Author: Kevin Townley File Type: pdf Since the discovery of a written copy of the Sepher Yetzirah in the first century A. D. there have been many books written of the Tree of Life, yet none on the Cube of Space. For the first time a major work has come forth that takes the reader from an introduction of The Cube of Space to a detailed explanation of its parts and relationship to the Tree of Life. The author demonstrates how the Cube of Space is generated through sacred geometry, the Sphere of Binah and the Magic Square of Saturn. Some of the information in this book may create waves in the traditional teachings of the Tree of Life. Undoubtedly, The Cube of Space is an original and bold new work concerning the most neglected areas of study in the Qabalah, and perhaps the most important. ReviewKevin Townleys Cube of Space is, as its cover says, a first for this area of study. Townleys book is a major leap forward in an almost forgotten area of Qabalistic thought and practice. Townley goes on to show in step-by-step detail how the flow of divine energies in creation takes place...giving us the psychic structure of our own material world...(he) goes on to explain in clear and easy-to-understand language, the theory behind the formation of magical squares...sigils representing...actual flows of energy. For the reader who wants a new look at...a model of creation or a better understanding of Qabalistic, astrological, alchemical, and Tarot correspondences there are few books as thorough as Townleys. The section on magical squares and their permutations alone is valuable reading...Whether this book is destined to become a classic, only time will tell. But you will not be disappointed in it, and you will most likely read it several times as a guide to more advanced Qabalistic work. -- Gnosis MagazineWinter 1996, by Mark StavishIn the study of the Qabalah there is no more important glyph than the Cube of Space with perhaps the exception of the Tree of Life. -- Dr. Paul Foster CaseThis book is without a doubt the most original and useful recent contribution to occult and Tarot studies. It is a brilliant synthesis of ideas which demonstrate for the first time the extent to which the Cube of Space is a coherent repository of interlocking symbolic ideas. It is a work of which every student of Western Qabalah and of Tarot should read. -- Robert Wang, Author of Qabalistic TarotAbout the AuthorKevin Townley was born in Middletown, N.Y. in 1952 and left home at the age of 15 to enter the Carmelite Seminary. After several years of struggling over the dogma within the Orthodox Catholic Church, he began a lifelong study in Western Hermeticism. Early on in his studies, he became drawn to the writings of Dr. Paul Foster Case. He was a member of the B.O.T.A for over15 years. He is one of the founders of LPN-USA, an esoteric organization dedicated to the study and practice of Qabalah and Laboratory Alchemy. His studies have led him around the world seeking original Rosicrucian and alchemical texts, as well as those individuals who practice this Royal Art. He is a national speaker and Certified by the American Tarot Association as a Grand Tarot Master. He gives lectures and workshops in the following areas of esoterics, Alchemy, Western Hermetic Tradition, Masonary, Tarot, Qabalah, the Tree of Life and the Seven Rays, The Cube of Space. He is also a certified Dance Leader for the Dances for Universal Peace and more. Mr. Townley resides in Boulder, Colorado with his family, where he continues his studies in the Western Mysteries.
Author: James Crosswhite
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Rhetoric is the counterpart of logic, claimed Aristotle. Rhetoric is the first part of logic rightly understood, Martin Heidegger concurred. Rhetoric is the universal form of human communication, opined Hans-Georg Gadamer. But in Deep Rhetoric, James Crosswhite offers a groundbreaking new conception of rhetoric, one that builds a definitive case for an understanding of the discipline as a philosophical enterprise beyond basic argumentation and is fully conversant with the advances of the New Rhetoric of Chaim Perelman and Lucie Olbrechts-Tyteca.Chapter by chapter, Deep Rhetoric develops an understanding of rhetoric not only in its philosophical dimension but also as a means of guiding and conducting conflicts, achieving justice, and understanding the human condition. Along the way, Crosswhite restores the traditional dignity and importance of the discipline and illuminates the twentieth-century resurgence of rhetoric among philosophers, as well as the role that rhetoric can play in future discussions of ontology, epistemology, and ethics. At a time when the fields of philosophy and rhetoric have diverged, Crosswhite returns them to their common moorings and shows us an invigorating new way forward.**
Author: James Sumner
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How did the brewing of beer become a scientific process? Sumner explores this question by charting the theory and practice of the trade in Britain and Ireland during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. How did the brewing of beer become a scientific process? Sumner explores this question by charting the theory and practice of the trade in Britain and Ireland during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.**
Author: Kristin Thompson
