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Fall 2008 Programs
We are offering a Fall Thursday Evening Program Pass, NOTE: All Thursday evening programs now begin at 7:00 p.m. (NOT 7:30 p.m.) |
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September 6, 2008 Saturday 11am – 6pm |
Celebrating Spiritual Harmony & Healing
Presentations, speakers, exhibitors, and activities include:
| Tim Boyd | Our Thirst for Meaning |
| Dr. Sue Brown | Integrating the Seismic Events of Your Life |
| Ruben Cabigting | The Chakras and Kundalini Revealed |
| John Cianciosi | Meditation: It’s Not What You Think |
| Ben Furman | Spring Forest Qigong |
| Dave Gunning | Love & Romance in Astrology Chart Comparison |
| Jack Hatfield | Mindfulness Meditation |
| Marilyn Johnston | Therapeutic Touch Mini-workshop |
| Rachel Madorsky | Learn to Create Your Own Healing Techniques |
| Rose Mattax | The Energy Spa-aaaah |
| Clar & Gigi Monaco | Sandalwood Sitar Music Ensemble |
| Margaret McKenzie | Kido Chanting |
| Pamela Myers | Fall Into Ayurveda: Natural Guidelines for Managing Your Health |
| Renee Luana Page & the HULAGANS | Authentic Hawaiian Dances (+ basic Hula instruction) |
| John Robertson | An Introduction to Chinese Health Balls |
| Renee Ryan | Tai Ji |
| Karen Tlusty | Drumming Circle |
| Atala Dorothy Toy | Walking the Labyrinth at High Noon |
| Lydia Van den Broeck | Master Your Energy, Master Your Life |
| Buddhist nun (Bhikkhuni) Vimala |
Loving-kindness Meditation |
Ted Utchen |
Quieting-the-Mind Meditation |
Juliana Cesano & Dan Smolla |
Just another Bird (folk music) |
Walk the labyrinth, enjoy vegetarian food, visit Quest Book Shop,
browse the exhibits, shop the craft vendors, explore the Olcott Library,
listen to live music, attend presentations throughout the afternoon,
join the Theosophical Society, sign up for Fall programs, and relax with friends.
Free admission, $5 parking
Thursday, September 11, 7 p.m.
Release Emotional Stress and Optimize Brain Function
This talk will focus on how the brain learns and why it doesn't and discuss the role of emotions. There will be instruction on how to release emotional stress.
Susan McCrossin has been in practice since 1988. She holds advanced degrees in Neuroscience and Psychology from Swinburne University in Melbourne, Australia. In 1998 she founded the Learning Enhancement Center in Boulder, Colorado, that offers the Brain Integration Techique (BIT), designed to eradicate learning difficulties including ADD, ADHD, and Dyslexia.
$9 guests $7 members
Thursday, September 25, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Where is Religion in America Going?
What will religion in America look like in 2020? No one has a crystal ball but if we look at current trends, Ron thinks we can draw some conclusions that have at least a high probability of accuracy.
Ron Miller, PhD is a co-founder of Common Ground and Chair of the Religion Dept. at Lake Forest College. His many books include The Hidden Gospel of Matthew, The Gospel of Thomas, and Healing the Jewish-Christian Rift.
$9 guests $7 members
Monday, September 29, 7 p.m.
GONG BATH: Infuse Yourself with Sacred Sound
Infuse yourself with sacred sound created by transformational healing sound waves which bathe each participant with the rising and falling rhythms, tonalities and vibrations of a huge gong tuned to the sound of the primordial AUM, the Universal Chord. Anticipate healings and awakenings. Please BRING a blanket and floor mat/towel to lie on.
Richard Rudis (Sonam Dorje) is a sound pioneer and a pilgrim of Eastern philosophy and Buddhism. Granted refuge in the Buddha from His Holiness Gyalwa Karmapa in Tibet in 1996, he teaches Buddhist dharma and vibrational sound healing internationally.
$20 [if paid at least 1 week in advance] (630-668-1571, ext. 300) or $25 at the door
Space is limited. Register early to assure a space.
Thursday, October 2, 7 p.m.
