Edition:
First edition (1999); Fourth printing (2010)
Place of Publication:
Point Reyes, California
Publisher:
The Golden Sufi Center
Copyright Date:
1999
Publication Date:
2010
ISBN / SBN / ISSN:
9781890350017
Source:
Donated by the estate of Thomas Hager
Media Type:
Print (Non-Serial)
Media Sub-type:
Book
LoC Call Number:
B 235 .P24 K56 1999
Accession Number:
101454
Keyword Subject Headings:
Philosophy--Greek--Pre- and Post-Socratic
Parmenides ca. 515 - ca. 5th cent. BCE
Plato ca. 428/423 - 348 BCE
Pythagoras ca. 570 - ca. 495 BCE
Zeno ca. 490 - ca. 430 BCE
Metaphysics
Religion--Ancient Greek
Persephone--Cultic worship--Antiquity
Apollo--Cultic worship and healing role--Antiquity
Incubation (Healing practice in antiquity)
Snake / Serpent--Mythological aspects
Magic / Magick--Antiquity--Greek
Phocaea / Phokaia / Phocaeans
History--Ancient--Mediterranean
Parmenides ca. 515 - ca. 5th cent. BCE
Plato ca. 428/423 - 348 BCE
Pythagoras ca. 570 - ca. 495 BCE
Zeno ca. 490 - ca. 430 BCE
Metaphysics
Religion--Ancient Greek
Persephone--Cultic worship--Antiquity
Apollo--Cultic worship and healing role--Antiquity
Incubation (Healing practice in antiquity)
Snake / Serpent--Mythological aspects
Magic / Magick--Antiquity--Greek
Phocaea / Phokaia / Phocaeans
History--Ancient--Mediterranean
User Notes:
Paperbound; 255 pp., including black-and-white illustrations
and bibliographic references in endnotes.
Contents:
One
This book
Our ancestors
Phocaea
Journey to the west
Fairy story
What's missing
Killing the father
Two
Getting started
The man in a toga
Dying before you die
Masters of dreams
Apollo
Goddess
Iatromantis
Ecstasy
The sound of piping
Three
Founding hero
The line
Walking away
Ameinias
Like the wind at night
Four
Playing with toys
The lawgivers
A matter of practicalities
Five
Invisible lightning
References
