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Consciousness in Transition: Metaphysical Notes

3 reviews
Joel S. Goldsmith

Acropolis Books (GA), 2002

A Joel S Goldsmith Legend
I don't know why this title is listed under Eileen Bowden. She wrote two short paragraphs in the Foreword, but didn't write the book. That said, however, as any book by Joel S Goldsmith is a 5-star lesson, this book is no exception. What are 'Metaphysical Notes?', I wondered. In this book, we are guided, gradually, into the realization of where we've been, and where we're going in our ...

Metaphysical Meditations

13 reviews
Paramhansa Yogananda

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007

Small but Mighty
This little book can be kept in pocket or purse. For decades I have known about its power to change the reader from darkness to light, from despair to hope, and from "give me" to "I give." Far ahead of its time, "Metaphysical Meditations" by the famous teacher Paramahansa Yogananda (Self-Realization Fellowship) will not disappoint. First published in 1932 by a teacher who sees positive ...

The Metaphysical Foundations of Logic (Studies in Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy)

2 reviews
Martin Heidegger, Michael Heim

Indiana University Press, 1984

Heidegger reads Leibniz
The first half or so of this book is what makes it worthwhile. There we find Heidegger's best sustained discussion of Leibniz. To be sure, there are other discussions of Leibniz scattered throughout Heidegger's work (most notably in "The Principle of Reason") but here we find him attempting to elucidate Leibniz's metaphysics, not discuss aspects of Leibniz's work in connection with a broader ...

Metaphysical Poetry (Penguin Classics)
Various

Penguin Classics, 2006

Featuring more erotic and libertine poems, more political poems, and more poems by women, this newly revised selection of poems by the greatest poets of the seventeenth century offers a generous sampling of John Donne as well as poems by George Herbert, John Milton, Anne Bradstreet, Richard Crashaw, Henry Vaughan, Andrew Marvell, the Earl of Rochester, and many more.

The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Science

7 reviews
E. A. Burtt

Dover Publications, 2003

Superb
A superb account of the development of the physical model of the Universe culminating in the Newtonian framework. What sets this book apart from others is how Burtt attacks the interplay between the philosophical, social, and religious worldviews characteristics of the time period. Burtt overthrows some of the conceptions still held today that the religious paradigm was the overrdiding ...

The Metaphysical Club: A Story of Ideas in America

73 reviews
Louis Menand

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002

The Origins of Pragmatism
The Metaphysical Club refers to a philosophical society that met in Cambridge in the 1870's. This short-lived group of intellectuals gathered regularly to discuss the issues of the day: the aftermath of the Civil War, evolution, science, religion, abolition, race, to name a few. Louis Menand, professor at the City College of New York and writer for the New Yorker, has done extensive research of ...

Miracle of Metaphysical Healing

5 reviews
Evelyn M. Monahan

Prentice Hall Trade, 1977

Easy to read and EFFECTIVE!!!
I read many different new age books, and this one ranks among my favorite! I cannot put it down. Another reviewer had said something along the lines of not being particularly interesting reading, and while it's true that it's simple, that's actually one of the reasons it's so appealing! It speaks to everyone at every level. Each technique (which they are all basically the same with changed ...

Metaphysical Bible Dictionary (Charles Fillmore Reference Library)

10 reviews
Charles Fillmore

Unity Books (Unity School of Christianity), 2000

Invaluable Reference
Metaphysical Bible Dictionary Charles Fillmore's books in my library include the "Metaphysical Bible Dictionary," "Atom Smashing Power of Mind," "Teach Us to Pray," and "The Revealing Word." Before the time of Anthony Robbins, Zig Zigler, Napoleon Hill or other motivational facilitators, Fillmore's words excited my imagination and stirred my soul. Let's not discuss how long ago that was. Does a ...

A Metaphysical Interpretation of the Bible

7 reviews
Steven, L. Hairfield

InnerCircle Publishing, 2006

It's About Time!
From 20-20 hindsight, I now realize why my life experience and personal choices for metaphysical instruction have led me to read the earlier works by Steven Hairfield, so I may be prepared for his monumental work, A Metaphysical Interpretation of the Bible. Weighing over two pounds, it is worth its weight in gold! Sure, I've come to understand Bible history from prior class instruction; ...