Pecha Kucha
Come join us for the first Theosophical Pecha Kucha Night. Pecha Kucha, a movement begun in 2003 as a way for young designers to meet and share their work, has rapidly spread throughout the world. Christopher Richardson, a former board member of the TSA, and special guests, will adopt this innovative system of presenting. A series of presenters, all working with the theme “Theosophical Visions,” show and discuss 20 images, each for 20 seconds, making each presentation 6 minutes and 40 seconds. A short Q&A follows each, with a panel discussion at the end. Don't miss the exciting inaugural experiment of a NEW way of sharing Theosophy. For more information, visit: http://theosophist.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/theosophical-pecha-kucha/
$9 guests $7 members
Thursday, October 9, 7 p.m.
Heart-Mind: Unlocking the Heart's Power to Create Health, Relationship, and Mystical Intimacy
Research is showing that the heart's electromagnetic fields are 50 times stronger than those of the brain. We attract and create all around us through the heart's intentionality: conscious and unconscious. We directly attract according to the clarity or obstruction of our early imprints. Learn new resources for unlocking the heart's unlimited potential for joy, purpose, intimacy, and fulfillment.
Brent Baum, STB, SSL, ICADC, CCH is a trauma specialist who has worked with over 13,000 trauma survivors. He is the developer of Holographic Memory Resolution, has served as a priest in the Catholic Church, and is author of The Healing Dimensions: Resolving Trauma in BodyMind and Spirit, and Living as Light.
$9 guests $7 members
Friday, October 10, 7 p.m.
Interfaith Peace Prayers Group
People from all faith traditions are warmly invited to attend. Prayers of peace from all traditions are read to bring out the commonality of all religions. The purpose is to bring people together to pray for peace in these turbulent times. Please join us.
Mazher F. Ahmed, founder of this group and vice president and trustee for a Council of the Parliament of the World's Religions, is vice president of the Batavia Islamic Center. See also October 25 event.
No charge. Refreshments and conversation follow the meeting.
Thursday, October 16, 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Conservative Soul, Liberal Soul
Andrew Sullivan, noted conservative columnist who has emerged as one of the sharpest critics of the modern right, has written a powerful account of his own conservatism, The Conservative Soul: How We Lost It and How To Get It Back. What is the “conservative soul” at its very best? And what’s the liberal equivalent? Our conversation brings us toward the progressive center that may yet prove to be the shared spark that animates both the conservative soul and the liberal soul.
Jim Kenney is a Trustee, International Interreligious Peace Council. He has done doctoral work in Comparative Religions at Northwestern University.
$9 guests $7 members
Thursday, October 23, 7 p.m.
Emotional Literacy: Exploring the Invisible Prison of our Fears
Tonight we explore the nature and role of our negative emotions and social conditioning interactively and investigate ways by which we may travel a little lighter — by understanding and transmuting our emotional reactions.
Dorothy Bell, BA MEd., is a retired Australian educator who first visited America in 1990 as a Fulbright scholar. She has presented in Australia and internationally on Theosophical topics. Her special interest is the process of self-transformation and piercing the veils of social conditioning.
No charge. Donations welcomed.
This National Lodge program is open to all and is followed by a reception with refreshments is on the wrong line refreshments.
Saturday, October 25, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Spirituality, Community, and Service
This all day event, co-sponsored by the Theosophical Order of Service and the Science of Spirituality, brings together leaders in the interfaith field. Using panel discussions, break out groups, and meditation, we will explore the multifaceted role of service in our lives.
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| Mazher Ahmed, vice president and trustee for a Council of the Parliament of the World's Religions, is vice president of the Batavia Islamic Center. | Larry Clemmons is a Registered Reflexologist and an ordained interfaith minister, founder and pastor of the Interfaith Fellowship Church in Chicago. | Hema Pokharna, PhD, is a researcher at the University of Chicago and director of Journeys of Life, a program to promote health, wholeness, and disease prevention. She has extensive training in Gestalt, nonviolent communication, and conflict resolution. |
No charge. A free vegetarian lunch is being provided compliments of the Science of Spirituality.
Preregister by phone (630-668-1571, ext. 300) or mail is required.
Thursday, October 30, 7 p.m.
The Essence of Reality – A Clear Awareness of How Life Works
Be prepared tonight to look at the patterns in your life (e.g., relationships, health, success) through a different lens. Tom explains the inner source of those patterns and how one might delve inward to change them. Religion, spiritual disciplines, healing techniques, and teachers all try to explain How Life Works; but these bring the distorting veil of time, translation, cultural assumptions, and beliefs.
