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Edge of Certainty: Dilemmas on the Buddhist Path
Peter Fenner.
How do we really know if our spiritual activities are moving us closer to our goal, or just keeping us from experiencing freedom in the here-and-now? Peter Fenner approaches this question by providing clear summaries of the different Buddhist traditions, explaining practices such as mindfulness meditation, Vipassana, Tantra, and the natural meditations of the Dzogchen tradition. Contrasting the traditional approach of change-through-practice with the non-traditional, Western need for immediate results, Fenner shows us how the paradoxes that emerge on the spiritual path can be used to deconstruct our fixations about “getting it” or “losing it.” 2002. • 160 pp. • 5 1/2” x 8 1/2” • ISBN: 0-89254-035-4 • Paper, $16.95

The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites
Dudley Wright.
Introduction by the Rev. J. Fort Newton. The Eleusinian rites emerged from the Greek myth of the goddess Demeter and her daughter Persephone to bring forth abundance from the earth. Yet strikingly similar rituals and legends appear in the doctrines of Freemasonry, Buddhism, the early Church, and other religions and spiritual traditions. Dudley Wright explains the core mythology of Demeter and the many stories born of her myth. He includes an examination of the Ritual of the Mysteries, when and how they are carried out, the rites of initiation and their mystical significance. Index. 2003. 112 pp. • 4-1/2” x 7-1/2” • ISBN 0-89254-070-2 • Paper, $16.95

Embrace of the Daimon: Sensuality and the Integration of Forbidden Imagery in Depth Psychology
Sandra Lee Dennis.
Foreword by Thomas Moore. The imaginal is the realm of the archetypes, the land of the daimons, the source of creativity, the soul. The daimons facilitate the incarnation of soul into the physical body and transform those dark taboo energies that we avoid, so we can progress as spiritual beings. When we devalue erotic, feminine, and instinctual energies, we block ourselves from embracing the mysteries of death, birth, and sexual union. Dennis explains how we do this, and how we can learn to work with the daimonic energy. 2001. 304 pp. • 5-3/8” x 8-1/4” • ISBN: 0-89254-056-7 • Paper, $21.95

Eros and Chaos: The Sacred Mysteries and Dark Shadows of Love
Veronica Goodchild.
Foreword by Diane Skafte, author of Listening to the Oracle. Goodchild radically challenges the reigning paradigm that couples chaos with order. She draws on mythology and explores love’s relationship with its shadows within the personal, collective, archetypal and cosmic domains. She takes the reader into that domain where Eros’ arrows thrust us into shadowy depths where our deepest imaginings and longings are hidden. Goodchild helps us learn how to experience love to its fullest. 2001. 272 pp. • 5-3/8” x 8-1/4” • ISBN: 0-89254-054-0 • Paper, $22.95

Essential Wisdom Teachings: The Way to Inner Peace
Peter and Penny Fenner.
Here is clear and practical wisdom for anyone wanting to reduce stress and understand the function of belief in shaping perception. The Fenners have brought us Buddhist wisdom, free of jargon, so that we can actually begin to practice the philosophy today—right now—as soon as we read and understand the concept. This easy-to-understand book is full of exercises that help us get in touch with what’s important. 2001. 176 pp. • 5-3/8” x 8-1/4” • ISBN: 0-89254-053-2 • Paper, $16.95

A Gnostic Book of Hours: Keys to Inner Wisdom
June Singer
has recast the wisdom found in ancient Gnostic texts into a lovely book of hours, the traditional framework for an ongoing meditative practice. It is divided into eight “offices,” or prayers for different parts of the day: matins (midnight), lauds (daybreak); prime (beginning of the workday), terce, sext, none (the “little hours” during the work day), vespers (sundown), and compline (retiring to sleep). For each office, Singer has selected a text for each day of the week. She annotates and interprets the ancient text and makes it relevant for today’s readers. 8 color plates and color printing throughout. 2003. 192 pp. 6 x 8 ISBN 0-89254-067-2 Paper, $19.95

Healing the Wounded God: Finding Your Personal Guide on Your Way to Individuation and Beyond
Jeffrey Raff & Linda Bonnington Vocatura.
Through creation myths and the mystical traditions of alchemy and Sufism, the authors explore the emergence of a new spiritual paradigm in which the divine seeks wholeness through and with us. They show how this is achieved through using Jung’s technique of active imagination work with a being that seems to exist independently in the realm beyond the psyche, or in what the authors term “the psychoid.” This being, the ally, challenges and yet gives us total support on the way to individuation. 2002. 244 pp. • 5 3/8” x 81/4” • ISBN 0-89254-063-X • Paper, $18.95

