An unabridged edition to include: Wherein I Bow to the Reader - A Prelude to the Quest - A Magician Out of Egypt - I Meet A Messiah - The Anchorite of the Adyar River - The Yoga Which Conquers Death - The Sage Who Never Speaks - With The Spiritual Head of South India - The Hill of the Holy Beacon - Among The Magicians And Holy Men - The Wonder-Worker of Benares - Written in the Stars - The Garden of the Lord - At the Parsee Messiah's Headquarters - A Strange Encounter - In a Jungle Hermitage - Tablets of Forgotten Truth

CONTENTS Foreword Preface to First British Edition The Philosophy of Friendship On Pony-back in the Himalayas My Bungalow on a Mountain-top Projected Expedftion to Mount Kaiias in Tibet Magnificence of the Snowy Mountain Scenery I Discover "The Sanctuary"' A Meditation on British Rule in India and on Political Strife Necessity of Spiritualizing Politics The Control of Thoughts A Secret of Concentration My Quest of Inner Stillness The Remembrance of Former Births A Buddhist Method of Tapping Pre-natal Memory Nature's Purpose with Mankind On Unity with Nature Unexpected Visit by Two Yogis Pilgrims and Shrines in the Himalayas Power out of Stillness Gross-section Through My Mail Would-be Suicide and My Answer Telepathic Aid to Students Reflections Upon the Future of Tibet Sir Francis Young-husband's Experiences Destiny of Orieri and Occident A Correspondent Decries My Retreat From the World The Virtues of Idleness and Solitude My Religion The New Testament Jesus and His Critics EL Storm Precursors of the Monsoon My Animal Visitors The Question of Clothes Etc.. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Part 1, "The Ego" is one of Paul Brunton's greatest and most unique gifts to the literature of realisation - a truly earth-shaking piece of work for serious spiritual seekers. With no holds barred, it exposes, at an existential level, the most fundamental problems that obstruct achieving a life of unfailing self-integrity. Part 2, "From Birth to Rebirth", shows the role of death in the ongoing cycle of life, clarifies beliefs about reincarnation, and explores the creative relationships between fate, destiny, and free will.

Part 1, "Practices for the Quest", explores and explains the importance of fundamental practices in character development and self-discipline without which stable progress on the spiritual quest is simply not possible. Part 2, "Relax and Retreat", presents effective methods for mastering tension, cultivating focused calmness, and balancing periods of extroverted activity with periods of introverted creative stillness.

Part 2 of the fourth volume of Paul Brunton's Notebooks series. 'The Body' is a practical course in reducing the physical obstacles that retard progress in meditation and obstruct the unfolding of spiritual intuition and/or stabilising higher awareness.

This is the place to start reading Paul Brunton's posthumously published "Notebooks" series. A representative survey of all the topics addressed in the notebooks, it touches upon virtually every conceivable aspect of the spiritual quest. Each of its 28 chapters is devoted to one of the 28 "categories" into which Paul Brunton filed his writings. Topics included are meditation, the body, emotions and ethics, the intellect, the ego, world crisis, the arts in culture, psychic experiences, philosophy, the Overself, cosmology, the Absolute, and much more.

This is a sympathetic and often fascinating view of contemporary and traditional customs, arts, architecture, philosophies, and spiritual leaders of the Orient. Often reading like a colourful travelogue, it has sections on India, China, Angkor Wat, Ceylon, Japan, Egypt, Tibet, and other Himalayan countries. The book emphasises that East and West can (and must) learn from and teach one another as we stumble toward global community. It includes notes on great teachers and schools of thought.

Part 1, "Human Experience" explores the spiritual lessons implicit in daily living, the need for educational reforms, the causes and purposes of personal suffering, special problems and opportunities of youth and age, problems of marriage and relationship, and how to convert contemporary crises into opportunities for dramatic spiritual growth. Part 2, "The Arts in Culture", reverently explores the role of the Beautiful in human culture, with sections on inspired art, creativity, genius, and the relationship of art and spiritual life.

This volume offers a strong treatment of what enlightenment is and is not, and of the principles that underlie its arisal. Examining claims of "union with God", it addresses forcefully the fallacy of equating even the highest degree of individual human illumination with the universal intelligence in which individual realisation is rooted. Paul Brunton carefully distinguishes stages of enlightenment in the spiritual hierarchy of mystics, saints, messengers, prophets, sages, and avatars.