Thomas Daniel Nehrer is the author of The Essence of Reality: A Clear Awareness of HOW LIFE WORKS.
$9 guests $7 members
Book signing after the program
Thursday, November 6, 7 p.m.
Mini Lessons from Genetics, Stem Cells, Neuroscience, and the Trenches of the Modern Lab
Brendan offers his observations on wholeness, ethics, and science gleaned from his many years of working in genetics and stem cell research. He discusses the surprising things science can teach us about interconnection, and the irreducibility of existence, even through the limits of science.
Brendan C. Brinkman, former Managing Director of the Neuroscience Microscopy Shared Facility at the University of California, San Diego, has over 14 years of research experience and half a dozen authored papers, including one on the scientist’s oath.
$9 guests $7 members
Thursday, November 13, 7 p.m.
Colonel Olcott and Us
As we learn more about this remarkable man who was one of our founders, we begin to appreciate more fully the foundations and purposes of the Theosophical Society. In these reflections we see the implications for ourselves and for our trying to bring these great principles to bear on today’s world.
Betty Bland Is President of the Theosophical Society in America and gives talks and workshops on the spiritual path in the USA and abroad.
No charge. Donations welcomed.
This National Lodge program is open to all and is followed by a reception with refreshments.
Thursday, November 20, 7 p.m.
Conscious Love
Many spiritual traditions say love is the center of the universe. What does this love have to do with the love we experience in our daily lives? What is unconditional love? Are there many kinds of love or really just one? What is the esoteric meaning of love, agape, or “conscious love” as described in the Gospels; and love as a universal force? Smoley discusses common confusions about love, how they lead to unhappiness, and how we can clear them up.
Richard Smoley is the former editor of Gnosis magazine and is current editor of Quest Books and executive editor of the Quest magazine. His latest book is Conscious Love: Insights from Mystical Christianity. He is the also author of Inner Christianity: A Guide to the Esoteric Tradition and coauthor of Hidden Wisdom: A Guide to the Western Inner Traditions.
$9 guests $7 members
Monday, November 24, 7:30 p.m.
DuPage Inter-Faith Thanksgiving Service
The 15th annual Inter-Faith Thanksgiving Service will be celebrated at St. Procopius Abbey in Lisle (corner of Maple and Yackley). Following the 1986 Assisi Model of praying in each other’s presence, many traditions will be represented: Theosophist, Roman Catholic, Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, Zoroastrian, Baptist, Bahai, Native American.
No charge
Thursday, December 4, 7 p.m.
Nature's Blueprint: Supersymmetry and the Search for a Unified Theory of Matter and Force
Scientists strive to discover patterns in our universe's laws and structure. The talk will explore some of these patterns that have been found to be present in nature's blueprint over the past century and others that are still being searched for. One pattern, "supersymmetry," relates and unifies the concepts of matter and force though so far no physical evidence for it has yet been observed. However, this elusive symmetry may be about to be discovered.
Dan Hooper, PhD, is a fellow in the theoretical astrophysics group at Fermilab. His research investigates dark matter, supersymmetry, neutrinos, extra dimensions, and cosmic rays. He is the author of Dark Cosmos and his just published Nature's Blueprint.
$9 guests $7 members
Book signing after the program
Thursday, December 11, 7 p.m.
Seasonal Celebration
Come gather around our holiday tree and welcome in the new season with kindred spirits. All are invited to share a favorite poem, prayer, meditation, insight, or song as we speak of this special time of light. We will sing, drum, and share refreshments together. Bring your drums and your vegetarian, non-alcoholic holiday goodies to share.
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| Ruthann Fowler, program coordinator for the Theosophical Society | Pamela Myers, and all of us will facilitate this seasonal celebration. |
No charge. All donations, monetary or canned/paper products, are given to the Humanitarian Service Project.
Monday, December 31, 6 – 7 a.m.
Meditation for World Peace
This is a yearly event in which people use their concentrated thought power to help generate energy for peace. Coinciding with group meditations throughout the world, we meet to help heal the sense of separation among human beings and to release light, love, and spiritual energy. Refreshments will be served after the meditation.
No charge. All donations, monetary or canned/paper products, are given to the Humanitarian Service Project.
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Sundays, 11:00 a.m.
