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Darkest England: Adventures, Facts & Fantasy in

Shah, Idries · 1988

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Octagon Press Ltd, London, United Kingdom, 1988. Reprint, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780863040399 In his best-selling Darkest England, Idries Shah asserts that the English hail from a little-known place called 'Hathaby', but their roots go back...

The Commanding Self

Shah, Idries · 1997

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Octagon Press, London, 1997. First Thus, Paperback. Near Fine Condition. 9780863040702 To front: titles; list of author's other books; & detailed contents list. Described by the author as a key to the entire corpus of his work, The Commanding Self describes the mixture of prim...

The Life of Lieut.-General H. H. Sir Pratap Singh

Wart, R. B. Van · 1926

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.85 | ¥8,436)

Oxford, London, 1926. First Edition, Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. To front: sepia frontis. portrait; titles; preface; contents & list of illustrations. Lieutenant-General Sir Pratap Singh, GCB, GCSI, GCVO (21 October 1845 – 4 September 1922),...

Wisdom of the Idiots

Shah, Idries · 1971

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Dutton, New York, 1971. First Edition, Softcover. Very Good. 9780525473077 "Because what narrow thinkers imagine to be wisdom is often seen by the Sufis to be folly, the Sufis in contrast sometimes call themselves 'The Idiots'. By a happy chance, too, the Arabic word for 'Sain...

Tales of the Dervishes: Teaching-stories of the Sufi masters over the past thousand years, selected from the Sufi classics, from oral tradition, from unpublished manuscripts and schools of Sufi teaching in many Countries

Shah, Idries · 1973

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Panther/Granada, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, 1973. First Thus, Softcover. Very Good Condition. 9780586039229 "Although enormously attractive as sheer entertainment, dervish tales are never presented merely on the level of fable, legend or folklore. They stand comparison in wit,...

Caravan of Dreams

Shah, Idries · 1971

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Octagon Press, London, 1971. Second Impression, Brown Cloth. Very Good Condition/Fair. 9780900860140 "These stories adhere, return, seeming somehow to expand after reading into an area beyond outer consciousness. Like fine poems, their balanced harmonies appeal. Like great poe...

Flying saucer: Gurdjieff Revisits Earth

Thring, Brynhild Wooldridge · 1979

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Coombe Springs Press, Sherborne, Gloucestershire, 1979. First Edition, Paperback. Near Fine Condition. 9780900306525 Cover illustration is a photograph of a wood carving "The Craftsman's Hands" by the author's brother Professor Meredith. W. Thring. Meredith met J. G. Bennett i...

Ouspensky: The Unsung Genius

Reyner, J. H. · 1981

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Allen & Unwin, London, 1981. First Edition, Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780042941226 P. D. Ouspensky was one of the outstanding thinkers of the 20th century. he became convinced at a very early age of the existence of dimensions of reality beyond those which suf...

Meetings with Remarkable Men (All and Everything: Second Series)

Gurdjieff, George Ivanovitch · 1974

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1974. Reprint, Paperback. Very Good Condition. 9780710070326 The book takes the form of Gurdjieff's reminiscences about various "remarkable men" that he met, beginning with his father. They include the Armenian priest Pogossian; his friend Solov...

Creative Thinking

Bennett, John G. · 1982

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,273)

Coombe Springs Press, Sherborne, Gloucestershire, 1982. Third Edition, Paperback. Very Good Condition. 9780900306105 This book, based on a 1964 course given in London, presents a systematic approach to problems requiring creativity that at the same time takes into account the ...

Gurdjieff Today (Transformation of Man series - No. 1)

Bennett, John G · 1974

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Coombe Springs Press, Sherborne, Gloucestershire, 1974. First Edition, Paperback. Near Fine Condition/Good. 9780900306136 The present Monograph is the first of a series of six - 'The Transformation of Man'. The text is based on a lecture given at Caxton Hall, London in Decembe...

The Dramatic Universe: Volume 1 - Foundations of Natural Philosophy

Bennett, J. G. · 1987

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Claymont Communications, Charles Town, West Virginia, USA, 1987. First Thus, Softcover. Very Good Condition. 9780934254144 This is the first new edition in more than 30 years of Bennett's ground-breaking exploration. Even 60 years after its original publication, “The Dramatic ...

Transformation

Bennett., J. G · 1978

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Coombe Springs Press, Sherborne, Gloucestershire, 1978. First Edition, Paperback. Poor Condition. 9780900306518 'Transformation' was written as a recreational project while Bennett was on holiday with his family in August 1968. The text is unfinished, was left abandoned at the...

Gurdjieff: An Approach to His Ideas

Waldberg, Michel · 1989

£8.00 (€9.59 | $10.57 | ¥1,687)

Arkana/Penguin, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1989. First Paperback Edition, Paperback. Very Good Condition. 9780140190984 Titles, contents & foreword to front. An unbiased and critical examination of Gurdjieff's teachings and ideas. The works of Gurdjieff are notorious for being ...

The Shadows of Heaven: Gurdjieff and Toomer

Taylor, Paul Beekman · 1998

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,164)

Red Wheel / Weiser, York Beach, Maine, USA, 1998. First Edition, Paperback. Near Fine Condition. 9781578630349 Titles & contents to front. A great deal of mystery surrounds G. I. Gurdjieff and The Work. Today, many on the path of self-exploration find themselves drawn to the s...

A New Model of the Universe: Principles of the Psychological Method in Its Application to Problems of Science, Religion, and Art (Dover Occult)

Ouspensky, P. D. · 1997

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Dover Publications, New York, 1997. First Paperback Edition, Paperback. Near Fine Condition. 9780486297019 Titles. prefaces,& detailed contents list to front. Along with Aleister Crowley, Madame Blavatsky, and George Gurdjieff, P. D. Ouspensky (1878 -1947) was one of the most ...

Gurdjieff: A Biography

Moore, James · 1999

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,382)

Element Books Ltd, 1999. First Thus, Paperback. Near Fine Condition. 9781862046061 Titles & contents to the front. In this first major biography of George Ivanovitch Gurdjieff, James Moore offers an entertaining and reliable introduction to one of the Western world's most rema...

Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson: An Objectively Impartial Criticism of the Life of Man - All & Everything/First Series

Gurdjieff, Georges Ivanovitch · 1992

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.17 | ¥31,635)

Viking/Arkana/Penguin, 1992. First Thus, Hardcover. Near Fine Condition/Near Fine. 9780670841257 b/w. frontis. photo. of the author; titles, 'friendly advice' (by Gurdjieff) & contents pages to front. Integral red silk bookmark. Gurdjieff, in his writings, intended to "awaken"...

Dramatic Universe (Volume 2): The Foundations of Moral Philosophy

Bennett, J.G. · 1997

£30.00 (€35.96 | $39.63 | ¥6,327)

Bennett Books, London, 1997. First Thus, Paperback. Near Fine Condition. 9781881408048 Titles; author's note; preface & extensive contents list to front. Facsimile of 1961 edition. The Dramatic Universe builds an account of the significance and purpose of man’s existence on th...

Talks With a Devil

Ouspensky, P. D. (J. G. Bennett - editor) · 2000

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,218)

Samuel Weiser Inc. York Beach, Maine, USA, 2000. First Thus, Paperback. Very Good Condition. 9781578631643 Introduced and edited by J. G. Bennett. Translated by Katya Petroff. The two unrelated stories in this book, "The Inventor" and "The Benevolent Devil," were written just ...