Annett, Stephen

The Many Ways of Being: A Guide to Spiritual Groups and Growth Centres in Britain

Abacus/Sphere Books Ltd. London, 1976. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good Condition. 9780349100715 This book is the first, comprehensive guide to the principal spiritual groups and growth centres operating in Britain today - societies dedicated to human development, offering a wealth of experience and wisdom to the seeking individual. The variety of their approaches and beliefs makes it possible for each man to make contact with the group most suited to his personal needs. Part One discusses the different alternatives available - the Christain, Eastern, Esoteric, Astrological, Psyche, Spiritualist, Fringe Medicine and Development groups; it describes the main philosophies and principles of each approach, and gives detailed information about the individual societies following that 'way'. Part Two provides a directory of societies mentioned and a guide to regional centres. The non-Establishment spiritual state of Britain is evolving rapidly, and these New Age movements at last offer man an answer in his search for a meaningful understanding of life. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 286 pages. No Dust Jacket as published. Black titles spine. Includes index. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Philosophy; Spirituality; Self Help & Motivation; Groups, Clubs & Associations; Britain/UK; New Age & Alternative. ISBN: 0349100713. ISBN/EAN: 9780349100715. Inventory No: 5031.

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Ayer, A. J.

Man as a Subject for Science

University of London: The Athlone Press, London, 1964. First Edition, Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Very Good Condition. in green paper covers with titles in black to front; the Auguste Comte Memorial Lecture No. 6 delivered on 7th February 1964 at the London School of Economics and Political Science by A. J. Ayer, Wykeham Professor of Logic at Oxford University . Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 26 pages. no Dust Jacket as published.. Previous owner's signature in ink to title page. small coffee splash to front cover. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Philosophy; Lectures; Philosophical Lectures; Philosophy. Inventory No: 4413.

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Ayer, A. J.

Privacy [Annual Philosophical Lecture, British Academy, 1959]

Oxford University Press, London, 1959. First Thus, Softcover. Very Good Condition. this lecture given by A. J. Ayer is printed from the Proceedings of the British Academy, London, Volume XLV (pages 43 to 65) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 23 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Edges of covers slightly browned with age. no Dust Jacket as published.. Previous owner's signature in ink inside front cover. black titles front. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Philosophy; Lectures; Privacy; Philosophical Lectures; Philosophy. Inventory No: 4403.

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Radha Soami Satsang Beas

A Spiritual Primer

Radha Soami Satsang Beas, Punjab, India, 1998. Third Edn. Paperback. Near Fine/N/A. no author given; "the contents include chapters on: Our Current Situation; The Consequences of Our Actions; What Happens at the Time of Death; Coming and Going; Preparing for Death; Developing Our Spiritual Nature; The Boundless Infinite; The Five Pillars of a Spiritual Life; The Need for a Living Spiritual Teacher; Why Vegetarianism?; Leading an Honest, Moral Life; Clouding our Vision; Meditation; Our Limits on Love; & The Camino Real."; as-new copy; 82 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Philosophy; Death; Esoteric; Mysticism; Religion & Theology. Inventory No: EST00158.

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Bennett, J.G.

