First Edition, 1946. The value of Yogananda's Autobiography is greatly enhanced by the fact that it is one of the few books in English about the wise men of India which has been written, not by a journalist or foreigner, but by one of their own race and training--in short, a book about yogis by a yogi. As an eyewitness recountal of the extraordinary lives and powers of modern...
St. Martin's Griffin, 2002. — 623 p. Aleister Crowley was a blustery coward, an arrogant, misogynistic racist with fascist leanings, and a callous user, as often threatened by his sexuality as he claimed to be liberated by it. But he was also a groundbreaking poet and an iconoclastic visionary whose literary and cultural legacies extend far beyond the limits of his reputation....
Watkins Publishing, 2013. In English Jonathan Margolis adds a new book to the legend of Uri Geller. The Secret Life of Uri Geller focuses on Geller's CIA, Mossad and possibly other government and military connections. Part of the book is based on declassified documents from the CIA and scientists who worked with Geller in the US. It appears that those involved and with first...
Nevada: Falcon Press, 1989. — 552 p. This is the masterful biography of the Magus Aleister Crowley, written by the one person most qualified to write it. Israel Regardie was a friend and student of Crowley's, and served as his personal secretary for some time. In this book, Regardie manages to write a fair and balanced view of Crowley. It is an intelligent and insightful look...
London. Harper. 2002. - 305 c. A lifetime of healing has given Betty Shine an insight into the humanity that prevails in today's society. Though many people try to sweep these issues under the carpet, the interaction between every living thing on this planet affects us all. In fact, so many life forms have become extinct, it is only a matter of time before it happens to us. But...
London. Harper. 2002. - 305 c. A lifetime of healing has given Betty Shine an insight into the humanity that prevails in today's society. Though many people try to sweep these issues under the carpet, the interaction between every living thing on this planet affects us all. In fact, so many life forms have become extinct, it is only a matter of time before it happens to us. But...
First Edition. — Frederick Muller, 1958. — 209 p. — ASIN B0000CJXP2. Symonds met Aleister Crowley in 1946, the year before Crowley's death. Crowley's will left the copyright of his works to Symonds and made him Crowley's literary executor, though Crowley's legal status as an undischarged bankrupt meant that the copyrights actually ended up in receivership. At first fascinated...
University of Chicago Press, 2001. - 250 p. Quack, conjurer, sex fiend, murderer — Simon Forman (1552-1611) has been called all these things, and worse, ever since he was implicated (two years after his death) in the Overbury poisoning scandal that rocked the court of King James. But as Barbara Traister shows in this fascinating book, Forman's own unpublished manuscripts —...
Llewellyn Publications, 2010. — 214 p. Occult scholar Donald Tyson plumbs the depths of H. P. Lovecraft’s cosmic visions and horrific dream world to examine, warts and all, the strange life of the man who created the Necronomicon and the Cthulhu mythos. Lovecraft expressed disdain for magic and religion, and most of his biographers have dismissed the mystical side of his...
Collier Book, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1992. THIS BOOK records a search for the life secrets of a mystical tradition sometimes known as the Kabbala. It describes a series of encounters wherein individuals and groups who claim intimate acquaintance with this tradition are challenged to relate their hidden wisdom to problems of our day. It also contains a good deal of...
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