalogue of Printed Books written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 900 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert F. Campany
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520927605
Total Pages : 637 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)
Download or read book To Live as Long as Heaven and Earth written by Robert F. Campany and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2002-04-08 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In late classical and early medieval China, ascetics strove to become transcendents--deathless beings with supernormal powers. Practitioners developed dietetic, alchemical, meditative, gymnastic, sexual, and medicinal disciplines (some of which are still practiced today) to perfect themselves and thus transcend death. Narratives of their achievements circulated widely. Ge Hong (283-343 c.e.) collected and preserved many of their stories in his Traditions of Divine Transcendents, affording us a window onto this extraordinary response to human mortality. Robert Ford Campany's groundbreaking and carefully researched text offers the first complete, critical translation and commentary for this important Chinese religious work, at the same time establishing a method for reconstructing lost texts from medieval China. Clear, exacting, and annotated, the translation comprises over a hundred lively, engaging narratives of individuals deemed to have fought death and won. Additionally, To Live as Long as Heaven and Earth systematically introduces the Chinese quest for transcendence, illuminating a poorly understood tradition that was an important source of Daoist religion and a major social, cultural, and religious phenomenon in its own right.
Author : Paracelsus
Publisher : Scarborough [Ont.] : Merkur Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780969382003
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (82 download)
Download or read book Philosophia Mystica written by Paracelsus and published by Scarborough [Ont.] : Merkur Publishing Company. This book was released on 1989 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Patrick Harpur
Publisher : Blue Angel Gallery
ISBN 13 : 9780980286588
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (865 download)
Download or read book Mercurius, Or, the Marriage of Heaven & Earth written by Patrick Harpur and published by Blue Angel Gallery. This book was released on 2007 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1952 a country clergyman called Smith begins his tortuous quest for the Holy Grail of alchemy - the Philosophers' Stone which transmutes base metal to gold and confers immortality. As he pits himself against the bizarre perils of the Great Work, it becomes clear that his arcane transformations are as much spiritual as chemical. Gradually the shadow of alchemy falls over those around him; a young girl whose sudden pregnancy is a local scandal; Janet, trapped in a barren marriage; and Robert who pursues his own quest for the legendary blue glass of Chartres. Thirty years later, Eileen comes to live in Smith's vicarage. In the medieval cellar she unearths a hidden manuscript and begins to read of secret fire and mysterious prime matter, a green lion and a raven's head, a fatal conjunction of king and queen, a descent into Blackness and putrefaction. As she penetrates farther into the alchemical labyrinth, she is haunted both by her own history and by that of her neighbours, the menacing Mrs Zetterberg and the disfigured Pluto - and, finally, by the enigma of Smith himself. In separate but interwoven accounts, Smith and Eileen strive towards the one thing necessary for the Work's success - the great Secret guarded by the paradoxical Mercurius, who leads them to the zero point where Heaven is wedded to Earth and the miraculous Stone appears at the intersection of time and eternity. By reconstructing a highly sophisticated but almost forgotten world-view, Mercurius restores to us our own spiritual heritage which, rooted in the alchemists' dark retorts, will perhaps flower in the light of the future.
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Publisher : Shambhala Publications
ISBN 13 : 1570623708
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (76 download)
Download or read book The Spirit of Tao written by and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 1998-09-08 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taoist teachings have arisen in many forms: abstract aphorisms, philosophical discussions, legends, fables—even jokes. All are represented here, culled from the most popular Taoist classics: the Tao-te Ching, Chuang-tzu, Huai-nan-tzu, and Wen-tzu, stories from the "Tales of Inner Meaning," and teachings of the Taoist patriarch Ancestor Lu. The spirit of the Tao manifests in myriad images, brought to life in this superb translation—from the ever-keen blade of a Taoist butcher to the mechanical miracles of inventor Ken Shiwa, from little boys baiting the great Confucius to mountain hermits disappearing in the mist, from the six robber organs that obscure the primordial to the ineffable mystery of mysteries.
Author : Ethan Allen Hitchcock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Remarks Upon Alchemy and the Alchemists, Indicating a Method of Discovering the True Nature of Hermetic Philosophy; and Showing that the Search After the Philosopher's Stone Had Not for Its Object the Discovery of an Agent for the Transmutation of Metals written by Ethan Allen Hitchcock and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Randall A. Clack
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313001561
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book The Marriage of Heaven and Earth written by Randall A. Clack and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2000-08-30 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Middle Ages to the close of the 17th century, alchemy was fundamental to Western culture, as scores of experimenters sought to change lead into gold. Though its significance declined with the rise of chemistry, alchemy continued to captivate the imagination of writers and its images still appear in modern creative works. This book examines the literary representation of alchemical theory and the metaphor of alchemical regeneration in the works of Edward Taylor, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Margaret Fuller. While Taylor used alchemical metaphors to illustrate the redeeming grace of God upon the soul, these same metaphors were used by Poe, Hawthorne, and Fuller to depict a broader concept of redemption. These later writers used alchemical imagery to describe both the regeneration of the individual and the possible transformation of society. For Poe, alchemy became a metaphor for the transforming power of imagination; for Hawthorne, it became a means of representing the redeeming power of love; for Fuller, it figured the reconciliation of gender opposites. Thus these four American writers incorporated the idea of regeneration in their works, and the tropes and metaphors of the medieval alchemists provided a fascinating way of imagining the transformative process.