Dramatic Universe (Volume 2): The Foundations of Moral Philosophy

Bennett Books, London, 1997. First Thus, Paperback. Near Fine Condition. 9781881408048 Titles; author's note; preface & extensive contents list to front. Facsimile of 1961 edition. The Dramatic Universe builds an account of the significance and purpose of man’s existence on the earth, revealing a great task that necessitates a two-way communication with Higher Intelligences. The four volume work is a complete journey through J .G. Bennett’s search to give expression to the systematisation of the whole Universal drama. Spanning fifty chapters from 'Points of Departure' to 'The Next Age of Mind', the Dramatic Universe provides a total unified picture of Man, the World, and God by synthesising the three domains of fact, value and harmony. This is achieved through a framework of determining conditions postulating Being time as Eternity, and Will time as Hyparxis. Complete self-development is needed in order to fulfil our destined role in the spiritualisation of existence and this, in turn, requires fulfilment of our potential in being and our development of will. Man's 'eternity blindness' is the cause of our inability to perceive potential and to experience how to participate fully in the Great Work. Volume Two (this book) examines the properties of multi-termed systems, using FactValue as Dyad, Being as Tetrad and Spirit as Pentad. Spirit is postulated as the fulfillment of potentialities, thus becoming, of necessity, hazardous. John G Bennett was a writer, mathematician, scientist, linguist, explorer, mystic, philosopher, visionary and teacher. For over forty years he wrote and revised the work which was finally published as The Dramatic Universe. Among the remarkable people influencing Bennett's life over this span of time were Peter and Sophia Ouspensky, George Gurdjieff, Muhammed Subuh, the Shiva Puri Baba, Reverend Father Dalle, Idries Shah and Hasan Shushud. Making his own synthesis, Bennett was enabled in the last four years of his life to share his extraordinary wealth of teaching with the many students attracted to his International Academy for Continuous Education. Talking on subjects relating to the structure and pattern of The Dramatic Universe, he gradually led his students to a profound - indeed previously unexplored revelation of the future. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxviii + 356. 2 volumes of the 4-volume set. No Dust Jacket as published. White titles spine. illustrated by b/w. diagrams. Includes subject index; index of authors & proper names; & glossary of terms. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Philosophy; Religion & Theology; Esoteric; Magic, Paranormal & Occult; Self Help & Motivation. ISBN: 1881408043. ISBN/EAN: 9781881408048. Inventory No: 4899.

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Bennett, J. G.

The Dramatic Universe: Volume 1 - Foundations of Natural Philosophy

Claymont Communications, Charles Town, West Virginia, USA, 1987. First Thus, Softcover. Very Good Condition. 9780934254144 This is the first new edition in more than 30 years of Bennett's ground-breaking exploration. Even 60 years after its original publication, “The Dramatic Universe� represents what is to date the most audacious attempt to meet the demands of both Science and Religion, through the reconciling action of the domain of Realization. This first volume is also the fullest account anywhere of Gurdjieff’s doctrine of Reciprocal Maintenance, and to date, the only explanation of planetary, solar, galactic and universal intelligence. In his Preface Bennett writes: “The postulate of the homogeneity of fact and value will prove to be an instrument of unlimited power and when applied to the elucidation of the Doctrine of Reciprocal Maintenance it can give us a working answer to all the fundamental questions of our existence.� This book is the road map to the New Epoch. "The Foundations of Natural Philosophy" is constructed on a scheme of 9 parts: 1. Metaphysics; 2. Epistemology; 3. Methodology; 4. Systematics; 5. The Dynamical World; 6. The World of Energy; 7. The World of Things; 8. Life; 9. The Cosmic Order. Bennett introduces the technique that became known as Systematics to guide the reader, and harnesses the tools of theoretical physics to explain the worlds that are beyond human perception, but nevertheless underlie our existence. Revised Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ix + 182. No Dust Jacket as published. Gift inscription in ink inside front cover. White titles spine. Includes index & glossary of terms. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Philosophy; Gurdjieff; Esoteric; Religion & Theology; Psychology & Psychiatry. ISBN: 0934254141. ISBN/EAN: 9780934254144. Inventory No: 4913.

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Bennett, John G.

