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The Pythagorean Sourcebook and Library: An Anthology of Ancient Writings Which Relate to Pythagoras and Pythagorean Philosophy
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Kenneth S Guthrie (Editor), Kenneth S Gutherie, Joscelyn Godwin (Foreword by)
This anthology, the largest collection of Pythagorean writings ever to appear in English, contains the four ancient biographies of Pythagoras and over 25 Pythagorean and Neopythagorean writings from the Classical and Hellenistic periods. The material of this book is indispensable for anyone who wishes to understand the real spiritual roots of ...
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Hypnerotomachia Poliphili: The Strife of Love in a Dream
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Francesco Colonna, Joscelyn Godwin (Translator)
Exactly 500 years after its first publication, by the great Venetian publishing house of Aldus Manutius, Francesco Colonna's weird, erotic, allegorical antiquarian tale, "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili", was translated into English and reprinted in full, together with all of its 174 original woodcut illustrations. It has been called the first "stream ...
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Music, Mysticism and Magic: 2a Sourcebook
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Joscelyn Godwin, Malcolm Godwin
This is a historical study of music contending that it is a powerful agent for self transformation, for the healing of body and soul and for awakening the spirit within. The collection reflects the view that from whatever age music emanates there is a close link between music, mysticism and magic and as illustration the author includes the ...
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Cosmic Music: Musical Keys to the Interpretation of Reality
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Joscelyn Godwin (Editor)
The idea that the universe is created out of sound or music (and therefore "is" music) is a very ancient one. In this book, Joscelyn Godwin brings together three contemporary German thinkers who exemplify this tradition in its modern variants: Marius Schneider, Rudolf Haase, and Hans Erhard Lauer.
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The Golden Thread: The Ageless Wisdom of the Western Mystery Traditions
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Joscelyn Godwin
In this concise survey, Godwin identifies the great movers and shakers of the Western Mystery Tradition, providing a brief history and description of each. Moving chronologically from ancient Egypt to twentieth-century Europe, he covers Hermes, Zoroaster, Orpheus, Pythagoras, Plato, the Gnostics, the alchemists and Rosicrucians, Freemasons, and ...
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Arktos: The Myth of the Pole in Science, Symbolism and Nazi Survival
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Joscelyn Godwin
This compelling book uses extensive foreign- language sources to enlighten English-speaking readers about the effect of the tilt of the earth's axis on catastrophes, the Hollow Earth Theory and the link between UFOs and the polar regions.
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The Harmony of the Spheres: The Pythagorean Tradition in Music
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Joscelyn Godwin
Godwin traces the history of the idea, held since ancient times, that the whole cosmos, with its circling planets and stars, is in some way a musical or harmonious entity. The author shows how this concept has continued to inspire philosophers, astronomers, and mystics from antiquity to the present day.
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The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz
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Christian Rosencreutz, Joscelyn Godwin (Translator), Adam McLean (Designer)
The first contemporary English translation of the "third Rosicrucian manifesto."
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The Real Rule of Four: The Unauthorized Guide to the New York Times #1 Bestseller
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Joscelyn Godwin
Godwin provides the definitive guide to the real world mysteries of the bestselling phenomenon "The Rule of Four."
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The Pagan Dream of the Renaissance
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Joscelyn Godwin
During the Renaissance, a profound transformation occurred in Western culture, fueled in large part by the rediscovery of the pagan, mythological imagination. While the Greek gods and goddesses had never been entirely eclipsed during the "Dark Ages, " with the Renaissance their presence once again became a powerful force in almost every aspect of ...
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Robert Fludd: Hermetic Philosopher and Surveyor of Two Worlds
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Joscelyn Godwin
bert Fludd was one of the last of the true "Renaissance men" who took all learning as their preserve and tried to encompass the whole of human knowledge. Born in Elizabethan England, he became a convinced occultist while traveling on the Continent. His voluminous writings were devoted to defending the philosophy of the alchemists and Rosicrucians ...
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Hypnerotomachia Poliphili: The Strife of Love in a Dream
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Joscelyn Godwin (Translator), Francesco Colonna
A translation into English of the Renaissance text "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili", a pagan, allegorical, mythological romance relating in Latin the quest of Poliphilo for his beloved Polia. The author was obsessed by architecture, and there are 172 woodcuts of gardens and buildings.
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The Eternal Hermes: From Greek God to Alchemical Magus
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Antoine Faivre, Joscelyn Godwin (Translator)
Hermes -- the fascinating, mercurial messenger of the gods, eloquent revealer of hidden wisdom, and guardian of occult knowledge -- has played a central role in the development of esotericism in the West. The enigmatic Hermes Trismegistus, legendary author of ancient Gnostic writings, was the father of the Hermetic tradition. Drawing upon rare ...
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Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor: Initiatic and Historical Documents of an Order of Practical Occultism
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Joscelyn Godwin, Christian Chanel, John P Deveney
This is a history of 19th-century occultism and the Western Mystery Tradition, focusing on the mysterious Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor, which the authors trace from its mysterious beginnings to its equally mysterious disappearance in the early 1900s. Explanatory notes and a general introduction to the order and its history are included, as is a ...
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Athanasius Kircher: A Renaissance Man and the Quest for Lost Knowledge
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Joscelyn Godwin
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Theosophical Enlightenmt
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Harmonies of Heaven and Earth: Mysticism in Music from Antiquity to the Avant-Garde
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Joscelyn Godwin
Joscelyn Godwin explores music's effects on matter, living things, and human behavior. Turning to metaphysical accounts of the higher worlds and theories of celestial harmony, the author follows the path of musical inspiration on its descent to Earth, illuminating the archetypal currents that lie beneath Western musical history.
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The Mystery of the Seven Vowels in Theory and Practice
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Joscelyn Godwin
An unusual study of the vowels in music, magic, and mysticism.
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Arktos: The Polar Myth in Science, Symbolism & Nazi Survival
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Joscelyn Godwin
Arktos is the first book ever written on the archetype of the Poles: celestial and terrestrial, North and South. This engrossing and sometimes hair-raising voyage through cosmology, occultism and conspiracy theory leads to startling revelations about the secrets of the Poles. The author investigates legends of a Golden Age, which some claim ended ...
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Secret Lore of Music: The Hidden Power of Orpheus
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Fabre D'Olivet, Antoine F D'Olivet, Joscelyn Godwin (Translator)
Written by Fabre d'Olivet (1767-1825), this classic study of music was the first to revive Pythagoras' ideas of the sacred nature of music and its profound effect on the soul. Godwin also provides a fascinating biography of d'Olivet.
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Mystery Religions in the Ancient World
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Harmonies of Heaven and Earth: The Spiritual Dimensions of Music from Antiquity to the Avant-Garde
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Schirmer Scores: A Repertory of Western Music
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Jocelyn Godwin, Joscelyn Godwin
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Ride the Tiger: A Survival Manual for the Aristocrats of the Soul
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Julius Evola, Joscelyn Godwin (Translator), Constance Fontana (Translator)
Julius Evola's final major work identifies the type of person capable of "riding the tiger," who can give absolute meaning to life in a world of dissolution while transforming destructive processes into inner liberation. " Ride the Tiger" presents an implacable criticism of the idols and illusions of our modern age, offering hope for those who ...
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Music, Mysticism, and Magic: A Sourcebook
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