Mysticism

Evelyn Underhill was one of the greatest spiritual writers of the twentieth century. Her legacy as a pivotal figure in Christian mysticism endures today. For her, true mysticism is first of all active and practical, an organic life process in which the whole self is engaged, rather than simply an intellectual apprehension. Underhill's magnum opus on the topic merits a reexamination since it is still used in most courses that explore the experience of God called mysticism and still attracts contemporary spiritual seekers. 
Excerpt: This book falls naturally into two parts; each of which is really complete in itself, though they are in a sense complementary to one another. Whilst the second and longest part contains a somewhat detailed study of the nature and development of man's spiritual or mystical consciousness, the first is intended rather to provide an introduction to the general subject of mysticism. Exhibiting it by turns from the point of view of metaphysics, psychology, and symbolism, it is an attempt to gather between the covers of one volume information at present scattered amongst many monographs and text-books written in divers tongues, and to give the student in a compact form at least the elementary facts in regard to each of those subjects which are most closely connected with the study of the mystics.

Literature & Fiction

UNDERHILL, Evelyn

Literary

Alicia Editions

"Nothing is more wonderful than the art of being free, but nothing is harder to learn how to use than freedom." -Alexis de Tocqueville 
Alexis de Tocqueville's four-volume Democracy in America is commonly said to be among the most comprehensive and insightful books ever written about the United States and the greatest works of nineteenth-century political writing. 
With its trenchant observations on equality and individualism, Tocqueville's work remains a valuable explanation of America to Europeans and of Americans to themselves. Tocqueville reminds us in Democracy in America that the core principle of democracy is the public commitment to equality among its citizens. 
Tocqueville writes, "The nations of our day cannot prevent conditions of equality from spreading in their midst. But it depends upon themselves whether equality is to lead to servitude or freedom, knowledge or barbarism, prosperity or wretchedness." Tocqueville's hope is that through the insights he has communicated in this work, humanity will be better able direct themselves toward freedom, knowledge and prosperity. 
Democracy was the most successful political idea of the 20th century. Why has it run into trouble, and what can be done to revive it? Do we not have to thank Alexis de Tocqueville for warning us that they may well be the future of democracy? 
Complete Four-Book Edition with Footnotes and Appendix. 
Included: Constitution Of The United States Of America - United States Bill of Rights.

Democracy In America

History

de, Tocqueville Alexis

Americas

"To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days." -PLUTARCH 
Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, also called Parallel Lives, is a collection of biographies of famous Greek and Roman soldiers, legislators, orators, and statesmen written by the Greek writer Plutarch. Plutarch structured his Lives by pairing lives of famous Greeks with those of famous Romans (Theseus/Romulus, Nicias/Crassus, Alexander/Caesar, Demosthenes/Cicero...). His biographies are enriched with frequent ethical and philosophical reflections and anecdotes. 
The interlocking civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome has been immensely influential on the language, politics, law, educational systems, philosophy, science, warfare, poetry, historiography, ethics, rhetoric, art and architecture of the modern world. This work explores and explains the invaluable contributions made by these men and their legacies. 
13 selected biographies.

Parallel Lives - 13 selected biographies

Biographies & Memoirs

Plutarch

Historical

Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends - Illustrated

Aunt Naomi (Gertrude Landa)

Short Stories & Anthologies

The Book of LIES

CROWLEY, Aleister

Your Mind and How to Use It - A Manual of Practical Psychology

Religion & Spirituality

Parker Atkinson, William

New Age & Spirituality

Eight lectures on YOGA

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Exercise & Fitness

After Dark

COLLINS, WILKIE

British & Irish

The Life Of The Bee

"If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live."Maurice Maeterlinck received the 1911 Nobel Prize for Literature, for this excellent book about the life of bees. Far from being an entomologist's study paper, this magnificent poetic work puts the nature of this very special insect center stage.The Life of the Bee constitutes a real philosophical voyage of discovery about the plant world and more particularly, these social insects. This original text is surprising by its scientific precision and accuracy. Maeterlinck's meticulous observations lead us to a veritable masterpiece of descriptions and fundamental questions, bringing into question the observer and the observed.Indeed, the analogies that he uses between the animal kingdom and that of men, make us humble and inquiring, moved and pensive. This portrayal of the hive and the bees becomes at the same time poetic, philosophical and political.Moving between wonder and knowledge, Maeterlinck asks us to preserve the links that unite us with nature. Now that an ecological disaster is threatening to destroy this fragile harmony, this book is well worth reading.

The Life of the Bee

MAETERLINCK, MAURICE

"Aristóteles es el maestro de los que saben." _Dante Alighieri\nGran polímata (del griego polimathós, "el que sabe muchas cosas"), Aristóteles fue un filósofo clásico griego considerado como uno de los más grandes genios que la humanidad ha visto nacer y cuya obra es el pilar fundamental de toda la cultura occidental y de la filosofía universal. "Todos los hombres tienen naturalmente el deseo de saber. El placer que nos causa las percepciones de nuestros sentidos es una prueba de esta verdad.". Con estas palabras se inicia el libro primero de la Metafísica de Aristóteles. Ese deseo de saber culmina en la adquisición de la sabiduría que consiste, para Aristóteles, en el conocimiento de las causas y los principios del ser. Aristóteles fue un pensador con espíritu empirista, es decir que buscó fundamentar el conocimiento humano en la experiencia. La filosofía de Aristóteles constituye, junto a la de su maestro Platón, el legado más importante del pensamiento de la Grecia antigua.\nEdición integral, con notas al pie dinámicas (>500), traducido por Patricio de Azcárate Corral (el primer traductor al castellano de las obras de Platón, Aristóteles y Leibniz).

Metafísica (Spanish Edition)

Politics & Social Sciences

Aristóteles

Philosophy

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