Gurdjieff: Making a New World

Turnstone Books/Harper & Row/Harper Colophon Books, London, 1976. First Thus, Paperback. Near Fine Condition. 9780855000677 The most complete, comprehensive account of the life and work of George Ivanovich Gurdjieff, one of the greatest men of the 20th century, and the only one which attempts to describe his mission. Since Gurdjieff’s death in 1949, countless books have been written describing an author’s experience with him, in more or less personal detail. This is the first and only book written by an associate of Gurdjieff, presenting an overview of Gurdjieff’s life, cultural background, studies, teachings, practices, cosmology, psychology and goals. The author encountered Gurdjieff first in Istanbul in 1920, saw him again in London and the Prieuré, Fontainebleau, lost touch with him for 25 years and saw him again in Paris and New York in the last two years of his life. He devoted the last 25 years of his own life to researching and transmitting Gurdjieff’s teachings. As the title suggests, the author identifies Gurdjieff’s work as nothing less than the inauguration of a new epoch of human evolution, based upon a new understanding of the meaning of “Conscience�; a model based not upon the supremacy of the individual and humanity as a whole, but upon cooperation with both higher and lower powers. The twelve chapters and two appendices are written as a series of essays, which can be read either sequentially or separately. The second appendix gives an account of a cosmological system that is parallel to but entirely separate from the Ray of Creation described in detail in Ouspensky’s “In Search of the Miraculous�. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 320 pages. No Dust Jacket as published. Red titles spine;. illustrated by b/w. photo's. & diagrams. Includes appendices & indexes (general & names). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Philosophy; Biography & Autobiography; Gurdjieff; Esoteric; Psychology & Psychiatry. ISBN: 0855000678. ISBN/EAN: 9780855000677. Inventory No: 4911.

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Bennett, John G

Gurdjieff Today (Transformation of Man series - No. 1)

Coombe Springs Press, Sherborne, Gloucestershire, 1974. First Edition, Paperback. Near Fine Condition/Good. 9780900306136 The present Monograph is the first of a series of six - 'The Transformation of Man'. The text is based on a lecture given at Caxton Hall, London in December 1973. It is intended for those already acquainted with Gurdjieff's ideas or other Sufi teachings. The same will apply to later Monographs. When Gurdjieff first came to France bringing his system of psychological techniques, the significance of his ideas and methods were not widely acknowledged. Now, some fifty years later, as we find ourselves in an increasingly chaotic and expanding world, the relevance of his system is being seen by 'more and more people, who seek a. meaning for their existence. It is in this that Gurdjieff's system is distinctive for he emphasises that we have to "look differently at this world" and gives us the methods and techniques to do so. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 47 + 7 pages. small stain (coffee?) to outer margin of rear 20 pages & cover, not affecting text. light wear to base of D/J. spine. Black titles spine. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Philosophy; Gurdjieff; Esoteric; Self Help & Motivation; Psychology & Psychiatry. ISBN: 0900306130. ISBN/EAN: 9780900306136. Dewey Code: 197.2. Inventory No: 4914.

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Bennett., J. G

Transformation

Coombe Springs Press, Sherborne, Gloucestershire, 1978. First Edition, Paperback. Poor Condition. 9780900306518 'Transformation' was written as a recreational project while Bennett was on holiday with his family in August 1968. The text is unfinished, was left abandoned at the time of the author's death six years after it was written, and contains references to later chapters which remained unwritten. There is no reason to suppose that he ever intended it to be published, and indeed when once asked during the early days of his International Academy of Continuous Education whether he planned to lay out a written account of his teachings and techniques, he rejected the suggestion. The text contains none of the copious references to other authors and texts which form a part of his other writings. It is not even clear to whom he was writing. However, the text has been found to be of great value to those who try to follow a spiritual path based on the principles of the Fourth Way. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. viii + 198. A well used copy with some pencil underlining & margin notes throughout. No Dust Jacket as published. White titles spine. some pages have come loose but all are present & now re-glued. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Philosophy; Esoteric; Magic, Paranormal & Occult; Self Help & Motivation; Psychology & Psychiatry. ISBN: 0900306513. ISBN/EAN: 9780900306518. Dewey Code: 133. Inventory No: 4912.

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Broad, C. D.

Hume's Doctrine of Space [Dawes Hicks Lecture on Philosophy, British Academy, 1961]

Oxford University Press, London, 1959. First Thus, Softcover. Very Good Condition. this lecture given by C. D. Broad is printed from the Proceedings of the British Academy, London, Volume XLVII (pages 161 to 176) Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 16 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Edges of covers slightly browned with age. no Dust Jacket as published.. Previous owner's signature in ink inside front cover. black titles front. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Philosophy; Lectures; Privacy; Philosophical Lectures; Philosophy. Inventory No: 4405.

