The Matheson Trust - Böcker

Jewish short stories highlighting the essential role of Hebrew language, and the exegetic methods of the Kabbalah masters, in Jewish wisdom and wit of all ages and of all places.

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An examination of the similarities and differences between Christianity and Islam, especially in the areas of ontology, philosophy and metaphysics. The integration of the heritages of Plato and Aristotle in the Church and in Islam is explored deft...

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In this groundbreaking work of comparative religion, Algis Uzdavinys takes us deeply into the "closed and blessed gardens of myth", showing us the capital importance of the many varieties of "ascent to heaven". From the Pyramid Texts down to Secon...

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A new translation from Coptic and Greek texts, and an in-depth study of The Gospel of Thomas, integrating philological expertise with historical synthesis, tracing and reconstructing the threads of ancient Jewish esoteric ideas stretching across t...

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This is an in-depth study of the sacred origin and nature of royalty and monarchic regimes across ages and world cultures, written by an internationally acclaimed French authority on symbolism and religious studies.

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In-depth exploration of the life and thought of Louis Massignon (1883-1962), a very influential French Islamic scholar and Christian mystic. This is a translation of an original French by an expert on Massignon's life and works, revised and augmen...

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A book on the religious, mystic origins and substance of philosophy. This is a critical survey of ancient and modern sources and of scholarly works dealing with Orpheus and everything related to this major figure of ancient Greek myth, religion an...

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A collection of lectures by renowned Sufi scholar Martin Lings. Delivered in London in the late nineties, they cover topics relating to metaphysics, comparative religion, Islamic doctrines, Sufism, mysticism and literature, affording rare glimpses...

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A collection of previously unpublished lectures by the late Martin Lings, Shakespearean scholar and Sufi master. The main plays are seen in the light of universal and perennial metaphysics, psychology and eschatology, with many insights into the m...

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A collection of aphorisms on metaphysics and spirituality by a world authority on comparative religion and hermeneutics. This is the first English publication of a collection of youth journals, displaying the themes of his later work with unique v...

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A comprehensive survey of traditional and contemporary views on the Qur'an, including textual, historical, sociological, philosophical, aesthetic, linguistic and experiential, brought together in an effort to ascertain whether Islam's sacred book ...

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This book presents the worldview and the metaphysics of the Sophia Perennis, the Perennial Wisdom at the heart of all faiths, bringing out their depth and their current relevance as an alternative to the new atheist views from a comparative tradit...

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This book is an original and rich meditation on Krishna, his facets and meaning within the Mahabharata, and his deeper spiritual meaning for contemporary readers of all religions or none. Reading carefully Queen Kunti's hymn of praise in the Bhaga...

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This accessible yet rigorous collection of essays gives an authentic introduction to the greatest of Indian epic poems, the Mahabharata . Individual chapters on its major themes and symbolic dimensions will be appreciated by laymen and scholars al...

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The life of  ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, fourth caliph of early Islam and fountainhead of Shi‘ite and Sufi lineages, ‘is both inspirational and controversial: intrinsically inspirational and extrinsically controversial.’ These...

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This posthumous collection of poems by the renowned Spanishpainter Vicente Pascual may be considered a revelation of the“secret” of his craft. We discover that at the heart of his acclaimed paintings lies a musicality inextricably boun...

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This book is at first sight a selection of reviews spanning many years, including some fundamental well-known works and some rare gems of world religions, their spirituality and mysticism, touching on theology, ecology and art; as such, it is usef...

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This is a collection of spiritual verse distilled over the years by a renowned American poet. The traditional style and the crystalline music of the poems in this volume is informed by the doctrine of the Religio Perennis - timeless wisdom and art...

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At the heart of these succinct spiritual aphorisms is a certitude of the transcendent scope of the human vocation. Like so many heartbeats in a person's lifetime, they reiterate in ever varying forms the innate human need to know absolute Truth, a...

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A selection of letters written to disciples, seekers and spiritual authorities from all over the world and various religious paths. Each letter addresses the individual needs of one human microcosm, and so each letter touches on one or other aspec...

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This collection of mystical poetry by the most famous 14th-century Kashmiri saint, 'Mother Lalla', witnessing the depths of her metaphysical vision and her spiritual realisation. These verses, which have been memorised and treasured for centuries ...

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