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Arkana Publishing is a publishing imprint

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of Penguin Group

Penguin Group

The Penguin Group is a trade book publisher, the largest in the world , having overtaken Random House in 2009. The Penguin Group is the name of the incorporated division of parent Pearson PLC that oversees these publishing operations...

of mainly esoteric literature.

Authors

Carlos Castaneda
Carlos Castaneda
Carlos Castaneda was a Peruvian-born American anthropologist and author....
Alfred Douglas
Michael Baigent
Michael Baigent
Michael Baigent is an author and speculative theorist who co-wrote a number of books that question mainstream perceptions of history and the life of Jesus. He is best known as co-writer of the book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail....
Karlfried Graf Dürckheim
Karlfried Graf Dürckheim
Karl Friedrich Alfred Heinrich Ferdinand Maria Graf Eckbrecht von Dürckheim-Montmartin was a German diplomat, psychotherapist and Zen-Master.-Life and work:Dürckheim was born in Munich...
P. D. Ouspensky
P. D. Ouspensky
Peter D. Ouspensky , , a Russian esotericist known for his expositions of the early work of the Greek-Armenian teacher of esoteric doctrine George Gurdjieff, whom he met in Moscow in 1915.He was associated with the ideas and practices originating with...
Melanie Reinhart
Melanie Reinhart
Melanie Reinhart is an astrologer and author based in the United Kingdom. She has taught for several well-known astrological schools in the UK and abroad, including the Faculty of Astrological Studies, the Centre for Psychological Astrology, the London School of Astrology, and Astro*Synthesis...
Robin Skelton
Robin Skelton
Robin Skelton was a British-born academic, writer, poet, and anthologist.Born in Easington, Yorkshire, Skelton was educated at the University of Leeds and Cambridge University. From 1944 to 1947, he served with the Royal Air Force in India. He later taught at Manchester University...
Robert John Stewart
Robert John Stewart
Robert John "R J" Stewart is a Scottish-born composer, author, and teacher. He has written over 40 books on occultism, Ceremonial magic and Celtic mythology...
Richard Wilhelm
Richard Wilhelm
Richard Wilhelm was a German sinologist, as well as theologian and missionary. He is best remembered for his translations of philosophical works from Chinese into German that in turn have been translated into other major languages of the world, including English...
Joseph Campbell
Joseph Campbell
Joseph John Campbell was an American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work is vast, covering many aspects of the human experience...
G.I. Gurdjieff
Arthur Koestler
Arthur Koestler
Arthur Koestler CBE was a Hungarian author and journalist. Koestler was born in Budapest and, apart from his early school years, was educated in Austria...
Idries Shah
Idries Shah
Idries Shah , also known as Idris Shah, né Sayed Idries el-Hashimi , was an author and teacher in the Sufi tradition who wrote over three dozen critically acclaimed books on topics ranging from psychology and spirituality to travelogues and culture studies.Born in India, the descendant of a...
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi , born Mahesh Prasad Varma , developed the Transcendental Meditation technique and was the leader and guru of the TM movement, characterised as a new religious movement and also as non-religious...