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Collin, Rodney

The Theory of Conscious Harmony: from the Letters of Rodney Collin.

Robinson & Watkins Books Ltd, London, 1958. First Thus, Paperback. Very Good Condition. 9780722401521 Titles, contents & biographical note to front; Before Paulo Coelho and Echart Tolle, came Rodney Collin. Rodney Collin was closely associated with P. D. Ouspensky. In 1948 he moved to Mexico to carry on the study and practice of the ideas received from Ouspensky and Ouspensky's teacher, Gurdjieff. During the next few years he corresponded with a large number of people, from many walks of life, all over the world, who sought to understand the Fourth Way - a path of spiritual discipline to be pursued in everyday life. After his death in 1956 his letters were collected and edited by those who had been working with him, and were issued in the form of this book. "There is so much to do in preparation for the future, so many different fields in which harmony must come, and all by means of ordinary everyday men like ourselves...In individual men, harmony among fuctions; harmony between body, soul and spirit; harmony among its different members, harmony between its leader and its origin; in the great esoteric impulse launched through Gurdjieff and Ouspensky, harmony among all lines and groups; harmony between them, their founders and God; in the world, harmony among all branches of knowledge, all peoples, all esoteric lines," Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xii + 212. No Dust Jacket as published. Brown titles spine. explanatory notes & list of author's works to rear. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Philosophy; Esoteric; Fourth Way; Ouspensky; Magic, Paranormal & Occult. ISBN: 0722401523. ISBN/EAN: 9780722401521. Dewey Code: 133/.09/044. Inventory No: 5015.

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Gibson, Alexander George

The Physician's Art : An Attempt to Expand John Locke's Fragment De Arte Medica

Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1933. First Edition, Cream Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. gilt titles spine; deckled outer & bottom edges; blind-stamped, single-line outer border front & rear covers; "when we consider what an advance Locke's Essay concerning the Humane Understanding represented in philosophy, we cannot but lament that he failed to carry out his plan to formulate a system for medicine. It is impossible to think that he would have written anything like the contemporary treatises on the practice of medicine; it may rather be assumed that he would have attempted to determine and criticize the larger principles of the art as they have appeared to the reflective physician of every age - principles that are not dependent on the state of the science of medicine. The chapters that follow the fragment are devoted to what appear to the author to be the fundamentals of the medical art; in no sense are they an expansion of Locke's thought except that they start from the same conception that Locke puts forward."; there is a tiny & faint stain on the first few pages (perhaps tea?) & also the front free endpaper appears to be missing; also the following has been written by a previous owner, in pencil, lightly, under the author's name on the title page: "He was Honorary Physician to the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford & Reader in Morbid Anatomy in the University." a sound & neat copy with bright gilts; including index - 237 pages. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Philosophy; Medical History; Medicine & Health. Inventory No: MDC00021.

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Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch

Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson: An Objectively Impartial Criticism of the Life of Man - All & Everything/First Series

Viking/Arkana/Penguin, 1992. First Thus, Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780670841257 b/w. frontis. photo. of the author; titles, 'friendly advice' (by Gurdjieff) & contents pages to front. Integral red silk bookmark. Gurdjieff, in his writings, intended to "awaken" people to their own inner possibilities and potential. "Beelzebub's Tales To His Grandson", the three books that constitute the first series in Gurdjieff's trilogy "All and Everything", distills the essence of his ideas. This book examines life on earth from the viewpoint of beings belonging to a distant world, led by the "all-wise Beelzebub", who is able to perceive the weaknesses and follies of humanity and, through his compassion, can point the way towards possible regeneration. Through this cosmic allegory, Gurdjieff demonstrates a methodology for the spiritual growth of mankind. Second impression of this First Edition. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. xi + 1135. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. in archive acetate film protection. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Gilt titles spine & gilt copy of Gurdjieff's signature to front. black cloth. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Philosophy; Esoteric; Self Help & Motivation; Magic, Paranormal & Occult; Philosophy. ISBN: 0670841250. ISBN/EAN: 9780670841257. Dewey Code: 197. Inventory No: 4900.