Part 1, "The Religious Urge", carefully distinguishes the heart's ineradicable religious instinct from cultural trappings and conventional religious forms. It also evaluates services and dis-services of institutional religion and points to ways in which the current spiritual impulse is likely to unfold. Part 2, "The Reverential Life", gives an individualised, practical approach to honest communion with the sacred through intelligent devotion, reverence, prayer, and mature humility. It features a section on what Grace is, and how it can open us to the sacredness of each moment of life.

Part 1, "Advanced Contemplation" offers a direct route to the deepest mystical states - yielding permanent results of a metaphysical, transpersonal, and universal nature. It introduces Short Path (sudden) practices (such as Zen, Krishnamurti, etc), develops them, explains why they are so often insufficient, and shows when, how, and in what spirit to use them effectively. Part 2, "The Peace within You", offers an uplifting and invigorating approach to 'the peace which passeth understanding' at the core of every human being, showing how its rich serenity can be consciously integrated into daily living.

One of Paul Brunton's truly significant contributions, this volume offers a mature spiritual perspective on the importance of character development, personality refinement, and proper use of the thinking faculty. Part 1, "Emotions and Ethics" explores two fundamental relationships. The first is that between character development and spiritual progress; the second is that between personality refinement and spiritual self-expression. Part 2, "The Intellect" explains the important role, and the limitations, of the thinking faculty as a transformative potency in spiritual practice.

This second volume in The Notebooks of Paul Brunton gives timely, candid advice about the promises and pitfalls of spiritual seeking. Drawing upon philosophical insights of both East and West, Dr. Brunton unfolds a viable approach to fulfilling, in today's world, the timeless search for self-knowledge.

In celebration of the centennial of Paul Brunton's birth, the entire 16-volume "Notebooks of Paul Brunton" have been released on CD-ROM, in a variety of formats, complete with a powerful index, search capabilities and photo gallery. This title includes a thorough, consolidated hyper-linked index that lets you follow an idea through all 28 categories quickly and easily. Choose the background and text colour that's best for you. This is a complete large text edition with screen/text colour choices. It includes photographs of Paul Brunton taken throughout his long career.

This book offers an inward journey of initiation into the first great secret of spiritual awakening: our home is not the body, but the soul. The book presents the reader with a uniquely focused exploration of ancient and modern Egypt; Paul Brunton goes in search of the secret hinted at by the mysterious Sphinx and deepened by his visions during his night in the Great Pyramid - the secret means by which humankind can realise its spiritual destiny. The author introduces us to the faith-based power of a real snake-charmer (and becomes one himself!); he encounters a working magician, a renowned fakir (Tahra Bey - Houdini's main competitor), and even his own former self, now a ghostly presence amongst the ruins of Karnak.If this book was only meant to display occult phenomena for our entertainment, it would do that job admirably, for it is a compelling account of many extraordinary, and somehow believable experiences. But what sets this book apart is not its occultism, nor is it the author's command of Egyptology, Asian history, nor his openness to Islam. It is the thread that runs through all these adventures that makes this book an essential part of every seeker's library, and that thread is symbolised by the mysteries of the Sphinx, the King's Chamber, and the myth of Osiris.Paul Brunton applies all his erudition and insight towards unlocking their deepest meanings; as he does so the purpose and value of each encounter with a Dervish chief or a temple bas-relief contributes to the successful unlocking of these age-old puzzles. If you haven't read this book before, you should! and if you have read it, read it again! It is a book of many secrets, and hides its greatest one in plain sight: it is here that Paul Brunton unveils the importance, method and consequences of properly seating the body in the mind. Once assimilated, the doors of occult perception are opened, and they open directly into the truly magical kingdom of the Soul itself. This new specially illustrated edition is designed to let you see for yourself all that the author saw on his own journey.There are maps to guide you through Karnak, Luxor, and Cairo; there are author's own photographs which document his adventures, including his deadly work with the village snake-charmer (who ultimately lost his life to a venomous cobra); and of course there are wonderful, inspiring images of the magical power and vivid mysteries which abound in the Egyptian landscape!