Publications
The Hermetic
Kabbalah
by
Colin A. Low
Before there was modern science
there was
another way to comprehend reality. When someone wanted to discover deep
and hidden secrets about nature, they would study ancient books and
traditions looking for divine revelations, seek out scholars and
teachers, and perhaps summon and talk to spirits or angels ...
This ancient wisdom (and it was the best knowledge of its day) has come
to be known as the Hermetic Tradition. It is an intellectual and
practical tradition dating from the late Roman Empire, and it viewed
the Cosmos as a living being composed of living beings, a whole
composed of parts, like the human body. The tradition was founded on an
intuitive view of processes at work in living things, a
dynamic of relationships, connections and interactions, a world of
qualia and imagination, all set forth in startling visionary metaphors
of giant androgynous beings and sexual dynamics.
The Hermetic
Kabbalah shows how the tradition has developed through
two millennia to the present day, its ideas intertwining with Jewish
mysticism and Kabbalah like the serpents in the Caduceus of Hermes. It
includes a detailed exposition on the Kabbalistic Tree of Life, the ten
sefirot,
and many other traditional themes including the Partzufim, the
Primordial Adam, theurgy, and ascent mysticism. It also describes the
Rectification of the Soul, in which the soul is awakened to an
understanding of its place in the Cosmos.
Profusely illustrated, with over 60 diagrams and illustrations, this
book is a distillation of a lifetime of study and practice.
- Paperback: 464 pages
- Publisher: Digital
Brilliance (12 Jun. 2015)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0993303404
- ISBN-13: 978-0993303401
- Product Dimensions: 15.2
x 2.9 x 22.9 cm
This book can be purchased by following these
links to
Amazon.com,
Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.fr,
Amazon.de,
Amazon.es
and Amazon.it.
Playing the Fool
by
Colin A. Low
What
is the Tarot? For
centuries people have speculated about the meaning and origin of these
enigmatic cards. And yet there is a straightforward answer. What if
they depict the world of the Italian Renaissance, the period when the
first hand-painted cards were created?
In this tale the Tarot comes to life as we journey with the Fool.
Through her eyes we encounter the other twenty-one Trumps and the four
suits - Swords, Cups, Coins and Staves. She argues with the Magician,
sings with the Empress, weeps for the Hanged Man, cares for the Hermit,
hunts with the Moon, rides with the Sun, sleeps with the
Devil, and drives the Virtues to distraction.
Here is an extravagant work of imagination and humour that captures the
spirit of the Renaissance Tarot. It is immersed in esoteric lore and
myth, and illustrated with forty original B&W Tarot
illustrations created
by the author for this book.
- Paperback: 292 pages
- Publisher: Digital
Brilliance; 1 edition (3 Jun. 2017)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0993303412
- ISBN-13: 978-0993303418
- Product Dimensions: 15.2
x 1.9 x 22.9 cm
This book can be purchased by following
these
links to Amazon.com,
Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.fr,
Amazon.de,
Amazon.es
and Amazon.it.
Liber Sphaerae
by
Colin A. Low
Liber Sphaerae (The
Book of the Spheres) is set in Italy during the late-Renaissance, the
time of Michaelangelo. Two women and two men meet to discuss the
celestial Spheres of the Cosmos as reflected in their common
understanding and everyday lives.
At the time of the Renaissance the intelligentsia of Europe were united
in the view that the Earth was at the centre of eight concentric
spheres. These spheres poured out influence upon the world and
determined the health of the body and the fate of kingdoms. Each sphere
was the domain of incorporeal beings that were variously regarded as
angels, gods, or evil spirits.
The book elaborates many notions now considered esoteric or magical,
but which were once commonplace and uncontroversial. It is an
affectionate tribute to Renaissance Humanism and shows how the
cosmology and philosophy of the Greeks had fused with Christianity to
reveal an enchanted cosmos of startling richness and beauty. Liber
Sphaerae is also a tribute to the women of that period, many of whom
were highly educated, fluent in several languages, proficient at
statecraft, and celebrated as patrons, scholars and poets.
Liber Sphaerae will appeal to anyone interested in the Western Esoteric
Tradition, in Astrology, or in the Renaissance foundations of the Tarot.
The book contains seventeen original illustrations by the author.
- Publisher : Digital
Brilliance (18 May 2022)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 268
pages
- ISBN-10 : 0993303420
- ISBN-13 : 978-0993303425
- Dimensions : 15.24
x 1.7 x 22.86 cm
This book can be purchased by following
these
links to Amazon.com,
Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.fr,
Amazon.de,
Amazon.es
and Amazon.it.
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