Search Results: Sufism from By The Way Books

Aukland: Gnostic Press, 1978. First edition. Paperback in fine condition.. 159 pages. A description of Dougan's striving from the unconscious to the conscious, his contact with Gurdjieff's teaching and eventual initiation as a Naqsgbandi Sufi. In 1974 Dougan undertook a 40-day fast while travelling in India and Afghanistan, and the unfolding of theis discipline is narrated as a day-to-day record. The book concludes with an objective account of the Muslim Hajj pilgrimage.

New York, 2006. Paperback in very good condition.. Contains "A Blinding Proximity" by Patrick Laude - Divine presence and human absence; "And Where He comes from And Where He Goes" by Bernard of Clairvaux - Self-observation and counsel from a twelfth-century saint; "Entering the Ordinary" by Hilary Hart - Lessons in simplicity and love; "The Buddha Calling the Buddha" by Kinrei Bassis - Learning to listen; "The Path of Yearning" by Marc Gafni - From separation to union; "Glyphs" by Sandra Alcosser - Reading the landscape with Lewis and Clark; "The Pain of Divine Love" by Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee - The sanctity of sorrow; "In Time" by Eduardo Galeano - The voyage "between two flutterings"; "The Formless Hunch" by Peter Brook - A way of working; "As Far As Longing Can Reach" by Peter and Maria Kingsley - The energy of wanting; "To Perfect Oneself in the Sense of Being", A conversation with Margaret Flinsch; "Attention of the Heart" by Abba Dorotheus; "All that is Between Them" by Omid Safi - The journey… Read More

Lahore: Sh. Muhammad Ashraf, 1971. Paperback in very good condition.. 136 pages.

New York: Columbia University Press, 1982. First edition. Hardbound in very good condition in good dust jacket; Note, maybe sales price, on title page.. 359 pages.

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1983. Paperback in very good condition.. 409 pages.

New York, 2005. First edition. Paperback in very good condition.. 30th Anniversary Issue; Contains "Wake-up Calls: Some Ancient Hindu Myths" by Wendy Doniger - Reincarnation and deja-vu, "Passing Through the Sun-door" by Peter Samsel - Liberation from the realm of contraries, "I Sleep, but My Heart Is Awake" - An Interview with Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, "Slumber Seizes Him Not" by William C. Chittick - The remedy for forgetfulness, "Waking" by Linda Hogan - Daily there is beauty, "What Do You See When You're Awake?" - Views from Martha Heyneman, Stephen Batchelor, Robert Aitken, Pir Zia Inayat Khan, Kate Wheeler, Marion Woodman, Thomas Moore, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, Rabbi Rami Shapiro, "The Hidden Union" by Jacob Needleman - Transformational knowing, "Sensations" by Sri Anirvan - The harmonious body, "Eight Awakenings of Great Beings" by Dogen Zenji - The last teaching of Shakyamuni Buddha, "The Liberating Shock" by Paramahansa Yogananda, "In the Zone of Complexity" by Holmes Rolston III - Who we are,… Read More

New York, 2005. First edition. Paperback in new condition.. 30th Anniversary Issue; Contains "Wake-up Calls: Some Ancient Hindu Myths" by Wendy Doniger - Reincarnation and deja-vu, "Passing Through the Sun-door" by Peter Samsel - Liberation from the realm of contraries, "I Sleep, but My Heart Is Awake" - An Interview with Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, "Slumber Seizes Him Not" by William C. Chittick - The remedy for forgetfulness, "Waking" by Linda Hogan - Daily there is beauty, "What Do You See When You're Awake?" - Views from Martha Heyneman, Stephen Batchelor, Robert Aitken, Pir Zia Inayat Khan, Kate Wheeler, Marion Woodman, Thomas Moore, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, Rabbi Rami Shapiro, "The Hidden Union" by Jacob Needleman - Transformational knowing, "Sensations" by Sri Anirvan - The harmonious body, "Eight Awakenings of Great Beings" by Dogen Zenji - The last teaching of Shakyamuni Buddha, "The Liberating Shock" by Paramahansa Yogananda, "In the Zone of Complexity" by Holmes Rolston III - Who we are, where… Read More

Oxford: Anqa, 2007. First printing. Paperback in new condition.. 480 pages.

