Spirituality from Mare Booksellers

Chicago: Abjad Book Designers and Builders, 2013. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Printed in landscape format. 75 pp. Diagrams and a few illustrations throughout. A study of the Sufi interpretation of various signs of God's presence, especially in created art forms, where they are present in the context of moral healing. By Laleh Bakhtiar, a noted Sufi scholar and… Read more about this item

New York: E.H. Swinney, Presumed Publisher, 1885. Tabloid. Good. Small tabloid format. Pagination runs 295 to 310. A journal issued by members of the New Church, a denomination based on the teachings and theology of Emmanuel Swedenborg, that while mostly rooted in Christian teachings, sometimes embraced the occult and theosophical principles. This issue with a piece on Spiritism,… Read more about this item

Cambridge, UK: Islamic Texts Society, 2016. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Second edition, stated. Trade paperback. 277 pp. Two works reflecting on the spiritual life in Islam, translating two sections of the Revival of Religious Sciences to demonstrate acquiring good character traits, citing Islamic scriptures and the lives of saints. VERY GOOD+ condition. Minor bumping to the corners. … Read more about this item

Albany: State University Press of New York, 1983. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 432 pp. A survey and translation of the work of Rumi, exploring his teachings on Islamic doctrines and Sufi practices. With some aspects of his work translated into English for the first time. VERY GOOD condition. A hint of curling to the covers along the fore… Read more about this item

Chicago: Institute of Traditional Psychology, 2018. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Trade paperback. 125 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. A detailed work on all spiritual aspects of the nine pointed enneagram, looking at its relationship to Sufi practices, symbolism, etc. With sections on powers associated with various parts of the body, color, calligraphy, geometry, etc. VERY GOOD+ condition.… Read more about this item

Cambridge, UK: Archetype, 2019. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Trade paperback. Isbn # 1901383113. 255 pp. An interpretation of a treatise attributed to Ibn Arabi (1165-1240) that examine the Creative Word and the World Tree in the Qur'an. Interpreted by Shaykh Tosun Bayrak, a Sufi master of the Halveti-Jerrahi order. NEAR FINE condition. Minor toning and edgewear.

England: The Sufi Order (Society in England), Publisher. Cloth. Good. no date, presumed early to mid 1900s. Brown cloth. No jacket. 89 pp. A philosophical/spiritual work applying the principles and teachings of Sufism to sound, in essence defining all sound as music and finding harmony in nature through sound. By Inayat Khan, an Indian professor of musicology who… Read more about this item

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1979. Wraps. Good. Wraps. 146 pp. Black and white photographs throughout. A collection of photography by monk, mystic, poet and theologian Thomas Merton. GOOD+ condition. General toning to the covers. Hinges and extremities rather scuffed.

Lowell, MA: House of Mazda, Publisher, 1915. Cloth. Good. Blue cloth. All but January missing their original wrappers. 384 pp., plus ads in each issue. A bound volume of a journal devoted to the Mazdaznan movement, a religious or spiritual movement founded in the 19th century by Otoman Zar-Adusht Ha'nish, drawing on Neo-Zoroastrian principles. It focused on the… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: Boston Society of New Jerusalem, Publisher. Pamphlet. Good. no date, presumed early to mid 1800s. Pamphlet, lacking any wrappers that may have been issued. A theological tract explaining the various societies of spirits or angels in Heaven, how they are organized, etc. This includes discussion of angels themselves and their relation to humankind. Published by the… Read more about this item

Albany: Mt. Lebanon Bishopric, Publisher, 1871. Wraps. Good. Folio. Side folding journal. 8 pages. A single issue of this journal devoted to Shaker beliefs and Shakerism. With articles on whether or not Jesus was a Shaker, Labor as worship, Should Christians Dance? as well as various religious subjects related to the Shakers. Also present is an address by… Read more about this item

New York: American Swedenborg Printing and Publishing Society, 1862. Cloth. Good. Dark brown cloth decorated in blind. 247 pp. A collection of writings by theologian and mystic, Emanuel Swedenborg, focusing on doctrines as taught by the New Church. GOOD condition. Extensive chipping and splitting to the cloth along the hinges, with some loss of the backstrip. Minor fading… Read more about this item

New York: American Swedenborg Printing and Publishing Society, 1857. Cloth. Good. Dark brown cloth decorated in blind. Pagination varies throughout. A collection of writings by theologian and mystic, Emanuel Swedenborg, including: the New Jerusalem and its heavenly doctrine; a brief exposition of the doctrines of the New Church; the nature of the intercourse between the soul and the… Read more about this item

Chicago: E.B. Myers and Chandler, 1867. Leather. Good. Full red leather. 132 pp., plus ads. A work explaining Swedenborg's ideas on the biblical concept of New Jerusalem, and how those ideas could form the basis of new spiritual teachings, many of which would serve as the basic tenets of the New Church. Emanuel Swedenborg was a theologian and… Read more about this item

Stevenson, WA: Ruby Rose's Fairy Tale Emporium, Publisher, 1997. Wraps. Good. Illustrated wraps. 16 pp. A few illustrations throughout. A zine style piece that contains a variety of articles and pieces on creativity, ecopsychology and spirituality and nature, focusing on women's issues in relation to those subjects. GOOD+ condition. Mailing label and postal cancellations on the rear cover,… Read more about this item

Tokyo: Sampoh Publishing Co, 1999. Hard Cover. Good. White dust jacket over white paper covered boards, in glassine jacket, presumably as issued. 475 pp. Text in Japanese and English. A collection of meditations or prayers that offer one perspective on living and achieving a spiritual life, following the teachings of the GLA and its concept of the soul… Read more about this item

U.S.A.: Heibonsha, 1989. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 251 pp. All text in Japanese. Volume 2 ONLY of this influential series of works providing a history and analysis of women in Buddhism, providing examples, etc. VERY GOOD+ condition. Minor browning to the jacket. Light edgewear.

Benton Harbor, MI: Israelite House of David, as reorganized by Mary Purnell. Wraps. Very Good. no date. Printed yellow wraps. 14 pp., plus a page of ads for other books. A short piece issued by the Israelite House of David religious/communal group pondering the soul, its existence and where it is. The Israelite House of David was a… Read more about this item

Japan: Heibonsha, 1987. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 260 pp. With a few illustrations. All text in Japanese. Hardcover edition, despite isbn matching paperback. A work examining the history of women in Buddhism in Japan. GOOD jacket on a VERY GOOD book. Uneven fading, minor soiling and scuffing to the jacket. Minor creasing along the extremities. Minor fading to the… Read more about this item

Godavary, India: N. Satyanarayana Ruju and P. Rajam Raju, Publishers, 1931. Cloth. Good/Good. Burgundy cloth in printed dust jacket. 209 pp. A printing of four lectures given in Germany by Swami Jnanananda, reflecting on spirituality and discussing philosophical religion, science and religion, and transcendence. Swami Jnanananda was an Indian yogi and spiritual scholar, as well as nuclear physicist,… Read more about this item