The Conquest of Illusion is an outstanding investigation of reality and how our perceptions shape it, by author, theosophist and yogi J. J. Van Der Leeuw. This edition contains his original illustrations. An eclectic work which cites relevant works of both Eastern and Western philosophy, The Conquest of Illusion aims to teach those in the modern world - an existence dominated by physical things and technological achievement - of a consciousness which has and will always exist. This essential mystery, scarcely penetrated by most human beings, is this book's central theme. Rather than be an intensive book of dense and philosophically rich arguments, Van Der Leeuw instead opts to inform the reader of his own experiences as a yoga practitioner. These intense experiences result in the book you hold in your hands, which aims to prove that what we outwardly perceive as real and tangible are quite different from the inner truths of time and space that underpin every moment of our existence.

1926. A priest in the Liberal Catholic Church, Van Der Leeuw writes that the pages in this book are based on an awakening of Ego-consciousness that came to him in a single moment, but has taken days to realize and many pages to describe. Contents: The Drama of the Soul in Exile; The Way to the Ego; The World of the Ego; The Powers of the Ego; and The Return of the Exile. See other works available by this author from Kessinger Publishing.

The Conquest of Illusion is an outstanding investigation of reality and how our perceptions shape it, by author, theosophist and yogi J. J. Van Der Leeuw. This edition contains his original illustrations. An eclectic work which cites relevant works of both Eastern and Western philosophy, The Conquest of Illusion aims to teach those in the modern world - an existence dominated by physical things and technological achievement - of a consciousness which has and will always exist. This essential mystery, scarcely penetrated by most human beings, is this book's central theme. Rather than be an intensive book of dense and philosophically rich arguments, Van Der Leeuw instead opts to inform the reader of his own experiences as a yoga practitioner. These intense experiences result in the book you hold in your hands, which aims to prove that what we outwardly perceive as real and tangible are quite different from the inner truths of time and space that underpin every moment of our existence.

This is a new release of the original 1926 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1925 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1926 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1928 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1925 edition.

This is a new release of the original 1927 edition.

1926. A priest in the Liberal Catholic Church, Van Der Leeuw writes that the pages in this book are based on an awakening of Ego-consciousness that came to him in a single moment, but has taken days to realize and many pages to describe. Contents: The Drama of the Soul in Exile; The Way to the Ego; The World of the Ego; The Powers of the Ego; and The Return of the Exile. See other works available by this author from Kessinger Publishing.

1927. A priest in the Liberal Catholic Church, Van Der Leeuw's book is an attempt to help others to see, as he has, the deeply interesting and dramatic features of Christian history. Contents: The Setting of the Stage; The Birth of the New Faith; St. Paul and the Spreading of the Faith; Christ or Emperor, the Age of Martyrdom; Marcion and the Gnostics: Heresy or Orthodoxy? Clement of Alexandria and the Rise of Christian Theology; Origen, the Initiate in the Mysteries of Jesus; Plotinus, the Father of Christian Mysticism; Constantine and the Triumph of Christianity; Athanasius, the Defender of the Faith; St. Augustine, the Passionate Seeker after God; and St. Augustine, the Mystic. See other works available by this author from Kessinger Publishing.

1925. A priest in the Liberal Catholic Church, Van Der Leeuw's book is the outcome of a series of talks given to a group of students interested in the meaning and work of the Third Person of the Divine Trinity, He who in the Christian religion is called God the Holy Ghost. Contents First Section, The Holy Ghost as the Creator: The Holy Spirit a Neglected Chapter in Religious History; The Fire of Creation; The Rhythm of Life; The Divine Ritual; The Dynamic Universe; and Divine Alchemy. Contents Second Section, The Divine Mind: From Image to Archetype; The World of the Divine Mind; The Way of the Higher Mind; and Inspiration. Contents Third Section, The Mahachohan, the Representative of the Holy Ghost: The Paraclete and the Mahachohan; and The Lord of the Five Rays. Contents Fourth Section, The Motherhood of God. See other works available by this author from Kessinger Publishing.

1926. A priest in the Liberal Catholic Church, Van Der Leeuw writes that the pages in this book are based on an awakening of Ego-consciousness that came to him in a single moment, but has taken days to realize and many pages to describe. Contents: The Drama of the Soul in Exile; The Way to the Ego; The World of the Ego; The Powers of the Ego; and The Return of the Exile. See other works available by this author from Kessinger Publishing.

THIS 58 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Gods in Exile, by J. J. Van Der Leeuw. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 0766190811.

1928. Contents: quest of life; from the unreal to the real; intuition and intellect; absolute and the relative; mystery of creation; spirit and matter; phantom of evil; freedom of the will; justice of life; immortality of the soul; in the light of the eternal.

THIS 58 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Gods in Exile, by J. J. Van Der Leeuw. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 0766190811.

1926. A priest in the Liberal Catholic Church, Van Der Leeuw writes that the pages in this book are based on an awakening of Ego-consciousness that came to him in a single moment, but has taken days to realize and many pages to describe. Contents: The Drama of the Soul in Exile; The Way to the Ego; The World of the Ego; The Powers of the Ego; and The Return of the Exile. See other works available by this author from Kessinger Publishing.

1928. Contents: quest of life; from the unreal to the real; intuition and intellect; absolute and the relative; mystery of creation; spirit and matter; phantom of evil; freedom of the will; justice of life; immortality of the soul; in the light of the eternal.

1925. A priest in the Liberal Catholic Church, Van Der Leeuw's book is the outcome of a series of talks given to a group of students interested in the meaning and work of the Third Person of the Divine Trinity, He who in the Christian religion is called God the Holy Ghost. Contents First Section, The Holy Ghost as the Creator: The Holy Spirit a Neglected Chapter in Religious History; The Fire of Creation; The Rhythm of Life; The Divine Ritual; The Dynamic Universe; and Divine Alchemy. Contents Second Section, The Divine Mind: From Image to Archetype; The World of the Divine Mind; The Way of the Higher Mind; and Inspiration. Contents Third Section, The Mahachohan, the Representative of the Holy Ghost: The Paraclete and the Mahachohan; and The Lord of the Five Rays. Contents Fourth Section, The Motherhood of God. See other works available by this author from Kessinger Publishing.

THIS 38 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: The Dramatic History of the Christian Faith from the Beginnings to the Death of St. Augustine, by J. J. Van Der Leeuw. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 0766190641.

1928. Contents: quest of life; from the unreal to the real; intuition and intellect; absolute and the relative; mystery of creation; spirit and matter; phantom of evil; freedom of the will; justice of life; immortality of the soul; in the light of the eternal.

1926. A priest in the Liberal Catholic Church, Van Der Leeuw writes that the pages in this book are based on an awakening of Ego-consciousness that came to him in a single moment, but has taken days to realize and many pages to describe. Contents: The Drama of the Soul in Exile; The Way to the Ego; The World of the Ego; The Powers of the Ego; and The Return of the Exile. See other works available by this author from Kessinger Publishing.