Author : Gershom Scholem
Publisher : Spring Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Alchemy and Kabbalah written by Gershom Scholem and published by Spring Publications. This book was released on 2006-03-09 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic text on alchemy by the leading scholar of Jewish mysticism, Gershom Scholem, is presented here for the first time in English translation. Scholem looks critically at the century-old connections between alchemy, the Jewish Kabbalah; its Christianized varieties, such as the gold- and rosicrucian mysticisms, and the myth-based psychology of C. G. Jung, and uncovers forgotten alchemical roots of embedded in the Kabbalah.
Author : Reuben Swinburne Clymer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (54 download)
Download or read book Alchemy and the Alchemists written by Reuben Swinburne Clymer and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Miriam Gideon
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 : 9781001412726
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (127 download)
Download or read book Sonnets from Shakespeare ; Wing'd Hour written by Miriam Gideon and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1986 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mark Haeffner
Publisher : Aeon Books
ISBN 13 : 1904658741
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (46 download)
Download or read book Dictionary of Alchemy written by Mark Haeffner and published by Aeon Books. This book was released on 2004-01-31 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alchemy is a rich and complex esoteric tradition that has flourished world-wide since the beginning of recorded history, if not earlier. There are three main traditions: Western Christian, Indo-tibetan and Chinese Taoist. Within this diversity there are many common features, which are analysed, organized, and brought together in this comprehensive dictionary of terms, symbols, and personalities. This dictionary is the distillation of many years' research into the extensive arcane literature. It is a reference work to guide the readers throught the labyrinth of pre-Newtonian science and philosophy. The dictionary covers not only the materialist dimension of the search for the elixir of life and the transmutation of metals, but also the inner search for the gold of mystical illumination. Jung called alchemy 'the projection of a drama both cosmic and spiritual in laboratorty terms'. This opus alchymicum goes beyond the bare analysis and interpretation of terms to present a harmonic, integrated vision of man and nature, which may help to heal the fragmented world view of modern science.
Author : C.G. Jung
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317533704
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (175 download)
Download or read book Collected Works of C.G. Jung: Alchemical Studies (Volume 13) written by C.G. Jung and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The psychological and religious implications of alchemy were Jung's major preoccupation during the last thirty years of his life. The essays composing the present volume complete the publication of his alchemial researches, to which three entire volumes have been devoted ^DDL the monumental Mysterium Coniunctionis, Psychology and Alchemy, and Aion ^DDL besides shorter papers in other volumes. This collection of shorter Alchemial Studies has special value as an introduction to Jung's work on alchemy. The first study, on Chinese alchemy, marked the beginning of his interest in the subject, and was originally published in a volume written jointly with Richard Wilhelm. The other four are now published for the first time completely in English.
Author : Henry Corbin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691018839
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Spiritual Body and Celestial Earth written by Henry Corbin and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1989-08-21 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is a translation of 11 traditional texts of Iranian Islam from the 12th century to the present, with 100 pages of introduction by Professor Corbin. . . . Reading this book is an adventure in a beautiful alien land, again and again experiencing sudden pangs of recognition of the deeply familiar among the totally exotic".--"The Journal of Analytical Psychology". *Lightning Print On Demand Title
Author : Joel S. Goldsmith
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0060632313
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (66 download)
Download or read book A Parenthesis in Eternity written by Joel S. Goldsmith and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1986-01-22 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Goldsmith explains the Circle of Eternity--the basis of his approach to mysticism--and tells how to transcend the "parenthesis'' of our everyday lives that falls between birth and death.
Author : Thom F. Cavalli
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101143614
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)
Download or read book Alchemical Psychology written by Thom F. Cavalli and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-03-04 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alchemical practices have been reborn in our contemporary world under the rubric of Jungianism, transpersonal psychology, or depth psychology. But in Alchemical Psychology, Thom F. Cavalli, Ph.D., takes us directly to the source—and on a wonderful adventure into the true nature of our hearts and minds. In a book that sparkles with verve, life, and practicality, Dr. Cavalli explains how alchemy was one of humankind’s earliest efforts to transform the nature of consciousness. What little-known or underground arts did alchemists practice in pursuit of self-transformation—and how can they enrich us today? Using the same practices that he employs with patients, Dr. Cavalli offers readers a plethora of personal exercises that, among other things, enables them to “type” themselves according to ancient alchemical identifiers of nature and personality. He then provides practices that can help free them from the grip of familiar problems and foster true personal growth. Beautifully illustrated with medieval prints from the alchemical tradition, Alchemical Psychology gives readers both a richer understanding of their own natures and of the traditions on which many of our modern therapies are based.
Author : Fabrizio Pregadio
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004714170
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Dictionary of Taoist Internal Alchemy written by Fabrizio Pregadio and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2024-11-28 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dictionary offers a unique perspective on the vast and varied terminology of Taoist Internal Alchemy (Neidan). Drawing on major original texts and premodern lexicons, it provides translations, definitions, and usage examples for over a thousand terms common throughout the tradition. A comprehensive index of English equivalents allows readers to easily locate the corresponding Chinese terms. Beyond serving as a reference for those reading, studying, or translating Neidan texts, the dictionary's entries offer glimpses into the rich imagery and poetic language of Internal Alchemy.
Author : John Philip
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Earth's work and Heaven's rest written by John Philip and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
