Meditation – Shepheard-Walwyn Publishers

The Eternal One

SheaFowb429Aslf — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 08:56:48 +0000

A little-known creation myth from India that offers rich descriptions, complex language, and bewitching truth is transcribed with calligraphy and adorned with watercolor illustrations in this meditation on the origins of the world. The account parallels stories of creation from Genesis and the Upanishads, but the distinctive details and ancient wisdom offer a unique perspective on the vibrating…

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In Search of Truth

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:04:07 +0000

The School was founded during the Depression years of the 1930s by Leon MacLaren, son of Labour MP Andrew MacLaren. The School had its roots in the economic theories of Henry George, which the Liberal Party sought to implement before the First World War, and the Labour Party in 1931. From there the School developed and took a new turn in the 1950s, following the discovery of the teaching of…

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Wonders of Spiritual Unfoldment

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:03:55 +0000

Even if there is a realm beyond mortality, would finding it improve our lives on earth? What use is Spirit to a troubled world? Do prayer and meditation work? As a young man in search of love and a purpose to live for, the author could not fit within the world he found. Longing to be useful but unwilling to conform, he went out to South America. It wasn’t so easy. Alone on a mountainside one…

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Marcus Aurelius: The Dialogues

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:03:50 +0000

Chosen for August 2009 People’s Book Prize Collection for Non-Fiction Marcus Aurelius, one of the greatest Roman emperors*, is remembered less for his military exploits than for his private reflections. His Meditations, as they became known, have been a major influence on Western thought and behaviour down the centuries – the pen is mightier than the sword. Seeking an alternative to faith…

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The Diamond and the Star

SheaFowb429Aslf — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:03:48 +0000

“A symbolic work is a perpetual challenge to our thoughts and feelings because even if we know what the symbols are, they do not refer to a given thing, like a sign, but they are bridges thrown out towards an unseen shore.” Carl Gustav Jung “It is through symbols such as these that our consciousness may be awakened to a ‘new awareness of the inner meaning of life and of reality itself’.

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