Wisdom's Children: A Christian Esoteric Tradition
"*Wisdom's Children* fills a major gap in the history of religion. It sympathetically introduces information and thought about a highly important and much neglected strand of modern Western spiritual philosophy." -Jacob Needleman, San Francisco State University *Wisdom's Children* is the first book to provide an in-depth introduction to the Christian theosophic tradition that began with Jacob Boehme about 1600. It brings us into a startling new world of experiential spirituality that is the Christian equivalent of Sufism and Kabbalism. With biographic introductions to major theosophers and detailed discussions of theosophic authors such as John Pordage, Jane Leade, and Johann Gichtel, this book is an indispensable guide to the hidden history of Protestantism and its ramifications today. It includes chapters discussion such topics as Gnosticism, magic, astrology, and alchemy. *Wisdom's Children* provides unexpected insights into how this modern gnostic tradition speaks to us today, and suggests how this tradition could spark a "new Renaissance" to link spirituality, the arts, and the sciences in a new and encompassing vision. Paperback: List Price $25.00 Our online price: $22.00 Signed First Edition Hardcover: Original List Price: $70.00 Our online price: $39.99 Wisdom's Book: The Sophia Anthology
"In *Wisdom's Book: The Sophia Anthology*, Arthur Versluis, the foremost student of Christian theosophy writing in English, has compiled an unprecedented anthology of primary sources from the seventeenth century to the present. Most of the selections are rare, some are previously unpublished. This Western Christian esotericism merits comparison with the best of Jewish Kabbalah and Muslim Sufism." -Dan Merkur, University of Toronto "This book marks a significant event in the study of Christian esotericism. For the first time, we have a volume of primary sources that articular the deep, passionate spirituality of a hidden Sophianic tradition. Arthur Versluis gives the reader an invaluable set of texts that open a new horizon of historical investigation into an underground of visionary narratives centered on the image of the Divine Sophia. This unique collection of works reveals the complexity and power of a whole series of Christian movements whose history can now be mapped from the early 17th to the 21st century. A landmark volume whose impact will certainly change the conventional history of Christianity and which lays a foundation for further research." -Lee Irwin, College of Charleston Paperback, List price: $17.95 Our special online price: $16.00 Theosophia: Hidden Dimensions of Christianity
"At a time when the religions of the world are meeting on a spiritual level and in a global context, it is crucial that the Christian West rediscover its often forgotten inner or esoteric wisdom. Arthur Versluis skillfully guides the reader to recover the wide range of this rich heritage." -Ewert Cousins, general editor of *World Spirituality: An Encyclopedic History of the Religious Quest* "In *Theosophia*, Arthur Versluis performs the great service of identifying and illuminating genuinely Christian forms of esotericism. In these traditions, vital to the renewal of Christian culture, gnosis is purified by love, and the quest for God is mediated by a sanctified imagination." -Carol Zaleski, author of *Otherworld Journeys* and other books *Theosophia* traces a long-hidden esoteric strream of Christianity. Focusing on the Catholic mysticism of Tauler and Eckhart, the Eastern Orthodox tradition of the *Philokalia*, and the Sophianic lineage of Jacob Boehme, *Theosophia* reveals a chivalric religion of the Holy Spirit at the heart of Christianity - a powerful gnostic spirituality founded upon love and the possibility of imaginal encounters with angels and other divine beings. Based on many previously untranslated authors and on unpublished manuscripts, *Theosophia* reveals dimensions of our spiritual heritage that speak directly to our current social, ecological, and religious crises. Paperback; List Price: $18.95 Our special online sale price: $17.00 THEOSOPHIA: Hidden Dimensions of Christianity Rare Hardcover Edition Available Only Here! By Arthur Versluis  "At a time when the religions of the world are meeting on a spiritual level and in a global context, it is crucial that the Christian West rediscover its often forgotten inner or esoteric wisdom. Arthur Versluis skillfully guides the reader to recover the wide range of this rich heritage." -Ewert Cousins, general editor of *World Spirituality: An Encyclopedic History of the Religious Quest*"In *Theosophia*, Arthur Versluis performs the great service of identifying and illuminating genuinely Christian forms of esotericism. In these traditions, vital to the renewal of Christian culture, gnosis is purified by love, and the quest for God is mediated by a sanctified imagination." -Carol Zaleski, author of *Otherworld Journeys* and other books *Theosophia* traces a long-hidden esoteric strream of Christianity. Focusing on the Catholic mysticism of Tauler and Eckhart, the Eastern Orthodox tradition of the *Philokalia*, and the Sophianic lineage of Jacob Boehme, *Theosophia* reveals a chivalric religion of the Holy Spirit at the heart of Christianity - a powerful gnostic spirituality founded upon love and the possibility of imaginal encounters with angels and other divine beings. Based on many previously untranslated authors and on unpublished manuscripts, *Theosophia* reveals dimensions of our spiritual heritage that speak directly to our current social, ecological, and religious crises. This rare hardcover edition is limited to 350 copies, 300 of which have already been sold. No more will be printed, and it is available nowhere else. THE MYSTERIES OF LOVE
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