Contents of Gnosis #7

	#7: Esoteric Spirituality
	"If esoteric teachings purport to be the inner essence of a tradition, then it follows that one ought to pay attention to the outer form of that tradition, for, after all, it is difficult to have an 'inner' without an 'outer'!" - Jay Kinney, from the introduction


	Contents		Spring 1988
	1 Editorial 2 News 3 Letters 4 Gnosis Forum Our readers and contributors discuss Politics and Esotericism. 7 Introduction: Esoteric Spirituality by Jay Kinney 8 Inner Knowledge and Utter Confusion by Jay Kinney 10 The Education of the Soul by Kabir Helminski The "Work" of the Sufis in the modern world. 16 The GNOSIS Interview: Murat Yagan by Ya'qub ibn Yusuf A teacher of the Kebzeh tradition of the Caucasus Mountains discusses the esoteric path. 21 Women Remembering by Joan McIntyre Rediscovering an ancient communion in circles of women. 23 Facing the Traditionalists by Joscelyn Godwin An evaluation of Rene Guenon and other proponents of the Perrenial Philosophy. 28 Rene Guenon and the Signs of Our Times by David Fideler A critical appraisal of Guenon's book, The Reign of Quantity. 31 Ibn 'Arabi for Our Generation by by Ya'qub ibn Yusuf A new translation of Ibn 'Arabi's writings on Abraham, and a look at different versions of his 'Seals of Wisdom.' 36 A Hieroglyphic Thinker by David Fideler The life and work of R.A. Scwaller de Lubicz. 42 The Apocalyptic Steiner by Anastasy Tousomou The teachings of the founder of Anthroposophy about the Second Coming of Christ. 46 The Bible's Inner Meaning by Clyde W. Burnham II Alvin Boyd Kuhn's symbolic keys to Biblical interpretation. 48 Has the World's Most Mysterious Manuscript Been Read at Last? by Terence McKenna A new book claims to link the Voynich Manuscript with the heretical Cathars. 52 Book Reviews Rene Guenon and the Future of the West by Robin Waterfield Love is the Wine: Talks of a Sufi Master in America by Sheikh Muzaffer Ozak al-Jerrahi al-Halveti, edited and compiled by Sheikh Ragip Frager Beginning's End by Sheikh Fadhlalla Haeri The Rabbi's Tarot Daphna Moore Meditations on the Tarot by Anonymous Nag Hammadi, Gnosticism, and Early Christianity edited by Charles W. Hedrick and Robert Hodgson, Jr. Secret Symbolism in Occult Art by Fred Gettings Etheldreda by Moyra Caldecott The Threshing Floor by Jennifer Russell The Kingfisher's Wing by Mary Casey Other Lives, Other Selves by Roger L. Woolger, Ph.D. The Direct-Mind Experience by Richard Rose Fireball and the Lotus: Emerging Spirituality from Ancient Roots edited by Ron Miller and Jim Kenny Society of Mind by Marvin Minsky My Journey with a Mystic by Fritz Peters, preface by Henry Miller Ecstasy: Understanding the Psychology of Joy by Robert A. Johnson

#7: Esoteric Spirituality

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