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  • Collection: The Peter Philp Library of Western
    Esotericism and Global Wisdom Traditions

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An illustrated tour of The Cloisters, presenting hidden treasures and details of the collection that might be missed by the casual visitor.

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"In this wide-ranging discussion of Kabbalah - from the mystical trends of medieval Judaism to modern Hasidism - one of the world's foremost scholars considers different visions of the nature of the sacred text and the methods used to interpret it.…

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Paul E. Walker looks at this seminally important Ismaili missionary from the tenth century (Islamic fourth century) from a fresh perspective. Al-Sijistani and his thought are presented in this book much as he might have done himself if he had written…

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Abydos is one of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt, the burial place of the first kings of Egypt, and a cult center of Osiris, god of the underworld and judge of the dead. Past archaeological finds in Abydos include the oldest…

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A systematic treatment of esotericism, including a historical survey of various esoteric currents with clear definitions of key terms, studies on several important figures, works, and movements in Western esotericism, and an extensive bibliography.

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As war raged across the jagged Afghan countryside, the staff of the Afghan National Museum spirited away, piece by piece, to hiding places all over the Kabul region, each time risking their lives, sworn to silence, it was a secret they kept until the…
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