Meditation Group
Each week a topic related to meditation wil be presented and discussed, followed by a brief, guided meditation, leading into a longer silent group meditation. Instruction will be provided for beginners, but practitioners of all levels are encouraged to share their path of meditation.
Jim Bosco has been a student of Theosophy and meditation for over 35 years, and has studied at the Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy and the Temple of Kriya Yoga.
No charge
Sundays, September 7– December 21, 6:30 – 8 p.m.
The Wisdom
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Advaita Teachers
This is a course of practical work toward learning how to stand in higher consciousness. In The Voice of the Silence, H. P. Blavatsky tells us WHO we are and WHAT we must do to realize who we are. Sri Ramana Maharshi and Nisargadatta Maharaj tell us HOW TO do this by giving psychological self-awareness exercises. Each week we select an exercise to work on during the week. We share our self-observations at the following meeting. One may join the course anytime. The text is Talks with Ramana Maharshi: On Realizing Abiding Peace and Happiness.
Facilitators: Sy Ginsburg, a past president of the Miami, Florida, TSA, who met Nisargadatta in India in 1979 and 1981; Jon Knebel, a student of Theosophy; and Pam King, a student of Nisargadatta's wisdom.
Suggested donation each class: $5
The following programs are sponsored by the Henry S. Olcott Memorial Library. Call 630-668-1571 x 304 for more information or visit http://library.theosophical.org/club.htm
Book Club
Tuesdays, beginning September 9, 7 p.m.
The Book Club will feature Mountains are Mountains and Rivers are Rivers: Applying Eastern Teaching to Everyday Life, edited by Illana Rabinowitz.
Theosophical Study Group
Wednesdays beginning September 10, 7 p.m.
A Theosophical Study Group meets together to read from selected Theosophical works in a format designed to encourage discussion and research. No charge.
Knights in the Morning (All levels of players welcome!)
Saturday morning Chess, 10 a.m. – Noon
Open Mic Soirée (an evening party)
Saturdays, Sept. 27, Oct. 25, Nov. 22, 7 – 10 p.m.
Music, comedy, and poetry, with tea, coffee, goodies, and games
$3 per person Open Mic sign-up: call or e-mail library.
Theosophical Saturdays, starting September 13, 1:30 - 4:30 p.m.
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A program designed to provide an education in Theosophy and its relationship to philosophy, science, religion, and the arts, including its integration into daily life, deepening an understanding of our place in the world as spiritual beings. By the end of the 34-week season, students will present a project of their choosing, i.e., an article, a lecture, a film, or even a painting, an expression based in the student’s particular interests. Class Format
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Thought Power in Theory and Practice
Tuesdays, Sept. 9 – Oct. 7 (5 classes), 7:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Today, theories in physics are lending credibility to the idea that our thoughts have the power to shape our lives and the world around us.
- Learn about this divine gift to humanity from a Theosophical point of view.
- Explore practical ways to use thought power to develop spiritually.
- Discover how it has been used passively to create the world we live in, and how it can be used actively to make the world a better place.
- Encourage the highest of our vibrations to gradually refine our character.
Dan Noga has studied the occult and metaphysics for 12 years, focusing on Theosophy for the past two. He has witnessed the potential that esoteric teachings hold for positive transformation and spiritual growth and wishes both to share and learn.
No charge except a commitment to attend the complete series. Preregister by phone (630-668-1571, ext. 300) or mail.
Tuesdays, Sept. 9 – Dec. 16 (15 classes), 7 – 8:30 p.m.
Thursdays, Oct. 2 – Dec. 18 (11 classes), 11:45 a.m. – 1p.m. (No class: 11/27)
Hatha Yoga
Hatha Yoga increases health, vitality, and self-awareness. Postures, pranayama, relaxation, and meditation will be included.
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Pamela Myers is a graduate of the Kripalu Yoga teacher training and leads the Thursday class. |
Thursday Day Class: $95guests (prepaid, or $11 per class) $80 members
Tuesday Evening Class: $165 guests (prepaid, or $13 per class) $140 members
Wednesdays, Sept. 10 – Dec. 17 (15 classes), noon – 1p.m.
Qigong & Tai Ji for Health & Vitality
Qigong and Tai Ji are ancient forms of meditative movement based on Chinese traditional medicine using the mind and body to harmonize energy. These movements aid your immune system, improve mental clarity and mood, boost physical energy, and relieve stress.
