BHAGAVAN SRI RAMANA MAHARSHI
      The Restored Photographs - Volume Two

This high-quality Volume contains 48 large-size prints comprising of 35 newly restored photographs with 7 close-ups. Most of the pictures used in this series of Restored Photographs have been selected for the clarity and definition in Bhagavan's face, and a few have been chosen for their unusual locations and interest. A number of close-ups taken from full images have also been included.
The majority of the photographs in Volume Two were taken by Dr. T. N. Krishnaswami during the period 1940 to 1949.
Three were taken by G. G. Welling of Belgaum, including a different version of the well-known padmanasana pose.
The balance were taken by various devotees over the years.
Wherever possible the photograph has been restored from the original negative and a few were taken from old prints where no negative was available.
It has not been possible to rectify all of the problems in some of the prints, due primarily to the extent of the damage in the source material, but every effort has been made to present the best quality possible to Bhagavan's devotees.
50 pages (36,5cm x 31cm) - 48 photos of Ramana Maharshi - 19,00 Euros - weight: 1990 g

 BHAGAVAN SRI RAMANA MAHARSHI
      The Restored Photographs - Volume One

This high-quality Volume contains 50 large-size prints comprising of 18 newly restored photographs, 11 previously restored photographs, 10 new colour plates, and 11 close-ups have also been included.
All of the pictures used in this series of Restored Photographs have been selected for their clarity and definition. The majority of the photographs in Volume One were taken by Dr. T. N. Krishnaswami during the period 1940 to 1949.
Three were taken by G. G. Welling of Belgaum, including the two famous 'Welling' busts and well-known padmasana pose.
Three were taken during the early Virupaksha / Skandasramam days by unknown devotees.
Two were taken by Eliott Elisofon of 'Life' magazine, during the Kumbabhishekam celebrations at the Mother's shrine during 1949.
The balance were taken by various devotees over the years.
Wherever possible the photograph has been restored from the original negative.
52 pages (36,5cm x 31cm) - 50 photos of Ramana Maharshi - 19,00 Euros - weight: 1450 g

 RAMANA MAHARSHI
      Heart is Thy Name, Oh Lord
Moments of Silence with Sri Ramana Maharshi
Foreword by Vimala Thakar

The Maharshi, Bhagavan Sri Ramana was drawn to Arunachala hill in his seventeenth year, after a spiritually awakening death experience. For the rest of his life, till the body was shed fifty years later, he never left his beloved hill. People from far and near came to his presence and were spiritually enriched.
His divine presence continues to be felt and his universal philosophy attracts an ever-growing following.
This book is a selection of his teachings arranged with beautiful full-page photographs, and is intended to help the mind turn inward and abide in deep Silence awaiting each of us.

108 pages - 50 photos of Ramana Maharshi - 10,00 Euros - weight: 495 g

 THE MIND OF RAMANA MAHARSHI
      And The Path Of Self-knowledge
By Arthur Osborne - Foreword by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan

Sri Ramana Maharshi was born in 1879. In his seventeenth year he attained enlightenment through a remarkable experience as if undergoing death of the physical body while remaining in full consciousness. Following this transformation, he left his home and was drawn irresistibly to the sacred hill of Arunachala. He never left it. In the ashram which was formed around him he taught the purest form of Advaita Vedanta (non-duality) through supremely simple discipline of self-enquiry. This book gives a detailed account of the life and teachings of this extraordinary Sage who belonged to the true line of India's spiritual teachers.

"He who turns inward with untroubled mind to search where the consciousness of 'I' arises realises the Self and rests in Thee, Oh Arunachala! as a river when it merges in the Ocean. Abandoning the outer world, with mind and breath controlled, in order to meditate on Thee within, the Yogi sees Thy Light, Oh Arunachala! and finds his delight in Thee."

219 pages - 7,00 Euros - weight: 245 g

 SRI RAMANA DARSANAM
      An explanation of the truth behind Bhagavan's life and teachings
By Sadhu Natananda - Edited by David Godman

"When the glittering sun appears, no stars are seen. Similarly, when my godliness arose, no thought appeared."