New York, 1998. Paperback in very good condition.. Contains "Kheperi, Ra, Atum" by Normandi Ellis - The ancient Egyptian vision of transformation; "Cauldron of Changes" by Mara Freeman - Shifting from form to form; "Who Lives, Who Survives?" by Wendy Doniger - Karma and reincarnation in Hindu texts; "By Whom Is Wisdom Sown?" from the Hermetica - Teachings of Hermes Trismegistus; "In the Dark Places of Wisdom" by Peter Kingsley - The incubation of initiates; "Blessed Are the Birth-Givers" by Miranda Shaw - A Buddhist celebration of motherhood; "The Night Journey of Nicodemus" by Philip Zaleski - Baptism into a new life; "How Our End Will Be" from The Gospel of St. Thomas - On the undying self; "Circulation of the Light" from The Secret of the Golden Flower - The Taoist doctrine of the reverse current; "The Serpent That Bites Its Own Tail" by William A. McIntosh - Symbol of death and revival; "Birth and the Witness" by Elizabeth N. Brower - A midwife's perspective; "Radiant Gravity" by Anne Farber -… Read More

New York, 2005. Paperback in new condition.. Contains "Spirit, Body, and In-between" by William Chittick - Ambiguity and the intermediate realm; "Bees of the Invisible World" by Martha Heyneman - Rilke's soul at work; "Intentional Blending" by G. I. Gurdjieff - The birth of one's own initiative (illustrated with two paintings by Paul Reynard); "Plural Souls" by Adin Steinsaltz - Descent for the sake of ascension; "The Fragrance of the Friend" An interview with Iraj Anvar; "One Coffin--Two Corpses" by J. A. Taylor - Zen ancestor's teaching through dying; "Embodied in Air" by Lory Widmer Hess - The vitality of vowels, the power of consonants; "Except by Light" by Elizabeth Carothers Herron - The enduring affection among all things; "The Mind in the Hand" by Linda Hogan - Living by feel; "The True Human Body" An Interview with Jacob Needleman; "Legitimate Duality" From MEDITATIONS ON THE TAROT, Translated by Robert Powell - Rooted in being or rooted in love?; "The Pattern that is Me" by John… Read More

2012. First edition. Paperback in very good condition.. Contents: THE FIRE SERMON of The Buddha, translated by Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi: A fresh translation of an ancient teaching, REFLECTIONS ON THE FIRE SERMON by Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi: The world is on fire. What is to be done?, FIRST FIRES by Joseph Bruchac: Fire in American Indian traditions and stories, REPAIRING THE FABRIC OF THE WORLD: A conversation with civic visionary Jonathan F.P. Rose, IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS by Holly Haworth: Do you remember the Milky Way?, PAINTINGS by Shawn Dulaney: Works of subtle transcendence from a master artist, THE PHOENIX by John Vinycomb: Consumed by flames, it arises anew, IF YOU WANT TO BE A REBEL, BE KIND by Nipun Mehta: Street level spirituality in Oakland, California, A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE by Elena Wertenbaker: A young farmer's mission to grow safe food, IN ONE PART OF THE BURNING WORLD by Roger Lipsey: Dag Hammarskjold, the United Nations, and Tibet, AN OFFERING OF FLAMES by Barbara Helen Berger: Lighting a candle,… Read More

