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Golden Elixir Press is pleased to announce the publication of a new edition of Hinduism and Buddhism , by Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. This is the only English-language edition that includes all the additions and changes that the Author contributed, shortly before his death, to the French translation of his work. For the first two weeks you can order the book with a 20% discount (US$11.16 instead of US$13.95, approximately corresponding to €8.15 instead of €10.20). The offer is valid until February 6, 2011. To use this offer, go to http://www.createspace.com/3551156 . At checkout, enter the following discount code, exactly as shown here: LSN5TBFB. See a PDF sample of this book (two chapters from the Hinduism section and two chapters from the Buddhism section). Publication details : Ananda K. Coomaraswamy Hinduism and Buddhism x + 112 pp., Golden Elixir Press, 2011 ISBN 978-0-9843082-3-1 Paperback, US$ 13.95 (list price) First published in 1943, this outstanding book ...

Golden Elixir Press is pleased to announce the publication of Flashes of Light: A Treatise on Sufism , by Jami ('Abd al-Rahman al-Jami). The book is available only in a digital version, in two formats: PDF and EPUB. Both versions are priced at US$ 4.99. A Kindle version should be available in a few days from Amazon.com. • Web page • 20-page preview (PDF) Publication details Jami Flashes of Light: A Treatise on Sufism Golden Elixir Press, 2010 ISBN 978-0-9843082-2-4 (ebook) x+72 pp., US$ 4.99 (PDF or EPUB) The renowned Persian thinker and poet 'Abd al-Rahman al-Jami (1414-92 CE) wrote his Flashes of Light (Lawa'ih) to explain "the intuitions and verities displayed on the pages of the hearts and minds of men of insight and divine knowledge." Each section of his work consists of a discussion in prose and a portion in verses. Jami provides one of the best, synthetic introductions to Sufi spirituality.

Persée is a free collection of journal articles published in France. It contains at present about 90,000 articles, mostly in French, but also in English and other languages. It is in some ways the French response to JSTOR , with the important difference that access is free and open to everybody: "Anyone and everyone may search, browse, and consult the documents dissiminated via the Persée portal, without restrictions, free of charge." The collection contains these articles on Chinese alchemy: • "Inner Alchemy: Notes on the Origin and Use of the Term Neidan ," Farzeen Baldrian-Hussein • "Taoist Beliefs in Literary Circles of the Sung Dynasty: Su Shi (1037-1101) and his Techniques of Survival," Farzeen Baldrian-Hussein • "Lü Tung-pin in Northern Sung Literature," Farzeen Baldrian-Hussein • "Le corps, champ spatio-temporel, souche d'identité," Catherine Despeux (in my opinion, the best survey of the Chinese and Taoist views o...