Sadhu Natananda was a distinguished scholar and devotee who first met Bhagavan in Skandashram. His collection of dialogues with Bhagavan - Upadesa Manjari in Tamil and Spiritual Instructions in English - has appeared in several editions of Bhagavan's own Collected Works. Sadhu Natananda also edited Vichara Sangraham (Self-Inquiry) in both the essays and question-and-answer formats. Bhagavan also gave him the job of arranging the verses of Guru Vachaka Kovai, Muruganar's authoritative compendium of Bhagavan's teachings.
In the early 1950's Sadhu Natananda wrote Sri Ramana Darsanam, a book that contained many previously unpublished stories about Bhagavan. However, it is not merely a collection of anecdotes. Sadhu Natananda uses these stories to make a penetrating analysis of Bhagavan's life and teachings.
Also included are previously unpublished poems that give a rare glimpse into the inner experiences that came to Sadhu Natananda as a result of Bhagavan's teachings and grace.
146 pages - 9,95 Euros - weight: 220 g

 RAMANA MAHARSHI                              3 VOLUMES
      The Power of the Presence - Part One
Transforming encounters with Sri Ramana Maharshi
Edited by David Godman

What was it like to live with and be guided by Sri Ramana Maharshi, one of the greatest sages that India has ever produced? In Part One of this new anthology eight devotees narrate their personal stories that chronicle in detail how Bhagavan's power and grace had transformed their lives. The devotees are Rangan, Sivaprakasam Pillai, Akhilandamma, Sadhu Natanananda, N. R. Krishnamurti Aiyer, Chalam, Souris and Swami Madhavatirha. Most of these accounts have never before appeared in English. This book shows the many different relationships Bhagavan had with devotees who had widely differing backgrounds and who in many cases surrendered their lives to him.

"Going through these accounts again, some of which I have not read for more than tens years, I can only marvel at the awesome, effortless power that flowed from Bhagavan and transformed the lives and hearts of those who were pulled into his orbit. When I first came across some of these stories, I felt as if I had discovered buried treasure. Now, many years later, I feel that the time is now right to put this treasure into the public domain so that everyone who feels drawn to Sri Bhagavan can have a share in it."
                                                                               - from the preface by David Godman
294 pages - 17,00 Euros - weight: 425 g

 RAMANA MAHARSHI
      The Power of the Presence - Part Two
Transforming encounters with Sri Ramana Maharshi
Edited by David Godman

In Part Two of this new anthology six devotees narrate their personal stories of how the Maharshi's power and grace had transformed their lives. The devotees are Kunju Swami, Muruganar, T. P. Ramachandra Iyer, Chhaganlal V. Yogi, Lakshmana Swamy and Viswanatha Swami.

"I was a learned fool. My flawed mind knew nothing till I came to dwell with Him whose glance filled my heart with the light of awareness. Dwelling in that gracious state of peace, whose nature is holy silence, so hard to gain and know, I entered into union with the deathless sate of knowledge of reality."
                                                                                       - Muruganar
269 pages - 17,00 Euros - weight: 375 g

 RAMANA MAHARSHI
      The Power of the Presence - Part Three (Final Volume)
Transforming encounters with Sri Ramana Maharshi
Edited by David Godman

In this third and final volume, David Godman has included an anthology of the lives and experiences of a number of outstanding devotees of Ramana Maharshi who never recorded their own stories. These devotees include Ramanatha Brahmachari, Mastan, Lakshmi the cow, Echammal, Mudaliar Patti, Krishna Bhikshu, Wolter Keers, G.V. Subbaramayya and Natesa Iyer. They all exemplify the highest quality of devotion to their Guru. Also included is a chapter by Lakshman Sarma that contains an excellent summary of many aspects of Bhagavan's teachings. This text is written in verse form and contains many of Bhagavan's direct quotations.