New York, 1994. Paperback in very good condition.. Contains "Invitation to the Soul" by David A. Cooper - Sounds that awaken us; "The One in the Many" by Seyyed Hossein Nasr - Religion, globality, and universality; "Resistance to the Call" by Juilene Osborne-McKnight - The story of St. Patrick; "Following the Straight Path" by Richard Katz - Transmission of Fijian healing practices; "Call of the Wild" by Jack London - Following old memories; "Ear of the Heart" by Norvene Vest - The Rule of St. Benedict; "There Are No Secrets" by Peter Brook - Discovering the stage set for The Tempest; "The Awakening of Thought" by Jeanne de Salzmann - Recognition of another level; "Old Speech" by Ken Hawkinson - The role of the African griot; "Abraham's Call" by Gray Henry - The Islamic view of invitation to prayer; "The Call of Service" by Robert Coles - A portrait of Dorothy Day; "The Reluctant Prophet" by Mordechai Beck - The story of Jonah "Winding the Golden String" by Bede Griffiths - A boyhood experience of… Read More

London: ISF Publishing, 2015. Paperback in new condition.. 243 pages.

London: Octagon, 1968. Very good condition in good dust jacket; Jacket quite worn with a couple pieces missing.. 207 pages.

New York, 2003. First edition. Paperback in very good condition.. Contains "Doorways to Other Worlds" by Mary Pat Mann - What do fractals and Faery have in common?, "A Hymn" by Thomas Moore - Honoring the positive attributes of disorder, "Monsters, Children of Chaos" by David Appelbaum - What lurks in the dark deep..., "The Last Lecture" by Philip Zaleski, "A Celtic Mandala" by Mara Freeman - Looking at an archetype of order, "Souls of Fire" by Abraham Isaac Kook - On the motive of creativity, "Of Thurs and Tyr" by Edward W.L. Smith - The religion of the ancient Vikings, "Word Hoard" by BK Loren - When you can't find the right word, "In the Greek Cosmos" by David Hoffman - How order and disorder complement each other, "Painting with Sand" by Sarah Jane Sloane - Art made not to last, "The Great Sphere That Spins" by Dante Alighieri - A movement toward a higher level, "Turbulent Rhapsody" by Susan Allen - Music as a temporal art, "The Barong and Rangda" by Kristi Ross - Creatures of Balinese myth; 128 pages. Read More

Secaucus: Chartwell, 1978. First edition. Very good condition in a very good dust jacket.. 120 color photographs, 175 black-and-white and 14 maps; 231 pages.

Golden Sufi Center, 1999. First printing. Paperback in very good condition.. 170 pages.

New York: Continuum, 2012. Paperback in new condition.. 249 pages. This book explores the introduction of Gurdjieff's discourse on spiritual transformation in the late 20th century and its relation to Sufism. In addition to a review of the influence of Gurdjieff and his ideas, it incudes a detail review of J.G. Bennett and his introduction of the ideas of Gurdjieff and Sufism to the West.

New York: Continuum, 2012. Paperback in new condition.. 249 pages. This book explores the introduction of Gurdjieff's discourse on spiritual transformation in the late 20th century and its relation to Sufism. In addition to a review of the influence of Gurdjieff and his ideas, it incudes a detail review of J.G. Bennett and his introduction of the ideas of Gurdjieff and Sufism to the West.

New York, 1994. First edition. Paperback in very good condition.. Contains "Bodies of Sleep, Garments of Skins" by Stuart Smithers - Ancient views of the relationship between body and soul, "Dangerous Outfits" by Nouk Bassomb - Be careful where you go in borrowed clothes, "Pascal's Jacket" by Noelle Oxenhandler - A meditation on hiddenness, "Every Robe He Dons Becomes Him" by Shawkat M. Toorawa - Images of clothing in the Islamic tradition, "The Fabric of Independence" by Susan Bean - The communicative power of Mahatma Gandhi's costume, "Trying on a Hat" by Richard Lewis - Children's dress-ups, "A Glorious Robe" by Kathleen Norris - The Benedictine clothing ceremony, "The Mystery of the Veil" by Frithjof Schuon - The garment that conceals and reveals, "The Dancer's Sleeve" by Edwin Bernbaum - Tibetan Mani Rimdu dance ritual, "Divine Clothing" by Joseph Wolf - Mystical Judaic versions of the garment metaphor, "Before All This" by Gunilla Norris - How traditional costume defines our roots, "The Cycle… Read More