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Gurdjieff, George Ivanovitch

Beelzebub's Tales To His Grandson - An Objectively Impartial Criticism of the Life of Man - (All and Everything: First Series): Complete Set of First, Second and Third Books.

Routledge, London, 1976. Reprint, Paperbacks. Near Fine Condition. 9780710078759 After a lifetime spent in the teaching of a system of knowledge which he gave only to a small circle of pupils, George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff decided shortly before his death in October 1949 to publish the first of a series of his books which expresses his ideas in the form of a cosmological epic based upon the legend of 'Beelzebub' - whose banishment to our Solar System brings him into contact with mankind whose strange customs and problems he describes with deep compassion and at times with superb humour. This 'all-wise Beelzebub', with profound understanding of the weakness of humanity, points the way towards the regeneration of mankind through the development of the inner possibilities of man and presents a teaching of exceptional value for the world. All and Everything is of special significance now, when the world is helplessly struggling to control the intensification of technical achievement which threatens to destroy the essential values and purposes of life. This book rediscovers the path which man was destined to follow in the universal scheme and from which he has so far gone astray. 'No one who came into personal contact with Gurdjieff ever failed to be impressed by him and by the range of his knowledge. There is no doubt that he has an important message for humanity in this critical period of its history.' 'In his books, as in his life, Gurdjieff will prove disturbing. It was his mission in life to destroy men's complacency and to dissatisfy them in their own limitations. Only by such means and by "conscious effort and intentional suffering" was it possible to bring about their inner development.' Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 402 pages. 3-volume set (complete). No Dust Jackets as published. Black titles spine. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Philosophy; Occult; Esoteric; Self Help & Motivation; Psychology & Psychiatry. ISBN: 0710078757. ISBN/EAN: 9780710078759. Inventory No: 4918.

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Gurdjieff, George Ivanovitch

Meetings with Remarkable Men (All and Everything: Second Series)

Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1974. Reprint, Paperback. Very Good Condition. 9780710070326 The book takes the form of Gurdjieff's reminiscences about various "remarkable men" that he met, beginning with his father. They include the Armenian priest Pogossian; his friend Soloviev, and Prince Lubovedsky, a Russian prince with metaphysical interests.In the course of describing these characters, Gurdjieff weaves their stories into the story of his own travels, and also into an overarching narrative which has them cooperate in locating spiritual texts and/or masters in various lands (mostly Central Asia). Gurdjieff calls this group the "Seekers of Truth". Most of them do in fact find truth in the form of some suitable spiritual destiny. The underlying philosophy, especially as articulated in an appendix, amounts to the assertion that people generally live their lives asleep, are unconscious of themselves and, accordingly, behave like machines subject to outside causes and pressures. Also, one of the chief assessments of the novel is that the people of the past epochs lived in more suitable outer conditions and at higher inner levels than the people today. Many additional hidden harmonies are noted or alluded to. Claims that seem to contradict modern beliefs have inspired some to question the book's "autobiographical" character. For example, Gurdjieff claims to have first heard the Epic of Gilgamesh as an oral epic sung from memory by his father; to have made contact with various ancient brotherhoods including the Sarmoung Brotherhood; to have copied a map of "pre-sand Egypt"; and to have witnessed a number of miracles and esoteric phenomena. There is currently in existence an esoteric group of loosely affiliated individuals who engage in what is called "The Work", which is the doing part of Gurdjieff's teachings. It may be argued that many of the vignettes in Meetings are meant to be symbolic, or "teaching stories". Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xi + 303. Occasional pencil lines & notes in margins only. No Dust Jacket as published. White titles spine. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Philosophy; Biography & Autobiography; Gurdjieff; Religion & Theology; Psychology & Psychiatry. ISBN: 0710070322. ISBN/EAN: 9780710070326. Inventory No: 4922.

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