Books

Title	Author	Year	ISBN
Journey to Ixtlan: Lessons of Don Juan Don Juan Don Juan is a legendary, fictional libertine whose story has been told many times by many authors. El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra by Tirso de Molina is a play set in the fourteenth century that was published in Spain around 1630...	Carlos Castaneda Carlos Castaneda Carlos Castaneda was a Peruvian-born American anthropologist and author....	1972	ISBN 0-14-019234-4
The Tarot Tarot The tarot \|trionfi]] and later as tarocchi, tarock, and others) is a pack of cards , used from the mid-15th century in various parts of Europe to play a group of card games such as Italian tarocchini and French tarot... : The Origins, Meaning and Uses of the Cards	Alfred Douglas	1972	ISBN 0-14-019239-5
Letters from Russia-1919	P. D. Ouspensky P. D. Ouspensky Peter D. Ouspensky , , a Russian esotericist known for his expositions of the early work of the Greek-Armenian teacher of esoteric doctrine George Gurdjieff, whom he met in Moscow in 1915.He was associated with the ideas and practices originating with... (Introduction by Fairfax Hall Fairfax Hall Fairfax Hall, also known as Brandon Hotel or Fairfax Hall School, is a building built in 1890 in Waynesboro, Virginia. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The NRHP listing included 4 contributing buildings over a area.-External links:*... and epilog from In Denikin's Russia* by C. E. Bechhofer)	1978	ISBN
The Pocket I Ching I Ching The I Ching or "Yì Jīng" , also known as the Classic of Changes, Book of Changes and Zhouyi, is one of the oldest of the Chinese classic texts... : The Richard Wilhelm Translation	Richard Wilhelm Richard Wilhelm Richard Wilhelm was a German sinologist, as well as theologian and missionary. He is best remembered for his translations of philosophical works from Chinese into German that in turn have been translated into other major languages of the world, including English... , Cary F. Baynes, W. S. Boardman	1984	ISBN 1-85-063000-3
The Secret of the Golden Flower The Secret of the Golden Flower The Secret of the Golden Flower , a Chinese Taoist book about meditation, was translated by Richard Wilhelm . Wilhelm, a friend of Carl Jung, was German, and his translations from Chinese to German were later translated to English by Cary F. Baynes... : A Chinese Book of Life	Richard Wilhelm, Carl Gustav Jung	1984	ISBN 1-85-063005-4
Tao Te Ching Tao Te Ching The Tao Te Ching, Dao De Jing, or Daodejing , also simply referred to as the Laozi, whose authorship has been attributed to Laozi, is a Chinese classic text... : The Book of Meaning and Life	Richard Wilhelm Richard Wilhelm Richard Wilhelm was a German sinologist, as well as theologian and missionary. He is best remembered for his translations of philosophical works from Chinese into German that in turn have been translated into other major languages of the world, including English...	1985	ISBN 1-85-063011-9
A Further Record: Extracts from Meetings 1928–1945	P. D. Ouspensky P. D. Ouspensky Peter D. Ouspensky , , a Russian esotericist known for his expositions of the early work of the Greek-Armenian teacher of esoteric doctrine George Gurdjieff, whom he met in Moscow in 1915.He was associated with the ideas and practices originating with...	1986	ISBN
The Mystic Life of Merlin Merlin Merlin is a legendary figure best known as the wizard featured in the Arthurian legend. The standard depiction of the character first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, written c. 1136, and is based on an amalgamation of previous historical and legendary figures...	R. J. Stewart, Geoffrey of Monmouth Geoffrey of Monmouth Geoffrey of Monmouth was a cleric and one of the major figures in the development of British historiography and the popularity of tales of King Arthur...	1986	ISBN 1-85-063042-9
The prophetic vision of Merlin: prediction, psychic transformation, and the foundation of the Grail legends in an ancient set of visionary verses	Robert John Stewart Robert John Stewart Robert John "R J" Stewart is a Scottish-born composer, author, and teacher. He has written over 40 books on occultism, Ceremonial magic and Celtic mythology...	1986	ISBN 1-85-063018-6
The Book of the Dead	E. A. Wallis Budge E. A. Wallis Budge Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East.-Earlier life:... (introduction by David Lorimer)	1989	ISBN 0-14-019009-0
Chiron Chiron In Greek mythology, Chiron was held to be the superlative centaur among his brethren.-History:Like the satyrs, centaurs were notorious for being wild and lusty, overly indulgent drinkers and carousers, given to violence when intoxicated, and generally uncultured delinquents... and the Healing Journey	Melanie Reinhart Melanie Reinhart Melanie Reinhart is an astrologer and author based in the United Kingdom. She has taught for several well-known astrological schools in the UK and abroad, including the Faculty of Astrological Studies, the Centre for Psychological Astrology, the London School of Astrology, and Astro*Synthesis...	1989	ISBN 0-14-019209-3