"The transforming glance of the sage of Arunachala penetrated my heart in a way that I, a worthless soul without true love, was redeemed completely. Through its action I was transformed into the state of Siva."
                                                                                       - Ramanatha Brahmachari
346 pages - 17,00 Euros - weight: 475 g

 RAMANA MAHARSHI
      The Collected Works of Ramana Maharshi
Edited by Arthur Osborne

This classic gathers Ramana Maharshi's original works: Self-Inquiry, Upadesa Saram, Five Hymns to Arunachala, and the two sets of Forty Verses, together with miscellaneous works, the most significant being Atma Vidya. Osborne's presentation of the Maharshi's teachings shows readers the purest form of Advaita Vedanta (non-duality) through the supremely simple discipline of Self-Inquiry. This discipline, as taught by Ramana Maharshi, embraces the path of action as well as that of knowledge, for it is to be used in the events of daily life as well as in meditation.

"He who is forgetful of the Self, mistaking the physical body as being it, and goes through innumerable births seeking his Self, is like one who wanders all over the world in a dream. Thus, realizing the Self would only be like waking up from the dream-wanderings."

'"One who asks himself 'Who am I?' and 'Where am I?, though existing all the while as the very Self, is like a drunken man who inquires about his own identity and whereabouts."

"While in fact the body is in the Self, he who thinks that the Self is within the insentient body is like one who considers the cloth of the screen, which supports the cinema picture, to be contained within the picture."

192 pages - 10,00 Euros - weight: 265 g

 RAMANA MAHARSHI
      Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi

Sri Ramana's teachings were not given in general. In fact, the sage had no use for lectures or discourses. His words were primarily addressed to the particular aspirant who felt some difficulty in his spiritual path and sought to have it resolved. But as the same difficulties arise in the quest after the Self, and as the method of resolving them is the same, the Maharshi's responses to questions have the quality of universality. In order to abide as the Self, in our eternal true nature, Ramana Maharshi advised Self-Inquiry. In Self-Inquiry, the question, "Who am I ?" is the key to real happiness.

Questioner : What is the way to see God?

Maharshi : Where to see God? First, can you see yourself? If you can see yourself you can see God. Can anyone see his own eyes? Because they cannot be seen, can one say, "I have no eyes?" Just like this, though seeing is always there, we cannot see God. To give up the thought that we are alien to God is to see God. The first and foremost wonder in this world is the thought, "I am different from God." There is no greater wonder than this.

685 pages - 17,00 Euros - weight: 950 g

 RAMANA MAHARSHI
      Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi - A Pictorial Biography

A beautifully laid out collection of photographs and carefully selected texts present the life and the teachings of one of the greatest saints of this century to have graced the Earth. From the Sage's birthplace to his life at the feet of the holy mountain, Arunachala, this book retraces the greatness, the unicity, and the clarity which characterised him and which touched all those who go to his ashram, even today.

"Just as Sri Bhagavan emphasized that there was no secret in his teachings, he also never hesitated to relate even the simplest details of his life. His life was an open book. May all sincere devotees ponder and reflect on the unique life of Sri Bhagavan, beautifully depicted here, in pictures, and be blessed by the ever-living presence of the Master."
                                                                                        - from the Introduction.

"Reincarnation exists only so long as there is ignorance. There is no incarnation, either now, before or hereafter. This is the truth."
                                                                                        - Sri Ramana Maharshi
108 pages - 15,00 Euros - weight: 800 g (large, hardback)

 RAMANA MAHARSHI
      Absolute Consciousness
As selected by Grace J. Mc Martin

This book contains some of the precious, direct and profound teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi. The book is divided into three parts. The first contains his main teaching, Nan Yar (Who Am I?), the direct path and consciousness. The second deals with the eternal, unlimited, unchanging consciousness. The final part consists of self-inquiry, ego, mind, rebirth and other subjects. Through self-inquiry, one is able to bypass the endless thought pressures and remain in the the natural state of happiness and Self-knowledge. There are also about 50 photographs of Bhagavan Ramana.
200 pages - 7,00 Euros - weight: 255 g

 RAMANA MAHARSHI
      Day by Day
From the diary of A. Devaraja Mudaliar

"Brahman is not to be seen or known. It is beyond the triputis (triads) of seer, seen and seeing or knower, knowledge and knowing. The Reality remains ever as it is; that there is ajnana or the world is due to our moham or illusion. Neither knowledge nor ignorance is real; what is beyond this , as all other pairs of opposites, is the Reality. It is neither light nor darkness but beyond both, though we sometimes have to speak of it as light and of ignorance as its shadow."

