"Life More Abundant, the Science of Zhineng Qigong Principles and Practice. Based on the Original Teachings of Ming Pang. A Guide and Sourcebook for the West. English version, notes and commentary by Xiaguang Jin and Joseph Marcello, 1999. Dr. Pang Ming was born in 1940 in Ding Xing Town, Hebei Province, China. Descended from family of Daoist practitioners and folk qigong, when Pang was only three years old a qigong Master recognized his special qualities and used his powers to confer on him some paranormal abilities. He has since become a renown master of Qigong and TCM, combining both Buddh... View More...
"Rebound copy. Near fine condition. Brown cloth boards, gilt title. Contemporary rebind. Text clean and tight, expected aging to text. 850pp. 8vo" View More...
"The Pentateuch and Haftorahs: Hebrew text, English translation and commentary, Two Volumes, J.H. Hertz, Chief Rabbi of the British Empire, 1941. American edition, presumably first American thus. Classic bilingual editions with standard commentary. Beautiful copies, unmarked and tight, edge wear to extremities. Red marbled boards, gilt titles and spines. 7x10" View More...
"First edtion, second printing. Lacking dust jacket. Previous owners inscription on ifc in pencil, pen and stamp. Blue cloth boards slight shelf worn, deckled edges. spine slightly cocked. Important early treatise on mystical practices for western audiences." View More...
"A Thirteenth-century Textbook of Mystical Theology at the University of Paris: The Mystical Theology of Dionysius the Areopagite in Eriugena's Latin Translation, with the Scholia Translated by Anastasius the Librarian, and Excerpts from Eriugena's Periphyseon, Edited, translated and introduced by L. Michael Harrington, 2004. Issue 4 of Dallas Medieval Texts and Translations. Fine condition soft cover. 125pp." View More...
"Evidence of the Truth of the Christian Religion: Derived from the Literal Fulfillment of Prophecy; Particularly as Illustrated by the History of the Jews, and by the Discoveries of Recent Travelers. Originally published in England in 1826, Alexander Keith (1792?1880) was a Church of Scotland and Free Church minister, known for his writings on biblical prophecy. This 1855 American edition, cloth bound, gilt spine. 284pp. 8vo. Spine cocked, cloth worn on spine and extremities. Bumped. Small label on inner boards, discoloration to fly. Pages foxed as expected. Spine and hinges starting. Good co... View More...
"Life Of The Blessed Virgin Mary, Abbe Orsini, Peter F. Collier, Catholic Publisher, 1880. With the history of the the devotion to her: completed by the traditions of the East, the writings of the holy fathers etc., etc.together with a Historical Calendar of Feast of the Blessed Virgin by the Abbe Edward Barthe, translated by F. C. Husenbeth; also Devotion to the Blessed Virgin in North America by Xavier Donal MacLoed, to which is added an account of the Apparitions and Miracles at Knock Church, Ireland on the 21st of August, 1879 by John MacPhilipin. Numerous tissue guarded engravings. Decor... View More...
"Lifetide: The Biology of the Unconscious, Lyall Watson, 1979. First edition. Eclectic examination of the relationship between the collective unconscious and universe touching upon cosmology, evolution, biology and awareness. Filled with fantastic stories of reality bending episodes. Book in Good condition, jacket has 2" chip missing from back. Underlining in first 2 chapters. Clean and tight. 344pp. 6x9" View More...
"Prayers of Muhammad, the Messenger of God: God Bless and Keep Him : with an Epitome of the Teachings of Islam, compiled and translated by Abdul Hamid Farid Advocate, 2006. Bilingual text of the recorded traditional prayers of the Prophet of Islam. Near fine condition, gilt cover with green cloth boards, ribbon. Upc sticker on back cover, ribbon frayed at edge. 315pp. 5.5x8.5" View More...
"Sayings of Prophet Muhammad complied by Imam Al-Nawawi. Two volume set hardbound in red with gold and blue foil decoration, lettering. Ribbon. No jacket as issued. Volume 1 spine 1/8"" separated at top, else both volumes near fine. Bright and clean, no marks." View More...
"Classic Jewish philosophic text translated into English. VG+ with like dj, unclipped and protected, sunned. Pages lightly aged, no marks. 494pp." View More...
"The History of Religions, Edward Washburn Hopkins, 1918. Classic early 20th century scientific review of religion from a historic and cultural perceptive. Covers Primitive, African, Polynesian, Americas, Celtic, Near and Far East, as well as the usual current crop. Ex-lib, with usual markings, though mostly unobtrusive. Protected by thick plastic cover, text is dusty, but tight and sharp. Appears to be no marks. 624pp. 5x8." View More...
"The Jewish Spiritual Heroes: The Lives and Works of the Rabbinical Teachers from the Beginning of the ""great Synagogue"" to the Final Completion of the Talmud. Seven Centuries of Jewish Thought. Three beautiful volumes of The Jewish Spiritual Heroes, Gershom Bader, 1940. The lives and works of the Rabbinical teachers from the beginning of the Great Synagogue to the final completion of the Talmud. Seven centuries of Jewish thought. Vol 1, Creators of the Mishnah, Vol 2, the Amoraim of Palestine and the Jerusalem Talmud, Vol 3, the Amoraim of Babylon and the Babylonian Talmud. Two volumes have... View More...
"The Master Said: A Collection of Paramhansa Yogananda's Sayings and Wise Counsel to Various Disciples, second edition, 1957. A graduate of Calcutta University, Yogananda came to America in 1920. Highly successful, he initiated an estimated 100,000 students into yoga. VG early edition copy with protected dust jacket. DJ has some soiling to back, some foxing to text. 116pp." View More...