The Confessions of Aleister Crowley The Confessions of Aleister Crowley The Confessions of Aleister Crowley : An Autohagiography, by Aleister Crowley , is a book written in six parts, the first two parts published in 1929. It is subtitled "An Autohagiography" which refers to the autobiography of a Saint, a title which Crowley would also have associated with the... : An Autohagiography	John Symonds John Symonds John Symonds was an English novelist, biographer, playwright and writer of children's books.- Early Life :... , Kenneth Grant Kenneth Grant Kenneth Grant was a British occultist, novelist, and poet, who with his partner, the artist Steffi Grant, headed the magical order previously known as the Typhonian Ordo Templi Orientis but which is now referred to as the Typhonian Order.-Occult background:Grant's occult experiences began in 1939...	1989	ISBN 0-14-019189-5
The Arkana Dictionary of Astrology Astrology Astrology consists of a number of belief systems which hold that there is a relationship between astronomical phenomena and events in the human world...	Fred Gettings	1990	ISBN 0-14-019287-5
Earth, Air, Fire, Water: Pre-Christian and Pagan Elements in British Songs, Rhymes and Ballads	Margaret Blackwood, Robin Skelton Robin Skelton Robin Skelton was a British-born academic, writer, poet, and anthologist.Born in Easington, Yorkshire, Skelton was educated at the University of Leeds and Cambridge University. From 1944 to 1947, he served with the Royal Air Force in India. He later taught at Manchester University...	1990	ISBN 0-14-019227-1
The Second Ring of Power	Carlos Castaneda Carlos Castaneda Carlos Castaneda was a Peruvian-born American anthropologist and author....	1990	ISBN 0-14-019235-2
Tales of Power	Carlos Castaneda Carlos Castaneda Carlos Castaneda was a Peruvian-born American anthropologist and author....	1990 (1974, Simon and Schuster)	ISBN 0-14-019237-9
Whole in One	David Lorimer	1990	ISBN 0-14-019258-1
Teachings of Gurdjieff - A Pupil's Journal	Charles Stanley Nott Charles Stanley Nott Charles Stanley Nott was an author, publisher, translator and a student of G. I. Gurdjieff. He first met Gurdjieff and A. R. Orage in New York in 1923. He spent time at the Institute for the Harmonious Development of Man and became a close student of Gurdjieff. He helped with the publication and... (1961)	1990	ISBN 0-14-019156-9
The Eagle's Gift	Carlos Castaneda Carlos Castaneda Carlos Castaneda was a Peruvian-born American anthropologist and author....	1992 (1981, Pocket Books Pocket Books Pocket Books is a division of Simon & Schuster that primarily publishes paperback books.- History :Pocket produced the first mass-market, pocket-sized paperback books in America in early 1939 and revolutionized the publishing industry... )	ISBN 0-14-019233-6
A Separate Reality: Further Conversations with Don Juan	Carlos Castaneda Carlos Castaneda Carlos Castaneda was a Peruvian-born American anthropologist and author....	1998 (1972, Pocket Books Pocket Books Pocket Books is a division of Simon & Schuster that primarily publishes paperback books.- History :Pocket produced the first mass-market, pocket-sized paperback books in America in early 1939 and revolutionized the publishing industry... )	ISBN 0-14-019236-0
Chiron and the Healing Journey: An Astrological and Psychological Perspective	Melanie Reinhart Melanie Reinhart Melanie Reinhart is an astrologer and author based in the United Kingdom. She has taught for several well-known astrological schools in the UK and abroad, including the Faculty of Astrological Studies, the Centre for Psychological Astrology, the London School of Astrology, and Astro*Synthesis...	1999	ISBN 0-14-019573-4
The Masks of God: Primitive Mythology; Vol. 1	Joseph Campbell Joseph Campbell Joseph John Campbell was an American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work is vast, covering many aspects of the human experience...	1992	ISBN 0-14-019443-6
The Masks of God: Oriental Mythology; Vol. 2	Joseph Campbell Joseph Campbell Joseph John Campbell was an American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work is vast, covering many aspects of the human experience...	1992	ISBN 0-14-019442-8
The Masks of God: Occidental Mythology; Vol. 3	Joseph Campbell Joseph Campbell Joseph John Campbell was an American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work is vast, covering many aspects of the human experience...	1992	ISBN 978-0-14-019441-8
The Masks of God: Creative Mythology; Vol. 4	Joseph Campbell Joseph Campbell Joseph John Campbell was an American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work is vast, covering many aspects of the human experience...	1992	ISBN 0-14-019440-1