Important Symbols: In Their Hebrew, Pagan, and Christian Forms
Adelaide S. Hall
presents an extensive compilation of the symbols of ancient cultures, describing the context and usage of each symbol around the world and throughout time. Hall groups the symbols into categories, each comprising a chapter of the book. Chapters including “The Halo and the Crown,” “Fabulous Creatures,” “Architectural Forms,” “Military Emblems,” “Plants and Blossoms,” “Angelic Personages,” “Animals,” and more open with short explanations and include dictionary style listings of symbols and their meanings. The book is fully indexed for easy reference. 2003. 112 pp. 5-1/2 x 7-1/2 ISBN 0-89254-074-5 Paper, $14.95

Jung and the Alchemical Imagination
Jeffrey Raff.
An exciting work that uses alchemy to understand the three cornerstones of Jungian spirituality—the self, the transcendent function, and active imagination. Through the interpretation of alchemical imagery, Raff explains the nature of these three concepts and illustrates how they form a new model of contemporary Western spirituality. Illustrations. 2000. 304 pp. • ISBN 0-89254-045-1 • Paper, $18.95

Jung and the Native American Moon Cycles
Michael Owen.
The Moon Cycles, a Native American teaching about the archetypal influences and forces that affect us at different times in our lives, shows us how the rhythm of Jung’s life coincided with the great events of the 20th century and offers new insights into Jung’s life and death. Owen provides a fascinating perspective of some of Jung’s more important dreams and unexpectedly casts new light on Jung’s fateful associations and the controversial areas of his life. We also learn how to place the events of our own lives on the Moon Cycles of the Native American Medicine Wheel, gaining new perspective into the births and deaths in our lives (inner and outer) and the critical importance of the nine-month and three-year cycles. 2002. 288 pp. • 6” x 9” • ISBN: 0-89254-059-1 • Paper, $22.95

Jung and the Shadow of Anti-Semitism: Collected Essays
Aryeh Maidenbaum, editor.
This important work is a revised, updated edition of Lingering Shadows: Jungians, Freudians, and Anti-Semitism, which presented articles that arose from the 1989 conferences in New York and Paris, where rumors of Jung’s anti-Semitism were first addressed. Prominent Jungian analysts examine both the historical merits of the rumors and the psychological implications of our interest in this matter. It’s a poignant and revealing look at how the Jungian community has reconciled the dichotomy of Jung-the-genius with Jung-the-person living in the society of his time. 320 pp. • 6” x 9” • ISBN: 0-89254-040-0 • Paper, $24.95

Jungian Archetypes: Jung, Gödel, and the History of the Archetypes
Robin Robertson.
Traces the modern evolution of archetypes from the Renaissance to the 20th century, leading up to the archetypal hypothesis of the psychology of C. G. Jung, and the mirroring of the mathematical ideas of Kurt Gödel. After reading this book, you’ll know what archetypes are, and why they are important in our lives today! By the author of Beginner’s Guide to Jungian Psychology, and Beginner’s Guide to Revelation. 1995. 320 pp. • ISBN 0-89254-029-X • Paper, $18.95

Jung’s Circle of Women: The Valkyries
Maggy Anthony.
Among C. G. Jung’s most ardent followers were a group of women who came to him to be healed and worked closely with his ideas. The author writes about Edith McCormick, Toni Wolff, Kristine Mann, Linda Fierz-David, M. Esther Harding, Eleanor Bertine, Jolande Jacobi, Marie-Louise von Franz, Hilde Kirsch, Mary Bancroft, Lucille Elliot, Olga Frobe-Kapteyn, Christiana Morgan, Barbara Hannah, and Mary Foote, and shares their stories. Never-before-published photographs. 1999. 168 pp. • ISBN 0-89254-044-3 • Paper, $18.95

Jung’s Thoughts on God: The Religious Depths of the Psyche
Donald Dyer.
For students who want to know how C. G. Jung viewed God will get a great overview of this material. Jung does not argue the existence of God, but examines the God-image in our religious texts, and how it helps people recognize the spiritual journey to wholeness. An important resource, with hundreds of references to help readers explore Jung’s work in regard to the existence and essence of God. 2000. • 128 pp. • ISBN 0-89254-049-4 • Paper, $18.95

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