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Written by two leading film scholars, Film History An Introduction is a comprehensive survey of film-from the backlots of Hollywood, across the United States, and around the world. As in the authors bestselling Film Art, concepts and events are illustrated with actual frame enlargements, giving students more realistic points of reference than competing books that use publicity stills.About the AuthorKristin Thompson is an Honorary Fellow at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. She holds a masters degree in film from the University of Iowa and a doctorate in film from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. She has published Eisensteins Ivan the Terrible (Princeton University Press, 1981), Exporting Entertainment Americas Place in World Film Markets, 1907-1934 (British Film Institute, 1985), Breaking the Glass Armor Neoformalist Film Analysis (Princeton University Press, 1988), Wooster Proposes, Jeeves Disposes or Le Mot Juste (James H. Heinman, 1992), Storytelling in the New Hollywood (Harvard University Press, 1999), Storytelling in Film and Television (Harvard University Press, 2003), and Herr Lubitsch Goes to Hollywood German and American Film after World War I (University of Amsterdam, 2005). In her spare time she studies Egyptology. . The authors have collaborated on Film History (McGraw-Hill, 1994) with Janet Staiger, on The Classical Hollywood Cinema (Columbia University Press, 1985) and Storytelling in the New Hollywood (Harvard University Press, 1999)..David Bordwell is Jacques Ledoux Professor of Film Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He holds a masters degree and a doctorate from the University of Iowa. He is the author of The Films of Carl Theodor Dreyer (University California Press, 1981), Narration in the Fiction Film (University Wisconsin Press, 1985), Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema (British Film InstitutePrinceton University Press, 1988), Making Meaning Inference and Rhetoric in the Interpretation of Cinema (Harvard University Press, 1989), The Cinema of Eisenstein (Harvard University Press, 1993), On the History of Film Style (Harvard University Press, 1997) and Planet Hong Kong Popular Cinema and the Art of Entertainment (Harvard University Press, 2000). He has won a University Distinguished Teaching Award.
Author: David S. Potter
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David S. Potters comprehensive survey of two critical and eventful centuries traces the course of imperial decline, skillfully weaving together cultural, intellectual and political history.Particular attention is paid throughout to the structures of government, the rise of Persia as a rival, and the diverse intellectual movements in the empire. There is also a strong focus on Christianity, transformed in this period from a fringe sect to the leading religion.Against this detailed background, Potter argues that the loss of power can mainly be attributed to the failure in the imperial elite to respond to changes inside and outside the empire, and to internal struggles for control between different elements in the government, resulting in an inefficient centralization of power at court.A striking achievement of historical synthesis combined with a compelling interpretative line, The Roman Empire at Bay enables students of all periods to understand the dynamics of great imperial powers.ReviewThe Roman Emipre at Bay is an excellently written, well-documented, clearly structured, very complete and extensive book. Extremely well furnished with numismatic and prosopographical evidence and including the latest scholarship, it cannot be ignored by future scholars of the third and fourth centuries and will certainly take the place of many previous works on the subject.David Engels , University of Aachen , *Bryn Mawr Classical Review*
Author: Alexandre Lefebvre
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The work of Henri Bergson, the foremost French philosopher of the early twentieth century, is not usually explored for its political dimensions. Indeed, Bergson is best known for his writings on time, evolution, and creativity. This book concentrates instead on his political philosophyand especially on his late masterpiece, The Two Sources of Morality and Religionfrom which Alexandre Lefebvre develops an original approach to human rights. We tend to think of human rights as the urgent international project of protecting all people everywhere from harm. Bergson shows us that human rights can also serve as a medium of personal transformation and self-care. For Bergson, the main purpose of human rights is to initiate all human beings into love. Forging connections between human rights scholarship and philosophy as self-care, Lefebvre uses human rights to channel the whole of Bergsons philosophy. ** The work of Henri Bergson, the foremost French philosopher of the early twentieth century, is not usually explored for its political dimensions. Indeed, Bergson is best known for his writings on time, evolution, and creativity. This book concentrates instead on his political philosophyand especially on his late masterpiece, The Two Sources of Morality and Religionfrom which Alexandre Lefebvre develops an original approach to human rights. We tend to think of human rights as the urgent international project of protecting all people everywhere from harm. Bergson shows us that human rights can also serve as a medium of personal transformation and self-care. For Bergson, the main purpose of human rights is to initiate all human beings into love. Forging connections between human rights scholarship and philosophy as self-care, Lefebvre uses human rights to channel the whole of Bergsons philosophy. **