An original and rare look at the daily life of Ramana Maharshi, along with his instructions to those living near him, as well as answers to questions asked by visiting seekers during 1945 - 1946.
402 pages - 10,00 Euros - weight: 600 g

 RAMANA MAHARSHI
      Letters from Sri Ramanasramam
By Suri Nagamma

After going through difficult personal circumstances, Suri Nagamma became an ashramite (permanent member of Sri Ramana Maharshi's ashram) and renounced everything. She spent days at the feet of her master, until she felt the urge to record his conversations with devotees. She found the work to be of great spiritual value to herself and wrote them in the form of letters to her brother in Madras. The letters were recorded from 1945 to 1950.
480 pages - 12,00 Euros - weight: 650 g

 ANNAMALAI SWAMI
      Final Talks
Edited by David Godman

Annamalai Swami came to Ramana Maharshi in 1928 and spent nearly all of the following ten years serving him, initially as his attendant, and subsequently as the supervisor of all the building projects that Sri Ramanasramam undertook during this period.
In 1995, the year that Annamalai Swami passed away at the age of eighty-nine, audio recordings were made of the dialogues that he held with those coming to him for spiritual instructions between March and October. This small, powerful book is therefore an edited record of what turned out to be the last six months of Annamalai Swami's teaching career. His teachings were uncompromising, straightforward, and rarely deviated from a solid core of advice that he himself had been given by his own Guru. However, they were delivered with a force and a gentle humour that was irresistibly attractive.
163 pages - 7,00 Euros - weight: 105 g

 SRI LAKSHMANA SWAMY AND MATHRU SRI SARADA
      No Mind, I am the Self
The lives and teachings of Sri Lakshmana Swamy and Mathru Sri Saraga
By David Godman

Sri Lakshmana Swamy is a direct disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi, the great sage and Guru who taught at Arunachala from 1900-1950. After several years of intense meditation Sri Lakshmana realised the Self in Sri Ramana's presence in 1949. Ever since then he has been living a reclusive life, mostly in the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Sri Lakshmana has a small ashram there and he teaches his disciples primarily through the medium of 'spiritual silence', the method made famous by Sri Ramana Maharshi.
Mathru Sri Sarada is his adopted daughter and appointed successor. She came to him while she was still in her teens, completely surrendered to him and realised the Self within four years. She is now teaching her own devotees at Sri Lakshmana's ashram.
No Mind - I am the Self is the first published account of the lives, experiences and teachings of theses two contemporary Gurus.
227 pages - 17,00 Euros - weight: 390 g

 U.G. KRISHNAMURTI
      Mind is a Myth
Conversations with U.G. Krishnamurti

"All I am saying is that the peace you are seeking is already inside you. Anything you do to free yourself from anything for whatever reason is destroying the sensitivity, clarity, and freedom that is already there."

There is one thought. Everything exists in relationship to that one thought. That thought is 'me'. Anything you experience based on thought is an illusion."

The human mind is a battlefield and it is absurd to use it as an instrument to bring about peace. This book questions the very existence of the mind. It is not for the faint-hearted or for those looking for spiritual consolation. Here is a tough, ruthless, electrifying appraisal of our common crisis. You will find no homilies and no pat answers to complicated issues, but, rather, an attack upon the problem-making mechanism itself - us, the frightened promoters of a fictitious soothing counter-reality which robs us one and all of the energy and intelligence needed to face an awful actuality.
Within these pages, U.G. questions every certainty, demolishes every assumption, breaks every rule, as he drags the reader kicking and screaming into the light. These conversations took place in India, Switzerland and California in 1983 and 1984.
159 pages - 12,50 Euros - weight: 275 g

 U.G. KRISHNAMURTI
      The Courage To Stand Alone
Conversations with the Man Called U.G.