Renee Ryan has practiced the healing arts for 25 years and studied Qigong and Tai Ji in the United States, China, and Korea.
$115 guests (prepaid, or $9 per class) $ 95 members
Fridays, Sept. 12 – Dec. 12 (12 classes), 7:15 – 8:30 p.m. (No class: Oct. 31, Nov. 28)
Tai Chi Chuan
The focus will be on the meditative and health aspects of Tai Chi Chuan. The Yang style short form of Professor Cheng Man-Ching will be taught and practiced in a traditional fashion.
Ben Furman has over 20 years experience in martial arts. He has studied Tai Chi Chuan with several 1st and 2nd generation students of Professor Cheng Man-Ching.
$95 guests (prepaid, or $10 per class) $80 members
Saturdays, Sept. 13 – Dec. 20 (14 classes), 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. (No class: 11/29)
Hatha Yoga
Relax your body, mind, and spirit while you enjoy the extraordinary health benefits of yoga. The class includes poses, breath work, and meditation designed to help the body rejuvenate and strengthen itself.
Ellen Duff is a graduate of the White Lotus Foundation teacher training.
$125 guests (prepaid, or $12 per class) $110 members
Wednesdays, Sept. 17, Oct. 1/15, Nov. 5/19, Dec. 3/17, 7:30 p.m.
Therapeutic Touch Practice Circle
A Therapeutic Touch group for healing meets for practice and experience under the guidance of Marilyn Johnston, EdD, RN, (3rd Wed.) and Sue Wright, RN, DNSc, (1st Wed.) Both of them learned TT from the founders of this healing practice, Dora Kunz & Delores Krieger, and they have been teaching and practicing TT for over 30 years EACH. If you need healing or wish to practice this technique, come and join us!
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Suggested donation per session: $5
Mondays, October 6 – December 15 (11 classes), 7 – 8:30 p.m.
The Golden Thread and the Threatened Gold
The sages of the Western Mystery Traditions passed on a knowledge beyond reason, allowing us to access transcendent states that reveal our own nature and that of the cosmos. Such sages exist in every age and elevate all of humanity, says Joscelyn Godwin, author of The Golden Thread: The Timeless Wisdom of the Western Mystery Traditions. This book will be the starting point for this course
Govert Schuller. editor of the Alpheus web site and author of the monograph Krishnamurti and the World Teacher Project will facilitate this series.
Donation. Preregister by phone or mail.
The Buddha’s Vision for Humanity
Tuesdays, November 4 – December 9 (6 classes), 7:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Although the Buddha’s knowledge and vision was vast, he chose to teach only what was essential for the attainment of liberation. He said that this Dharma was a timeless truth that could be tested and realized through direct experience by the wise. These talks and discussions will explore these unique teachings and relate them to present day conditions.
John Cianciosi was an ordained Buddhist monk in the Thai Theravada tradition for more than 20 years, serving as spiritual director of monasteries in Thailand and Australia. He is the author of True Freedom and The Meditative Path: A Gentle Way to Awareness, Concentration, and Serenity.
Preregister by phone (630-668-1571, ext. 300) or mail.
$75 guests (or $18 per class) $60 members
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Living on Purpose: Meditation Plus
Thursdays, Oct. 9 – Nov. 6 (5 classes), 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Learn a variety of forms of meditation. We will also examine techniques that we can bring into our everyday life – helping us to be awake in our lives.
Margaret McKenzie, a social worker and Senior Dharma Teacher in the Kwan Um School of Zen, makes meditation accessible and relevant.
Preregister by phone or mail. Vegetarian lunch is available for $6 if notified in advance.
$50 guests (or $12 per class) $40 members
The Religion – Science Wars
Wednesdays, Oct. 15 – Oct. 29 (3 classes), 10 a.m. – noon
Religion, says Richard Dawkins—Oxford biologist and author of The God Delusion—is one of the world’s great evils, comparable to the smallpox virus but harder to eliminate. No, say many religious conservatives, it’s just the opposite: science has developed a profoundly anti-religious agenda that threatens our moral and cultural foundation. What’s going on? Why the sudden escalation of rhetoric and tension? What are the key issues, and who are the key players in the 21st century rekindling of the religion-science wars?
Jim Kenney is the former Global Director, Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions; Co-Editor, Interreligious Insight: A Journal of Dialogue and Engagement; and Director of Common Ground in Deerfield, IL. See also 10/16 program.
