Joscelyn Godwin
Author
Publisher
Phanes Press
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
A discussion of the seven vowels in relation to various disciplines (linguistics, harmony, musicology, mythology, history of religions, esoteric and occult philosophy, vocal exercises, and meditational practices), with exercises from different traditions for disocvering one's own tones through the vowels.
Author
Language
English
Description
The Pagan Dream of the Renaissance recounts the almost untold story of how the rediscovery of the pagan, mythological imagination during the Renaissance brought a profound transformation to European culture. This highly illustrated book, available for the first time in paperback, shows that the pagan imagination existed side-by-side -- often uneasily -- with the official symbols, doctrines, and art of the Church. Godwin carefully documents how pagan...
Author
Publisher
Quest Books/Theosophical Pub. House
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The Golden Thread traces the interconnectedness of esoteric wisdom in the Western world, from classical antiquity to contemporary Europe and America. Joscelyn Godwin lends personal perspective to an arrangement of text that is historical and wisdom that is timeless, creating a source of inspiration that calls us to action in our everyday spiritual practice. Every chapter, therefore, makes reference to some aspect of contemporary life and issues of...
Author
Publisher
excelsior editions, and imprint of State University of New York Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"From 1776 to 1914, an amazing collection of prophets, mediums, sects, cults, utopian communities, and spiritual leaders arose in Upstate New York. Along with the best known of these, such as the Shakers, Mormons, and Spiritualists, this book explores more than forty other spiritual leaders or groups, some of them virtually unknown, but all of them fascinating. The author uncovers common threads that characterize these homegrown spiritualities, including...
Author
Publisher
State University of New York Press
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
An enticing intellectual history of various esoteric currents from the early Romantic period to the early twentieth century. The author maintains that the Theosophical Society held a crucial position as the place where all those currents temporarily united, before diverging again.
18) Harmonies of heaven and earth: the spiritual dimensions of music from antiquity to the avant-garde
Author
Publisher
Inner Traditions International
Pub. Date
c1987
Language
English
Author
Series
Theosophical history occasional papers volume 12
Publisher
Theosophical History
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
This is a translation of three articles originally published in Italian in Politica Romana in the 1990s.