"You never question the solutions. If you really question the solutions you will have to question the ones who have offered you those solutions. But sentimentality stands in the way of your rejecting not only the solutions, but those who have offered you the solutions. Questioning that requires a tremendous courage on your part. You can have the courage to climb the mountain, swim the lakes, go on a raft to the other side of the Atlantic or Pacific. That any fool can do, but the courage to be on your own, to stand on your two solid feet, is something which cannot be given by somebody. You cannot free yourself of that burden by trying to develop that courage. If you are freed from the entire burden of the entire past of mankind, then what is left there is the courage."

U.G. Krishnamurti was born in South India in 1918. At an early age, an insatiable hunger overtook him to find out whether there was anything behind what the sacred books and spiritual men described. His search finally ended on his 49th birthday when he discovered his natural state.
His shattering conversations overturn all accepted beliefs - God, mind, soul, enlightenment, religion, humanity, heart, love, relationships - and give a totally different picture of who we are. He doesn't offer hope, love, peace or spiritual salvation. On the contrary, his words are rather deflating. He discourages people from coming to see him and most often politely turns them away. This is U.G.'s first book and contains conversations which took place with U.G. in Amsterdam during 1982.
126 pages - 11,50 Euros - weight: 260 g

 U.G. KRISHNAMURTI
      No Way Out
Conversations with U.G. Krishnamurti
Foreword by Mahesh Bhatt

"There is nothing to understand. How that understanding dawned on me, I really don't know. The understanding that this instrument (the intellect) is really not the instrument to understand anything is something that cannot be communicated. This instrument is only interested in perpetuating itself through what it calls 'understanding', which in reality are its own machinations. It is only sharpening itself to maintain its own continuity. When once you know that it is the instrument and that there is no other instrument, then there is nothing more to understand."

U.G. Krishnamurti was born in South India in 1918. At an early age, an insatiable hunger overtook him to find out whether there was anything behind what the sacred books and spiritual men described. His search finally ended on his 49th birthday when he discovered his natural state.
The content of this book is an account of various question and answer sessions with U.G. held in different parts of the world by many people
236 pages - 13,00 Euros - weight: 365 g

 U.G. KRISHNAMURTI
      Thought Is Your Enemy
Mind-Shattering Conversations with the Man Called U.G.

"We don't want to be free from fear. All that we want to do is to play games with it and talk about freeing ourselves from fear... If you have the courage to touch life for the first time, you will never know what hit you. Everything man has thought, felt and experienced is gone, and nothing is put in its place... When the movement in the direction of becoming something other than what you are isn't there any more, you are not in conflict with yourself." 

U.G. endlessly repeats: "I have no message for mankind." Yet, ironically, thousands of people the world-over feel otherwise and flock to U.G.'s unique brand of discourse. But that isn't easy because U.G. organises no gatherings, gives no lectures, offers no courses, pushes no method, peddles no mantras, has no organisation, no office, no secretary, no telephone number, no fax and no fixed address. Like his growing legend, U.G. is everywhere and nowhere. He stays with friends or in small rented apartments and tries to stay one step ahead of the crowds who try to discover his whereabouts as soon as the word spreads that "U.G.'s in town" - be it in San Francisco, New York, London, Bombay, Bangalore, Sydney, Auckland, or Beijing. U.G. has no worldly belongings other than what he can fit into a small 10 lb. suitcase. He dresses simply and looks quite ordinary. He never stays in one place for more than two months.
Thought Is Your Enemy explores a very wide spectrum of issues related to thought. Try reaching the depths of these conversations and you shall certainly find some pearls of wisdom.
123 pages - 11,50 Euros - weight: 225g

 NEEM KAROLI BABA
      Miracle of Love
Stories about the Indian sage, Neem Karoli Baba - Compiled by Ram Dass

"In 1967 I met Neem Karoli Baba, a meeting which changed the course of my life, for through him I came to perceive my life in spiritual terms. In the depth of his compassion, wisdom, humour, power and love I found human possibility never before imagined... an extraordinary integration of spirit and form. I was with him only briefly for he left his body in 1973. Still he entered my heart as living truth, and his presence continues to enrich and guide my life."

