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Kenneth R. Small curator Perennial Wisdom Resources</text>
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                  <text>Mythology - Global, Greek, Celtic/Druid/Arthurian, Egyptian&#13;
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Literature - William Butler Yeats writings and studies, William Blake writings and studies (extensive) and others.&#13;
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Christianity - New Testament Studies, Gnosticism, Mystical Christianity&#13;
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Sacred Geometry&#13;
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Buddhism - Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana studies and texts&#13;
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Hinduism - Yoga, tantra and Siva writings.&#13;
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Islam - Koran and Sufi texts and studies. Writings of Ibn Arabi, Avicenna, Rumi, Hafez etc.&#13;
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Taoism&#13;
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Greek philosophy - Plato, Neo-Platonism, Pythagorean studies (extensive collection of several hundred volumes)&#13;
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Jewish studies - Kabbalah&#13;
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Symbolism Studies - the Tarot&#13;
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Linguistics&#13;
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Art- Color studies and World Religious Art&#13;
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Archeology of Stone Monuments&#13;
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Theosophy - Blavatsky, dePurucker, Subba Row, writings.&#13;
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W.Y. Evans-Wentz - First editions of his four volumes of Tibetan translations&#13;
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JRR Tolkien writings and studies&#13;
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Wizards Bookshelf Secret Doctrine Reference Series - quality reprints of 19th century references to Blavatsky's 'Secret Doctrine'.&#13;
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Ancient Egyptian Religion, Symbolism and History &#13;
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                  <text>The overview paradigm, for The Peter Philp Library of Western Esotericism and Global Wisdom Traditions, was inspired by the 'essential unity of all religions' from Theosophy founder Helena Blavatsky (1831-1891) and Theosophical Society Sanskrit motto 'There is no Religion Higher than Truth'. Philp's view  on Western Esotericism is reflected  in an essay by the Greek classics, Gnostic scholar and theosophist, G. R. S. Mead (1863-1933). Mead outlined, in his  March 1891 essay.* Mead outlines, in his 1891 essay, a  broad based overview of the essential perennialism found in the Western Wisdom Traditions, including Greek philosophies of Plato, Pythagorus, pre-Socratics and Noeplatonism, Greek drama, mystery schools, mythology, Gnostic literature and Christian Mysticism, Hermetic philosophy and Alchemy, Jewish Kabbalah, Global Mythology, European folk religions and 'the nature of the soul and states after death'. Mead's view   was to complement the  study of the translations and promotion of the perennial wisdom from Asia, especially focused on India, which Blavatsky and the Theosophical Society were advocating and spearheading during the 1880's to 90's. Peter Philp, in his decades of perennial wisdom book study and collecting, with his ever growing collection, maintained this theosophic basis as its underlying paradigm and inspiration. &#13;
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                <text>Preface by Mircea Eliade; translated by David E. Green</text>
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                <text>Introduction. Rivalry or ultimate unity? ; What is the holy? ; Methodology ; Can art be a holy act? ; "Primitive" and "modern" ; Organization -- Part one : Beautiful motion. The unity of dance and religion ; The breakup of unity ; Enmity between dance and religion ; Religious dance : influences ; Religious dance : harmony ; The theological aesthetics of the dance -- Part two : Movements and countermovements. Holy play ; The breakup of unity ; The enmity between religion and theater ; Influences : harmony ; The theological aesthetics of the drama -- Part Three : Beautiful words. Holy words ; The breakup of unity ; The rejection of the word by religion ; Influences toward harmony ; The theological aesthetics of the word -- Part four : The pictorial arts. The fixation of an idea as a holy image ; Unhindered pictorial representation ; The prohibition of images and the iconoclastic controversy ; The holy image : influences -- Part five : The house of God and the house of man. The building of the house of God ; The house of God becomes a human house : alienation and conflict ; Influences toward harmony ; The theological aesthetics of building -- Part six : Music and religion. Holy sound ; The transitional structure ; Discord ; Influences ; Harmony ; The theological aesthetics of music -- Part seven : Theological aesthetics. Paths and boundaries ; The republic of the arts ; The image of God ; The theology of the arts.&#13;
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Beautiful motion. The unity of dance and religion -- The breakup of unity -- Enmity between dance an religion -- Religious dance : influences -- Religious dance : harmony -- The theological aesthetics of the dance -- Movements and countermovements. Holy play -- The breakup of unity -- The enmity between religion and theater -- Influences : harmony -- The theological aesthetics of the drama -- Beautiful words. Holy words -- The breakup of unity -- The rejection of the word by religion -- Influences toward harmony -- The theological aesthetics of the word -- The pictorial arts : The fixation of an idea as a holy image -- Unhindered pictorial representation -- The prohibition of images and the iconoclastic controversy -- The holy image : influences -- The house of God and the house of man. The building of the house of God -- The house of God becomes a human house : alienation and conflict -- Influences toward harmony -- The theological aesthetics of building -- Music and religion. Holy sound -- The transitional structure -- Discord -- Influences -- Harmony -- The theological aesthetics of music -- Theological aesthetics. Paths and boundaries -- The republic of the arts -- The image of God -- The theology of the arts.</text>
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"Gerardus van der Leeuw was one of the first to attempt a rapprochement between theology and the arts, and his influence continues to be felt in what is now a burgeoning field. Sacred and Profane is the fullest expression of his pursuit of a theological aesthetics, surveying religion's relationship to all the arts -- dance, drama, literature, painting, sculpture, architecture, and music"--Amazon.com.</text>
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