Classical Knowledge

Stephen King’s #1 New York Times bestseller and “wild, powerful, disturbing” (The Washington Post Book World) classic about evil that exists far beyond the grave—now featuring a stunning vintage cover! When Dr. Louis Creed takes a new job and moves his family to the idyllic rural town of...

A. W. Tozer was one of the most powerful voices for biblical Christianity in the 20th century. A passionate pastor and prophetic writer, Tozer challenged believers to move beyond shallow religion and pursue a deep, accurate knowledge of God. Through his preaching and writing, he called Christians to worship God in spirit and in truth. Known as the author of the Christian classic The Knowledge of the Holy, Tozer’s work has influenced millions of believers across the world. This updated edition brings his powerful message into the 21st century — preserving his core teaching while adapting...

Published in 1904 (CW 10) “While we cannot all instantly become ‘seers,’ the cognitive insights of a person who has such vision can nevertheless provide healthy food for all. All of us can apply these insights to our lives; and if we do so, we shall soon realize not only the possibilities...

Are you ready to embark on a journey through the rich history of art? Discover the key movements and artists that have shaped the Western art tradition and gain a deeper understanding of how art reflects the world around us. With this book, you will: Expand your knowledge of art history in an easily digestible format. Engage with key facts and features from significant art movements. Delve into the Classical, Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism and other periods as well as lesser known but still highly ...

“The Map of Knowledge is an endlessly fascinating book, rich in detail, capacious and humane in vision.” —Stephen Greenblatt, author of The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, winner of the Pulitzer Prize After the Fall of Rome, when many of the great ideas of the ancient world were lost...

En este sorprendente debut, la historiadora Violet Moller rastrea los caminos que tomaron las ideas de tres de los más grandes científicos de la Antigüedad -Euclides, Galeno y Ptolomeo- a lo largo de más de mil años y a través de siete ciudades, centros de conocimiento excepcionales, donde una serie de personajes curiosos y eruditos, apoyados por un puñado de jefes de Estado ilustrados, rescataron y difundieron sus obras.

Jonathan Edwards was an insightful and wise pastor and theologian whose voice should be heard and understood in today’s church. However, he is often ignored or misunderstood because he is difficult to read. In this volume three of Edwards' powerful sermons have been updated for contemporary readers. The fresh language opens a door of accessibility, allowing anyone to encounter the heart of Northampton’s pastor without getting tangled up in his lengthy, now-archaic sentences.

Narrated by author Andrew Shepardson. Intellectual support for defending your faith. Knowledge of God in the World and the Word is a clear and succinct introduction to classical Christian apologetics that also addresses the most common objections to natural theology. Amid the crisis of authority...

Stop Seeking. Start Being. The Ancient Roar of Radical Freedom. Are you tired of the endless spiritual search? Are you exhausted by the idea that you need to fix, improve, or purify yourself before you are worthy of peace? If you have read the books, practiced the techniques, and meditated for hours, yet still feel a lingering sense of incompleteness, The Ashtavakra Gita is the book you have been waiting for. This is not a manual for self-improvement. It is a mirror for self-realization. In this transformative narrative retelling, author Naveen Goyal breathes new life into one of the most ...

Two copy-clerks. One park bench. An unlimited inheritance. A catastrophic idea. When Bouvard and Pécuchet meet on a Paris bench in 1838 and discover they have each written their name in the band of their hat, they form a friendship that will last a lifetime — and consume it entirely. Inheriting a fortune, they retire to the Norman countryside with a bold ambition: to master every field of human knowledge. They begin with agriculture. It fails. Then chemistry. Then medicine, archaeology, history, philosophy, and religion. Each new subject is approached with identical enthusiasm; each ends...

There is a reason the greatest minds in history returned again and again to the writings of Plotinus. Beneath the surface of everyday life, he uncovered a vision of reality so clear, so compelling, that it continues to challenge how we think about existence, purpose, and the soul itself. The Enneads for Beginners takes one of the most profound philosophical works ever written and makes it accessible, engaging, and immediately relevant. If you have ever sensed that there is more to life than what you can see… this book shows you where to look. Inside, you’ll uncover: The powerful idea of...

A sweeping history of the Greeks, from the Bronze Age to today. “With suave latitude and dependable detail, Beaton takes his readers from a bright prehistoric ‘dawn’ in the Aegean to the heavy skies of contemporary geo-politics.” —The New Criterion More than two thousand years ago, the...

Details the author’s scientific experiments with psychics on telepathic powers and psychic phenomena Explores how shamanism, yoga, and Indigenous spiritual traditions provide the means to consciously cultivate psychic abilities Analyzes the biological, physiological, and...

O curso traz seis clássicos ocidentais que mostram como a literatura é um caminho de investigação sobre o humano. Boas histórias ou poemas são capazes de nos conquistar pelo coração ao nos revelarem aspectos de nós mesmos que, não obstante sua centralidade—ou talvez, por causa dela—resistem à sua tradução em palavras. Ao transportarem o ouvinte para os dramas e dilemas das personagens, a literatura é capaz de tratar dos principais desejos (e angústias), como a busca pela felicidade e por um sentido para a vida.

What are some secrets of occult and mystical wisdom to enhance my Life? How to integrate these simple, practical wisdom of ages to upgrade yourself? What are the hidden habits practicing in which I gain a competitive edge over others? What is shamanic wisdom, techniques for self-healing, personal transformation? What are Himalayan master's methods to channel inner power? How to transmute personality for success, happiness, and unbounded spiritual growth? What are simple everyday practices, habits to change to who you want to be? What are sutras, for transcendence of body, mind, soul? In a ...

FAIRACRES PUBLICATIONS 191 This book is the fruit of nearly six decades of engagement with the Divine Comedy, a poem that has captured and held the imagination of Christians for seven hundred years. The author describes how Dante’s journey through the three realms, Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso maps onto the inner spiritual journey of all Christians. The dark wood in which the poem begins sums up Dante’s own mid-life crisis—moral, political and financial—and the beginning of a sometimes humiliating journey to self-knowledge. The questions that Dante addresses, attempting to ...

One of the most important things you can do as a Christian is to know the attributes of God, since all the essential doctrines of the Faith flow from these important characteristics. We are magnifying who and what God is! As the church grapples with new and innovating ways to understand God’s nature, a flawed concept of God threatens to reduce not only the awe and majesty of the Almighty, but also the clear and crucial ontological (being) distinction between the Creator and creation, the eternal and temporal, and the infinite and finite. Open Theism (aka Free Will Theism, Neotheism, or ...

By the end of this audiobook, you will have found out just how much of a 90s music wizard you really are—and better yet, increased your knowledge even further so that any pub quiz team would be lucky to have you as their music round secret weapon!

This collection of fourteen reimagined Grimm's fairy tales from award-winning author Mark Russell offers a biting new perspective while proving the classics never go out of style. In the two hundred years since Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm first published their collection of fairy tales, things...

How to get the best of Knowledge from the bulky, weighty scriptures with the least time and effort? What are simple methods, habits, practices from religious tenets from the whole world which will enhance and upgrade my Life? What novel ideas do scriptures hold for modern world happiness and prosperity? What are lessons from Isha Upanishad, Tao Te Ching, Mandukya Upanishad? What are some quotes from the most ancient scriptures – Vedas like Rig Veda, Yoga Vasistha, which I can apply in daily Life for great success, enhanced mind? What are some useful lessons from Bhagavad Gita, Ramayana, ...