"Remember to listen to the silence into which the stories are set, for the true meeting with Maharaji lies between the lines and behind the words. For this effort, you will be amply rewarded through meeting a being of a spiritual stature rarely known on this earth."
                                                                          - Ram Dass
"There can be no biography of him. Facts are few, stories many. He seems to have been known by different names in many parts of India, appearing and disappearing through the years. His western devotees of recent years knew him as Neem Karoli Baba, but mostly as 'Maharaji' - a nickname so commonplace in India that one can often hear a tea vendor addressed thus. Just as he said, he was 'nobody'.
He gave no discourses; the briefest, simplest stories were his teachings. Usually he sat or lay on a wooden bench wrapped in a plaid blanket while a few devotees sat around him. Visitors came and went; they were given food, a few words, a nod, a slap on the head or back, and they were sent away. There was gossip and laughter for he loved to joke. Orders for running the ashram were given, usually in a piercing yell across the compound. Sometimes he sat in silence, absorbed in another world to which we could not follow, but bliss and peace poured down on us. Who he was was no more than the experience of him, the nectar of his presence, the totality of his absence - enveloping us now like his plaid blanket."
                                                                         - Anjani, a devotee
406 pages - 16,00 Euros - weight: 690 g

 WILLIAM SAMUEL
      A Guide to Awareness and Tranquillity

"The world is not as it appears to the busy, troubled mortal. A beautiful and magnificent harmony is spread over the entire face of the land; perfection permeates everything. This perfect Harmony is readily discernible and immediately available to anyone willing to acknowledge its presence and pay the small price demanded of it.
What is the price? Surrender of the personality! Only the personality, the prideful, intellectual ego, denies the totality of Reality and the presence of a perfect experience."

This book is composed of short articles, dialogues and letters by the late mystic William Samuel (1924-1996). It conveys the direct experience of being in the presence, Transcendent Awareness, and will open the reader's heart to Tranquillity, an unfluctuating, unchanging, permanent sense of well-being that transcends every human concept. Written with humour and extraordinary insight, Samuel gives readers interested in spiritual life a practical way to discover Truth for themselves. His words, gentle and plainspoken, impart the same wisdom that for centuries readers have found in the words of the great enlightened ones.
290 pages - 16,00 Euros - weight: 390 g

 RAPHAEL
      Pathway of Fire
Initiation to the Kabbalah

This brief exposition of the Kabbalah offers us the key by which to understand the exact configuration of the Sephirothic Tree, by way of the middle course, or the pathway of fire. The combination of the disparate spiritual paths of the Kabbalah and the Indian Vedanta system is an unusual but brilliant way to bring forth this knowledge. The Kabbalah can also be divided into two parts - the first considers the unfolding of universal manifestation, and is similar to the Indian Samkhya. The second includes the metaphysical view of the Kabbalistic Ain Soph. Raphael aims to contribute toward the kabbalistic study and talks to those students who want to emerge from the strictly magical viewpoint to see an initiatory realisation. Includes a discussion of sex and sexual magic in the Kabbalah as a way to travel to find one's own essence.

Raphael is the founder of the Asram Vidya Order in Italy. He has spent over thirty-five years studying the spiritual experience-combining the Orphic Tradition with the work of Plato, Parmenides, Plotinus, the Western metaphysical tradition, and study of the Vedanta tradition (India). He is the author of ten books that describe the pathway of non-duality. He presently lives in a hermitage connected to the ashram and devotes himself completely to a vow of silence.
88 pages - 12,00 Euros - weight: 150 g

 RAPHAEL
      Essence and Purpose of Yoga
The Initiatory Pathways to the Transcendent

"If we speak of Realisation or Liberation, there is something in us that is not realised, which is not complete or which is held in thrall. Therefore, we must try to understand what it is in us that is enslaved or is in a state of unfulfilment."

