Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition (Trapp J. B.)(Paperback)

Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition (Trapp J. B.)(Paperback)

Giordano Bruno is known as the Prophet of the New Age, and his vision of an infinite universe grounded in science is increasingly celebrated. One of the principal forces behind his rediscovery was the great British historian Frances Yates. In calling attention to Giordono Bruno, she paved the way

Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition (Yates Frances A.)(Paperback)

Placing Bruno-both advanced philosopher and magician burned at the stake-in the Hermetic tradition, Yates's acclaimed study gives an overview not only of Renaissance humanism but of its interplay-and conflict-with magic and occult practices. 'Among those who have explored the intellectual world of

Giordano Bruno: Philosopher / Heretic (Rowland Ingrid D.)(Paperback)

Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) is one of the great figures of early modern Europe, and one of the least understood. Ingrid D. Rowland's biography establishes him once and for all as a peer of Erasmus, Shakespeare, and Galileo-a thinker whose vision of the world prefigures ours. Writing with great

Heresy (Parris S. J.)(Paperback / softback)

The first book in the No. 1 Sunday Timesbestselling series following Giordano Bruno, set at the time of Queen Elizabeth

The Expulsion of the Triumphant Beast (New Edition) (Bruno Giordano)(Paperback)

The itinerant Neoplatonic scholar Giordano Bruno (1548-1600), one of the most fascinating figures of the Renaissance, was burned at the stake for heresy by the Inquisition in Rome on Ash Wednesday in 1600. The primary evidence against him was the book Spaccio de la bestia trionfante, a daring

Hegel and the Hermetic Tradition (Magee Glenn Alexander)(Paperback)

Glenn Alexander Magee's pathbreaking book argues that Hegel was decisively influenced by the Hermetic tradition, a body of thought with roots in Greco-Roman Egypt. Magee traces the influence on Hegel of such Hermetic thinkers as Baader, B hme, Bruno, and Paracelsus, and fascination with occult and

Burned Alive: Bruno, Galileo and the Inquisition (Martinez Alberto a.)(Pevná vazba)

In 1600, the Catholic Inquisition condemned the philosopher and cosmologist Giordano Bruno for heresy, and he was then burned alive in the Campo de' Fiori in Rome. Historians, scientists, and philosophical scholars have traditionally held that Bruno's theological beliefs led to his execution,

The Hermetic Tradition: Symbols and Teachings of the Royal Art (Evola Julius)(Paperback)

This important survey of alchemical symbols and doctrines sets forth the mysterious worldview and teachings of the practitioners of the 'royal art.' One of the leading exponents of the Hermetic tradition, Julius Evola demonstrates the singularity of subject matter that lies behind the words of all

Dying for Ideas: The Dangerous Lives of the Philosophers (Bradatan Costica)(Paperback)

What do Socrates, Hypatia, Giordano Bruno, Thomas More, and Jan Patocka have in common? First, they were all faced one day with the most difficult of choices: stay faithful to your ideas and die or renounce them and stay alive. Second, they all chose to die. Their spectacular deaths have become not

Ethics in the Confucian Tradition - The Thought of Mengzi and Wang Yangming (Ivanhoe Philip J.)(Paperback / softback)

The Story of the Trapp Family Singers (Trapp Maria A.)(Paperback)

With nearly 1,500 Broadway performances, six Tony Awards, more than three million albums sold, and five Academy Awards, The Sound of Music, based on the lives of Maria, the baron, and their singing children, is as familiar to most of us as our own family history. But much about the real-life woman

Apocalypse, Prophecy, and Pseudepigraphy: On Jewish Apocalyptic Literature (Collins John J.)(Paperback)

A highly regarded expert on the Jewish apocalyptic tradition, John J. Collins has written extensively on the subject. Nineteen of his essays written over the last fifteen years, including previously unpublished contributions, are brought together for the first time in this volume. Its thematic

The Kybalion - Hermetic Philosophy - Revised and Updated Edition (Three Initiates)(Paperback)

An occult classic Since its first publication in 1908, The Kybalion, Hermetic Philosophy by Three Initiates, has been in constant demand by students and investigators of the Secret Doctrines. It is a modern addition to the body of work devoted to Hermes Trismegistus, an icon of ancient teachings

Auntie Poldi and the Fruits of the Lord - Auntie Poldi 2 (Giordano Mario)(Paperback / softback)

The Tradition (Brown Jericho)(Paperback)

The Tradition explores cultural threats on black bodies, resistance, and the interplay of desire and privilege in a dangerous

Black Marxism - The Making of the Black Radical Tradition (Robinson Cedric J.)(Paperback / softback)

The Kybalion: A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece (Three Initiates)(Paperback)

2016 Reprint of 1908 Edition. This guide offers a modern interpretation of Hermetic doctrine, distilling its teachings into seven compelling principles that can be applied to self-development in daily life. For centuries, the legendary Egyptian man-god Hermes Trismegistus - regarded as the father

Grant and Lee: A Study in Personality and Generalship (Fuller J. F. C.)(Paperback)

' . . . cuts squarely across the accepted tradition . . . Fuller examines these two great soldiers from a fresh viewpoint and refuses to let himself be bound by tradition.' --New York Times Book Review' . . . readable, instructive, stimulating, and . . . controversial as when first published.'

Sins As Scarlet - 'In the heady tradition of Raymond Chandler and Michael Connelly' A. J. Finn, bestselling author of The Woman in the Window (Obregon Nicolas)(Paperback / softback)

Tender Bar - Now a Major Film (Moehringer J R)(Paperback / softback)

In the rich tradition of bestselling memoirs about self-invention, The Tender Bar is by turns riveting, moving, and achingly funny. An evocative portrait of one boy's struggle to become a man, it's also a touching depiction of how some men remain lost boys.JR Moehringer grew up listening for a

Irish Fairy Tales (Jackson J. K.)(Paperback)

Fairy stories, especially from the rich tradition of Ireland where the supernatural grew from the legends of the Celts, are the magic stories of everyday folk seeking solutions to the challenges of the day. This spritely new collection brings together the fables and stories of banshees, kings,

TYR Myth-Culture-Tradition Vol. 3 (Buckley Joshua)(Paperback)

IN THE THIRD VOLUME: Thomas Naylor on 'Cipherspace,' Annie Le Brun on 'Catastrophe Pending,' Pentti Linkola on 'Survival Theory,' Michael O'Meara on 'The Primordial and the Perennial,' Alain de Benoist on 'Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power,' Nigel Pennick on 'The Web of Wyrd,' Thierry Jolif on

The American Political Tradition: And the Men Who Made It (Hofstadter Richard)(Paperback)

The American Political Tradition is one of the most influential and widely read historical volumes of our time. First published in 1948, its elegance, passion, and iconoclastic erudition laid the groundwork for a totally new understanding of the American past. By writing a 'kind of intellectual

Auntie Poldi and the Lost Madonna - Auntie Poldi 4 (Giordano Mario)(Paperback / softback)

Possessed nuns, a lost statue and a disappeared doppleganger - the latest adventure of Sicily's favourite, grappa-drinking detective Auntie