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Featured Books from New Thinking Allowed

Kathleen Speeth learned at Gurdjieff’s knee as a child and later studied under his successor, Mme. Jeanne de Salzmann. She discusses Gurdjieff’s spiritual teachings, offers a brief profile of the philosopher, and assesses his influence on the modern world.


The Alchemy of Stones presents an inspired breakthrough in Robert Simmons’ thirty-five-year career of exploring and revealing the spiritual qualities and potentials of minerals, crystals, and gemstones. This holistic, Earth-based framework for understanding stones and their energies initiates readers into an alchemical worldview that leads to spiritual healing, transformation, and transcendence.


The late Jean Houston was at the cutting edge of the work on realizing the fullness of our human potential, which is as mainstream and pervasive in our culture as computer technology. A Mythic Life presents Jean Houston’s real, magical story and her true teaching. Here, she draws on her personal history and vast cultural knowledge to show how we can experience in our own lives the greater human story revealed in myths and discover our real potential.