The Metaphysical Book of Gems and Crystals

2 reviews
Florence Mégemont

Healing Arts Press, 2007

A unique, seminal, and thoroughly 'user friendly' instructional reference
Florence Megemont has been a practicing lithotherapist since 1995 and given lectures and workshops throughout Europe on the beneficial utilization of gemstones through their physical, healing, and astrological properties. She draws upon her many years of experience and expertise in "The Metaphysical Book Of Gems And Crystals" to provide the reader with an informed and illustrated examination of ...

The Metaphysical Handbook

1 review
David Pond, Lucy Pond

Reflecting Pond Publications, 1984

An excellent book for those interested in learning the basic
The Metaphysical Handbook introduces you to the basics of Metaphysical/Occult practices. It covers Astrology, Numerology, Tarot, Palm Reading, I Ching, and Practical Metaphysics. It is an excellent place to begin a study of these subjects. The topics are covered in an easy-to-follow format that will give you the foundation you need in any of the sciences. The story of the Tarot is excellent ...

John Donne and the Seventeenth-Century Metaphysical Poets (Bloom's Modern Critical Views)

1 review

Chelsea House Publications, 1986

A very good collection of poetry
This collection of John Donne's work displays his wide range of knowledge, wit, emotion and cynicism. All tempered well with his clever understanding and delivery of his pastorals.

The Metaphysical Poets (Penguin Classics)

6 reviews
Various

Penguin Classics, 1960

Poetry with a soul
This anthology includes the poetry of some 38 men who lived between roughly 1550 and 1700. "Elizabethan England" isn't a completely accurate name, and the picture painted by Hollywood isn't all true either (think of Errol Flynn as Lord Essex and Bette Davis as Queen Elizabeth). But both these are better clues about the period than no clues at all. This anthology gives you proof, if you need ...

The Varieties of Metaphysical Poetry

1 review
T. S. Eliot

Harvest Books, 1996

Only for Eliot Devotees
I can't say very much much about this because I haven't, couldn't, read the whole thing. I'll probably come back to it, God willing. But Eliot himself said of these lectures as to why he didn't want to publish them, that they were "immature and pretentious". This, coming from me, would have sounded quite presumptuous, but from him it's rather admirable, and anyway, it's true. They are both ...

Light Secrets: Three Metaphysical Stories
Milian France

iUniverse, Inc., 2005

High-level fifth-density beings have a job to do, and they do it well. When someone suffers a traumatic death, these beings gather the remnants of the shattered soul and gently repair it in preparation for the next step of eternity. The journey includes visits to the past in an exploration of unresolved—and often painful—issues. But the humans are not the only ones affected by the voyage. The spiritual being feels a host of emotions: he ...

Metaphysical Poetry: An Anthology (Dover Thrift Editions)

1 review
John Donne, Andrew Marvell, ...

Dover Publications, 2002

The bare text itself
Dover editions provide the basic poetic texts without serious and extended commentary. In a sense there is an advantage in this as it encourages the reader to engage the text, and seek understanding through reading and rereading. But there is also a great disadvantage especially when it comes to complicated poetry like that of the Metaphysicals whose complex linking of diverse images , whose ...

Metaphysical Bible Dictionary

1 review
Unity School Of Christianity

UNITY SCHOOL OF CHRISTIANITY, 1931

Better than you might think
OK, this is published by UNITY, which is a modern Gnostic cult. UNITY does not teach about the Divinity of Christ the right way, plain and simple. So when you look things up in it, you have to keep that in mind. However, it isn't simply another feel good New Age book. It does actually give the the Hebrew meaning of words, and I've seen other fundamentalist type Bible dictionaries that don't. If ...

The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Science

1 review
E. A. Burtt

Anchor, 1955

The Metaphysical Foundations of Modern Science
This modern classic in the philosophy of science describes and analyzes the greatest revolution in the history of Western thought - the shift from the medieval to the modern view of man's place in the universe. Through close and exact examination of the works of Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Descartes, Hobbes, Gilbert, Boyle amd Newton, Professor Burtt established the reasons for the triumph of ...

Metaphysical Techniques That Really Work

7 reviews
Audrey Craft Davis

Blue Dolphin Publishing, 2004

A wonderful teaching tool for the metaphysician
Rev. Audrey Craft Davis brings together many of the most important aspects of metaphysics and in plain simple english; gives us timely, constructive ways to develope both spiritually and metaphysically. The book covers a wide range of topics; from Energy Boosting and healing techniques to Bi-location. As a teacher of metaphysics, I am normally not in favor of a "shotgun" approach to ...

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