Enrollment is only for the complete series. Preregister by phone or mail.
$40 guests (vegetarian lunch available for $6 if notified in advance) $30 members
Olcott Art Gallery
Through September the gallery will exhibit paintings by Pam Lowrie. Many of these works have been seen in issues of the Quest magazine. Half of all proceeds from sales will be donated to a school in the Philippines through the Theosophical Order of Service. In October into mid-December new photographs taken by TSA staff member Jeff Gresko will be displayed.
A Voluntary Simplicity group meets from 7- 9 p.m. on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. Go to www.vschicagowestsuburban.org No charge.
Henry S. Olcott Memorial Library Hours:
Tuesday – Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – noon, 1:00 p.m.– 5:00 p.m.
Tuesday – Thursday, 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
(September – May)
Sunday & Monday - Closed
Quest Book Shop hours: Monday – Friday 10-8; Saturday 10-5; Sunday 1-5
Phone: 630-665-0123
Rare and Used Books for Sale
Please add $4.00 per book for shipping.
Guide Book for Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Hubbard, Elbert.
Wm. H. Wise & Company, NY, 1926. Hardcover. 1st ed. Book Condition: Very good. Old-time celebrities; one biography per page. Corresponding to "Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great" by the same author." 203 pp. $10.00
Ghosts Helpful and Harmful, O'Donnell, Elliott.
William Rider, London, 1924. Hardcover. 1st ed. 1st printing. Book condition: Very good, no dust jacket. Hand-written address and date in pen on inside of front cover. 260 pp. $40.00
The Kneipp Cure, Kneipp, Sebastian.
Benedict Lust Publisher, NY, 1896. Good condition. Cloth cover scratch marks, tanning pages, markings, no dust jacket. Several pages of advertisements in back of book. 451 p. $30.00
The Mediumship of Jack Webber, Edwards, Harry.
Rider & Co, London, 1953. Hardcover. 3rd printing. Book condition: Very good, original dark green cloth. B&W photographs. 119 pp. $35.00
The Raft Living Letters from the Famous Living Dead, Rhodes, Harrie Vernette.
New Publishing Company, Chicago, 1929. Hard Cover. First Edition. Near Fine/No Jacket. No marks. The blue cloth has darkened a bit with age. Excellent condition. 104 p. $50.00
The Soul of a People, Fielding, H.
Macmillan, London, 1899. Hardcover. 3rd ed. Book condition: Good +. Original navy blue cloth covers with engraved gilt peacock and wide decorative red border. 6 page adverts at rear. Bumped and rubbed. Rough-cut edges. Ex-library. 350 pp. $35.00
The Inner Discipline,
Baudouin, Charles, and Lestchinsky,
A translated from the French by Eden & Cedar Paul.
George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, 1924. Hardcover. 1st ed. Book condition: Very good +. 229 pp. $22.00
Black America,
Nearing, Scott.
The Vanguard Press, NY, 1929. Hardcover. 1st ed. 1st printing. Book condition: Fair. Binding for back cover is becoming loose. Bound in beige linen with black-stamping to the spine and brown zig-zag stamping to the front and rear boards. The tops of the leaves are stained black and the fore-edge of text block is handsomely rough cut. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs. Ex-library; some ex-library marks on spine and inside of back cover. 275 pp. $70.00
The Rays and the Initiations, Bailey, Alice.
Lucis Publishing Company, NY, 1960. Hardcover. Book condition: Fine. Tight binding and clean pages. Only markings: quarter-inch price # in blue pen upper right corner first blank page. Ex-library. 769 pp. $50.00
Man : A Brief Interpretation of Man’s Creation, His Psychology and His Destiny, with Suggestions on the Practical Application of Psychic Laws, Gard, Horatio V.
Golden Rule Magazine, Chicago, 1927. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very good. No Jacket. Nice clean copy. Old bookstore label, ¼ inch by 1 inch on bottom right corner of inside front cover. 356 pp. $22.00
Apollonius of Tyana: Founder of Christianity, Winston, Alice.
Vantage Press, NY, 1954. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very good. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering. Dust jacket is bright, small tears. 125 pp. $25.00
Contact Henry S. Olcott Memorial Library at 630-668-1571 ext. 304, or library@theosophical.org, to purchase any of these more collectible items from our Rare and Used Book Sale.