Myths To Live By	Joseph Campbell Joseph Campbell Joseph John Campbell was an American mythologist, writer and lecturer, best known for his work in comparative mythology and comparative religion. His work is vast, covering many aspects of the human experience...	1993	ISBN 0-14-019461-4
Beelzububs Tales to his Grandson: All and Everything. First Series	G.I. Gurdjieff	2000	ISBN 0-14-019473-8
Meetings With Remarkable Men: All and Everything. Second Series	G.I. Gurdjieff	1988	ISBN 0-14-019037-6
Life is Real Only Then, When I Am: All and Everything. Third Series	G.I. Gurdjieff	1999	ISBN 0-14-019585-8
The Sleepwalkers: A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe	Arthur Koestler Arthur Koestler Arthur Koestler CBE was a Hungarian author and journalist. Koestler was born in Budapest and, apart from his early school years, was educated in Austria...	1989	ISBN 0-14-019246-8
The Act of Creation	Arthur Koestler Arthur Koestler Arthur Koestler CBE was a Hungarian author and journalist. Koestler was born in Budapest and, apart from his early school years, was educated in Austria...	1989	ISBN 0-14-019191-7
The Ghost in the Machine	Arthur Koestler Arthur Koestler Arthur Koestler CBE was a Hungarian author and journalist. Koestler was born in Budapest and, apart from his early school years, was educated in Austria...	1989	ISBN 0-14-019192-5
The Way of the Sufi	Idries Shah Idries Shah Idries Shah , also known as Idris Shah, né Sayed Idries el-Hashimi , was an author and teacher in the Sufi tradition who wrote over three dozen critically acclaimed books on topics ranging from psychology and spirituality to travelogues and culture studies.Born in India, the descendant of a...	1991	ISBN 0-14-019252-2
Oriental Magic	Idries Shah Idries Shah Idries Shah , also known as Idris Shah, né Sayed Idries el-Hashimi , was an author and teacher in the Sufi tradition who wrote over three dozen critically acclaimed books on topics ranging from psychology and spirituality to travelogues and culture studies.Born in India, the descendant of a...	1993	ISBN 0-14-019464-9
Learning How to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way Learning How to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way Learning How to Learn: Psychology and Spirituality in the Sufi Way is a book by the writer Idries Shah that was first published by Octagon Press in 1978...	Idries Shah Idries Shah Idries Shah , also known as Idris Shah, né Sayed Idries el-Hashimi , was an author and teacher in the Sufi tradition who wrote over three dozen critically acclaimed books on topics ranging from psychology and spirituality to travelogues and culture studies.Born in India, the descendant of a...	1996	ISBN 0-14-019513-0
The Magical Arts	Richard Cavendish Richard Cavendish Richard Cavendish is a British historian who has written extensively on the subjects of occultism, religion, the tarot, mythology, and English history.-Personal life:...	1989	ISBN 0-14-019152-6
Daimonic Reality: Field Guide to the Otherworld	Patrick Harpur Patrick Harpur Patrick Harpur is an english writer. He lives in Dorset, United Kingdom. He is best known for the work Daimonic Reality: A Field Guide to the Otherworld which deals with the paranormal in a similar way that Jacques Vallee, Allen Hynek and John Keel have done in the past.-Theories:Harpur's topics...	1995	ISBN 0-14-019485-1
The Farther Reaches of Human Nature Human nature Human nature refers to the distinguishing characteristics, including ways of thinking, feeling and acting, that humans tend to have naturally....	Abraham H. Maslow	1994	ISBN 0-14-019470-3
The Magus of Strovolos: The Extraordinary World of a Spiritual Healer	Kyriacos C. Markides Kyriacos C. Markides Kyriacos C. Markides is a professor of sociology at the University of Maine. In addition he has written several books on the topic of Christian mysticism. In his books he explores mystical Christianity through his association with the charismatic elder, Father Maximos, a monk from Mount Athos....	1988	ISBN 0-14-019034-1
Homage to the Sun	Kyriacos C. Markides Kyriacos C. Markides Kyriacos C. Markides is a professor of sociology at the University of Maine. In addition he has written several books on the topic of Christian mysticism. In his books he explores mystical Christianity through his association with the charismatic elder, Father Maximos, a monk from Mount Athos....	1990	ISBN 0-14-019024-4
Atlantis Atlantis Atlantis is a legendary island first mentioned in Plato's dialogues Timaeus and Critias, written about 360 BC.... : Myth or Reality	Murry Hope Murry Hope Murry Hope Richard Ellis, Imagining Atlantis, 1998. Alfred A. Knoft - original from University of Michigan; pp. 64-70, 269. ISBN 0679446028. is an English woman writer, lecturer, psychic, healer, astrologer, numerologist, palmist, former lyric singer and universal occultist. She makes part of the...	1991	ISBN 0-14-019232-8
