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The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse: The Synth...

Quick Answer The Glass Bead Game (1943) is Hermann Hesse's final novel and the work that won him the Nobel Prize. Set in a future province called Castalia, it describes...

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Tertium Organum by P.D. Ouspensky: The Third Ca...

Quick Answer Tertium Organum (1912) is P.D. Ouspensky's attempt to prove that higher dimensions of consciousness exist, using mathematics, philosophy, and mystical experience as evidence. The "third organ of thought"...

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Neoplatonism and the One: Plotinus, Emanation, ...

Quick Answer Neoplatonism (founded by Plotinus, c. 204-270 CE) teaches that all reality emanates from a transcendent source called the One. The One overflows into Divine Mind (Nous), then Soul,...

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Codex Rosae Crucis: The Rare Rosicrucian Manusc...

Quick Answer The Codex Rosae Crucis (D.O.M.A.) is a rare 17th/18th-century Rosicrucian manuscript combining alchemy, Kabbalah, Hermetic philosophy, and mystic Christianity in elaborately illustrated pages. Manly P. Hall published the...

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The Golden Dawn by Israel Regardie: The Complet...

Quick Answer The Golden Dawn by Israel Regardie is the complete published system of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn: the graduated curriculum of Western ceremonial magic that includes...

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The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff: Taoism Throug...

Quick Answer The Tao of Pooh (1982) by Benjamin Hoff uses Winnie-the-Pooh to explain Taoist philosophy. Pooh embodies the Uncarved Block (P'u): simple, natural, and effortlessly effective. Other characters represent...