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

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The Tibetan Book of the Dead: or, The after-death experiences on the Bardo plane, according to Lāma Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English rendering.

Tags: Buddhism, Tibet, Tibetan studies

The "Key" of Jacob Boehme: With An Illustration of the Deep Principles of Jacob Behmen

Tags: Christianity, Mysticism

The Act of Being: The Philosophy of Revelation in Mullā Sadrā

"This study by Christian Jambet explores the essential merits of the philosophical system of Mulla Sadra Shirazi, an Iranian Shi'ite of the seventeenth century. The writings of Mulla Sadra Shirazi (1571-1640) bear witness to the divine revelation in…

Tags: Ibn 'Arabi, Islam, Shia, Sufism

The Adepts In the Eastern Esoteric Classical Tradition: Part Five, Venerated Teachers of the Jains, Sikhs, and Parsis

Tags: Jains, Mysticism, Parsis, Perennial wisdom, Sikhs, Theosophy

The Adepts In the Eastern Esoteric Classical Tradition: Part Four, The Mystics of Islam

Tags: Islam, Mysticism, Perennial wisdom, Theosophy

The Adepts In the Esoteric Classical Tradition: Part One, The Initiates of Greece and Rome

Tags: Greek, Mysticism, Perennial wisdom, Theosophy

The Adepts In the Esoteric Classical Tradition: Part Two, Mystics and Mysteries of Alexandria

Tags: Alexandria, Mysticism, Perennial wisdom, Theosophy

The adventures of Amir Hamza: lord of the auspicious planetary conjunction

This panoramic saga dates back perhaps as early as the seventh century, when oral narratives of the deeds of the prophet Muhammad's uncle Amir Hamza spread through Arabia, Persia, and the Indian subcontinent, expanding into a chronicle of warriors,…

Tags: Literature, Persia