The Case for Astrology	John Anthony West	1992	ISBN 0-14-019280-8
Inner Visions	Nevill Drury Nevill Drury Nevill Drury is an editor, publisher, and professional in many aspects of the publishing business, as well as the author of over forty books on subjects ranging from shamanism and western magical traditions to art, music, and anthropology. His books have been published in fifteen languages...	1994	ISBN 0-14-019283-2
The Hidden Tradition in Europe: The Secret History of Medieval Christian Heresy Heresy Heresy is a controversial or novel change to a system of beliefs, especially a religion, that conflicts with established dogma. It is distinct from apostasy, which is the formal denunciation of one's religion, principles or cause, and blasphemy, which is irreverence toward religion...	Yuri Stoyanov	1994	ISBN 0-14-019319-7
Mysticism Mysticism Mysticism is the knowledge of, and especially the personal experience of, states of consciousness, i.e. levels of being, beyond normal human perception, including experience and even communion with a supreme being.-Classical origins:... and the New Physics	Michael Talbot Michael Talbot Michael Coleman Talbot was an American author of several books highlighting parallels between ancient mysticism and quantum mechanics, and espousing a theoretical model of reality that suggests the physical universe is akin to a giant hologram...	1993	ISBN 0-14-019328-6
Zen Zen Zen is a school of Mahāyāna Buddhism founded by the Buddhist monk Bodhidharma. The word Zen is from the Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese word Chán , which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word dhyāna, which can be approximately translated as "meditation" or "meditative state."Zen... in the Art of Archery: Training the Mind and Body to Become One	Eugen Herrigel Eugen Herrigel Eugen Herrigel was a German philosopher who taught philosophy at Tohoku Imperial University in Sendai, Japan, from 1924-1929 and introduced Zen to large parts of Europe through his writings.While living in Japan from 1924 to 1929, he studied kyūdō, traditional Japanese archery, under Awa...	1985	ISBN 978-1-85063-029-6
On Having No Head: Zen and the Rediscovery of the Obvious	D.E. Harding	1991	ISBN 0-14-019043-0
The Book of Chaung Tzu	Martin Palmer, Elizabeth Breuilly	1996	ISBN 0-14-019488-6
Sacred Origins of Profound Things	Charles Panati Charles Panati Charles Panati is a former college professor, industrial physicist, author and science editor of Newsweek. Panati has written about topics as diverse as the source of the cosmos to the origin of the Oreo cookie. He has been a frequent guest on Oprah, Regis and Letterman...	1997	ISBN 0-14-019544-0
The Myth of the Goddess: Evolution of an Image	Anne Baring, Jules Cashford	1993	ISBN 0-14-019292-1
Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman	Malidoma Some	1995	ISBN 0-14-019496-7
Buddhism Buddhism Buddhism is a religion and philosophy encompassing a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices, largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, commonly known as the Buddha . The Buddha lived and taught in the northeastern Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th... Plain and Simple	Steve Hagen Steve Hagen -References:...	1999	ISBN 0-14-019596-3
The Monks of War: The Military Religious Orders	Desmond Seward	1995	ISBN 978-0-14-019501-9
Medicine Woman	Lynn V. Andrews	1989	ISBN 0-14-019160-7
Jesus the Man	Kahlil Gibran	1997	ISBN 0-14-019546-7
Be as You Are: The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi	Sri Maharshi, David Godman	1988	ISBN 0-14-019062-7
The Bhagavad Gita	Eknath Easwaran Eknath Easwaran Eknath Easwaran was a spiritual teacher, an author of books on meditation and ways to lead a fulfilling life, as well as a translator and interpreter of Indian literature....	1988	ISBN 0-14-019008-2
The Upanishads	Eknath Easwaran Eknath Easwaran Eknath Easwaran was a spiritual teacher, an author of books on meditation and ways to lead a fulfilling life, as well as a translator and interpreter of Indian literature....	1989	ISBN 0-14-019180-1
The Kabbalah Kabbalah Kabbalah/Kabala is a discipline and school of thought concerned with the esoteric aspect of Rabbinic Judaism. It was systematized in 11th-13th century Hachmei Provence and Spain, and again after the Expulsion from Spain, in 16th century Ottoman Palestine... Unveiled	Knorr Von Rosenroth, S.L. MacGregor Mathers	1992	ISBN 978-0-14-019310-7
From the Omens of Babylon: Astrology and Ancient Mesopotamia	Michael Baigent Michael Baigent Michael Baigent is an author and speculative theorist who co-wrote a number of books that question mainstream perceptions of history and the life of Jesus. He is best known as co-writer of the book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail....	1994	ISBN 0-14-019480-0

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