Bøger af W. Y. Evans-Wentz

O Bardo Thodol, apropriadamente intitulado por seu organizador, W. Y. Evans-Wentz, como O Livro Tibetano dos Mortos, é uma coleção de fragmentos de textos tibetanos religiosos originários de uma compilação do século XVII feita por Rigdzin Nyima Dragpa. São ¿capítulos¿ de uma obra muito maior chamada As Cem Divindades Pacíficas e Coléricas: A Libertação Natural [Através do Reconhecimento] da Intenção Iluminada, que foi encontrada em meio a muitos outros manuscritos antigos em meados do século XIV por Karma Lingpa. Esse texto aborda as perspectivas budistas tibetanas sobre a morte e a experiência da morte, os estados alucinatórios de transição (ou Bardo) entre vidas e o processo de renascimento. Agora, em edição totalmente revista, o livro traz um conjunto de instruções para os mortos, um guia dos fenômenos do reino do Bardo, esse estado de existência que continua por 49 dias após a morte até a próxima reencarnação.

In 1919 the distinguished scholar Walter Evans-Wentz visited an Indian monastery, where he encountered the source of this famous volume. Derived from a Buddhist funerary text, it offers instructions for preparing for death and moving through the various stages of rebirth. The book has since developed into a guide to attaining enlightenment and assuring an auspicious journey through the realms of the afterlife.

This classic study of traditional Celtic spirituality ties ancient Paganism, medieval myth, and traditional Fairy beliefs into a powerful celebration of Celtic wisdom and magic. This magnificent book is a collection of stories, anecdotes, and legends from all six of the regions where Celtic ways have persisted in the modern world: Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, Brittany, and the Isle of Man. It examines how Fairy spirituality survived in the face of hostility caused by modern science and religion. It celebrates how beliefs (which only a century ago were dismissed as quaint and superstitious) were, in fact, powerful principles of ancient Pagan magic that remained essential features of the Celtic world for generation after generation. The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries offers plenty of speculation and theories regarding who or what fairies are and where they come from. But it is also an anthropological study of fairy faith which involved interviews with hundreds of people.

Collection of firsthand reports of elfin creatures in Wales, Ireland, Scotland, and Brittany, classified by country and introduced by leading authorities on anthropology and folklore. Also includes recorded traditions of Celtic literature and mythology.

This classic on the subject is dedicated to two people who greatly influenced the author W.B. Yeats and AE, perhaps the greatest mystic and visionary of this century.