Books for the mind's eye
From 1973, as General Editor of her pioneering series "Art and Imagination", Jill Purce created over thirty beautifully illustrated books on Sacred Traditions, Art and Cosmology, published by Thames and Hudson, Seuil, Heibonsha. A selection are still available for purchase on their website.
Explore a truly astonishing diversity of interests, philosophies, religions and cultures - from alchemy to angels, Buddhism to Hinduism, myth to magic. Originally large-format paperback volumes, from 2012 onwards some are being elegantly reformatted as pocket books. Click on the cover images or titles below to order from Amazon.
The Mystic Spiral :Journey of the Soul
by Jill Purce
Astrology : The Celestial Mirror
by Warren Kenton
Athanasius Kircher: A Renaissance Man
by Joscelyn Godwin
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Beyond Death : The Gates of Consciousness
by Stanislas Grof
Buddha: The Intelligent Heart
by Alistair Shearer
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Robert Fludd
by Joscelyn Godwin
Creation Myths : Man's Introduction to the World
by David Maclagan
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Cult of the Cat
by Nicholas J. Saunders
The Dragon : Nature of Spirit, Spirit of Nature
by Francis Huxley
Dreams : Visions of the Night
by David Coxhead and Susan Hiller
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The Earth Spirit : Its Ways, Shriness and Mysteries
by John Michell
Egyptian Mysteries : New Light on Ancient Knowledge
by Lucy Lamy
The Eye
by Francis Huxley
Freemasonry: A Journey Through Ritual and Symbol
by W. Kirk MacNulty
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Goddess: Mother of Living Nature
by Adele Getty
The Grail : Quest for the Eternal
by John Matthews
The Hindu Vision: Forms of the Formless
by Alistair Shearer
Kabbalah : Tradition of Hidden Knowledge
by Z'ev ben Shimon-Halevi
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King Arthur: the Dream of a Golden Age
by Geoffrey Ashe
Magic : The Western Tradition
by Francis King
Martial Arts : The Spiritual Dimension
by Peter Payne
Rose Windows
by Painton Cowen
Sacred Dance : Encounter with the Gods,
by Maria-Gabriele Wosien
Sacred Geometry : Philosophy and Practice
by Robert Lawlor
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Shaman : The Wounded Healer
by Joan Halifax
Subtle Body : Essence and Shadow
by David V. Tansley
Sufi : Expressions of the Mystic Quest
by Laleh Bakhtiar
Tao: The Chinese Philosophy of Time and Change
by Philip Rawson
Time : Rythm and Repose
by Marie-Louise von Franz
Tree of Life: Image for the Cosmos
by Roger Cook
Zen : Direct Pointing to Reality
by Anne Bancroft
Twins and the Double
by John Lash
Angels: Messengers of the Gods
by Peter Lamborn Wilson
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Alchemy: The Secret Art
by Stanislas Klossowski De Rola
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Atlantis: Lost Lands, Ancient Wisdom
by Geoffrey Ashe
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Books of the Dead
by Stanislas Grof
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Celtic Mysteries: The Ancient Religion
by John Sharkey
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Sacred Tibet
by Philip S. Rawson
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Tantra: The Indian Cult of Ecstasy
by Philip Rawson
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The Temple
by John Lundquist
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