Books for the mind's eye

From 1973, as General Editor of her pioneering series "Art and Imagination", Jill Purce created over thirty beautifully illustrated books on Sacred Traditions, Art and Cosmology, published by Thames and Hudson, Seuil, Heibonsha. A selection are still available for purchase on their website.
Explore a truly astonishing diversity of interests, philosophies, religions and cultures - from alchemy to angels, Buddhism to Hinduism, myth to magic. Originally large-format paperback volumes, from 2012 onwards some are being elegantly reformatted as pocket books. Click on the cover images or titles below to order from Amazon.

The Mystic Spiral :Journey of the Soul
by Jill Purce

Astrology : The Celestial Mirror
by Warren Kenton

Athanasius Kircher: A Renaissance Man
by Joscelyn Godwin
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Beyond Death : The Gates of Consciousness
by Stanislas Grof

Buddha: The Intelligent Heart
by Alistair Shearer
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Robert Fludd
by Joscelyn Godwin

Creation Myths : Man's Introduction to the World
by David Maclagan
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Cult of the Cat
by Nicholas J. Saunders

The Dragon : Nature of Spirit, Spirit of Nature
by Francis Huxley

Dreams : Visions of the Night
by David Coxhead and Susan Hiller
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The Earth Spirit : Its Ways, Shriness and Mysteries
by John Michell

Egyptian Mysteries : New Light on Ancient Knowledge
by Lucy Lamy

The Eye
by Francis Huxley

Freemasonry: A Journey Through Ritual and Symbol
by W. Kirk MacNulty
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Goddess: Mother of Living Nature
by Adele Getty

The Grail : Quest for the Eternal
by John Matthews

The Hindu Vision: Forms of the Formless
by Alistair Shearer

Kabbalah : Tradition of Hidden Knowledge
by Z'ev ben Shimon-Halevi
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King Arthur: the Dream of a Golden Age
by Geoffrey Ashe

Magic : The Western Tradition
by Francis King

Martial Arts : The Spiritual Dimension
by Peter Payne

Rose Windows
by Painton Cowen

Sacred Dance : Encounter with the Gods,
by Maria-Gabriele Wosien

Sacred Geometry : Philosophy and Practice
by Robert Lawlor
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Shaman : The Wounded Healer
by Joan Halifax

Subtle Body : Essence and Shadow
by David V. Tansley

Sufi : Expressions of the Mystic Quest
by Laleh Bakhtiar

Tao: The Chinese Philosophy of Time and Change
by Philip Rawson

Time : Rythm and Repose
by Marie-Louise von Franz

Tree of Life: Image for the Cosmos
by Roger Cook

Zen : Direct Pointing to Reality
by Anne Bancroft

Twins and the Double
by John Lash

Angels: Messengers of the Gods
by Peter Lamborn Wilson
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Alchemy: The Secret Art
by Stanislas Klossowski De Rola
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Atlantis: Lost Lands, Ancient Wisdom
by Geoffrey Ashe
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Books of the Dead
by Stanislas Grof
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Celtic Mysteries: The Ancient Religion
by John Sharkey
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Sacred Tibet
by Philip S. Rawson
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Tantra: The Indian Cult of Ecstasy
by Philip Rawson
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The Temple
by John Lundquist
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