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The ornament of the world: how Muslims, Jews, and Christians created a culture of tolerance in medieval Spain
Undoing the familiar notion of the Middle Ages as a period of religious persecution and intellectual stagnation, Menocal brings us a portrait of a medieval culture where literature, science, and tolerance flourished for 500 years. The story begins as…
Holy orders: the tragedy of a quiet life
A novel in which the hero, Richard Everton, a clergyman in a Cotswold country parish, campaigns against the pernicious influence of the local brewery, and for temperance and reform in the church.
Number and Time: Reflections Leading Towards a Unification of Psychology and Physics
"In Number and Time, Marie-Louise von Franz explores Jung's hypothesis. Her discussions of the theory of number draw on a wealth of material from eastern philosophy, ethnology, archaeology, and mythology, as well as natural sciences and mathematics.…
Sufi Wisdom
This book is the first work in English to present a view from Russia of Islamic mysticism. Ibn Arabi and Rumi are the main characters of the book. Their views reflect Sufi understanding of the Absolute being, of man, of the place and role of humans…