Much more than a system of physical exercise for health, Yoga is a complex and ancient path to spiritual growth enshrined in the Vedas and the Upanishads. Only by truly understanding its origins, philosophy and practices can we fully explore the limitless spiritual terrain it can lead us into.
This unique book describes in detail the principles and spiritual origins of Yoga, (Hatha, Karma, Bhakti, Raja, Jnana and Asparsa Yogas), as well as the complex and comprehensive commitment each of us must make to practice it fully. It covers the various branches of Yoga, its philosophical vision, and the practice of Yoga ethics, abstinence and observances.
Through the wisdom and insights offered in this book we come to understand that Yoga, in its various forms, is the bridge that leads the soul that is inside us to the Soul Divine.
120 pages - 12,00 Euros - weight: 170 g

 RAPHAEL
      Beyond The Illusion Of The Ego
Synthesis of a realizative process

Maturity, that is often gained under the hammer of suffering, sooner or later will force us to remove the Eye of intelligence from things, that are not (world of duality) and direct it toward the splendour of one's own essential nature. Undoubtedly, this implies an overturning of values, a psychological revolution, tending no longer toward the ineffective and unfruitful horizontal line, but toward the vertical one leading to awakening, to the unveiling of marvelous potentialities, the prerogative of the human soul.

"I will give you the keys to open the door of the Temple. In It you will find the regenerating Fire that will expand you as much as creation, the flaming sword to fight the blinding darkness, the resplendent and constant Truth."

Raphael is an author and a teacher in the Western Metaphysical Tradition as well as in the Vedanta one. In the past 35 years, he has written several books on the pathway of non-duality 'Advaita'. He has also translated and commented a number of key Vedantic texts from the original Sanskrit. His entire work represents a conscious reunification of Western and eastern Traditions in the One Tradition of Metaphysics. Founder of the Asram Vidya Order, Raphael is now dedicating himself entirely to the spiritual practice. He lives in a hermitage connected to the ashram and devotes himself completely to a vow of silence.
57 pages - 7,00 Euros - weight: 140 g

 RAPHAEL
      At the Source of Life
Questions and Answers concerning the Ultimately Reality

This book is presented in dialogue form. Wherever there is a question there is usually a void that needs to be filled, a lack of knowledge to highlight, a doubt to clarify, hence a truth that needs only to be unveiled, because "all is within ourselves" and that truth will be found in the depths of our being. Based on this certainty Raphael often answers one question with another question and forces the inquirer to delve into himself until he finds what he was looking for.
This book is clearly aimed at leading the reader to the "Source of Life". It depicts the whole of man's psychic and intellectual make-up, it indicates his ideals, his deviations, and his weaknesses, it underlines his conflicts and sufferings, it looks for their cause, and at the same time it investigates the Ultimate Reality as well as man's position towards it.
152 pages - 12,00 Euros - weight: 300 g

 RAPHAEL
      The Threefold Pathway of Fire
Thoughts That Vibrate

With The Threefold Pathway of Fire Raphael offers an answer to the authentic sense of quest of many, a path that may lead to the unveiling of our own real and intrinsic nature, which is Complete-Beautitude. This book is divided into three sections corresponding to the three sadhanas of the Pathway of Fire: Alchemy, Love of Beauty, Traditional Metaphysics. These three 'ways' to realisation do not exclude each other but often intersect and integrate in a harmony whose vibrations depend on one's approach, on one's energy potential, on one's Fire. Raphael presents the three paths through a synthesis that radiates his consciential experience.

"Do you think of being born and of dying? Do you incline towards death? Do you live in apathy awaiting your 'departure' as the balm to heal all your sufferings? I must tell you that however much you yearn for it and hope for it, you will never die. The greatest joke that life can play on you - oh you who venerate the God of death - is that of making you eternal, of placing you in timelessness. In the world of Reality there is no place for coming and going, for birth and death."

202 pages - 14,00 Euros - weight: 350 g

 RAPHAEL
      Initiation into the Philosophy of Plato

The author explains that to appreciate the philosophy of Plato we need to realise that it is not just an intellectual pursuit, but rather a guide to discovering our true nature and our relationship to the vast creation in which we live. This involves a radical reversing of our perception of reality and life.
We ordinarily think of the real as the solid objects we can see and handle, identify knowledge with the information provided by the senses and consider the good as nothing but pleasant experiences. According to Plato this is a very superficial view of life, and he points out that everything that is perceptible to the senses is transient, constantly changing. He advises those who wish to enquire more deeply into the meaning of life to look behind appearances for that which does not change, for that which is ever the same - 'the ever fixed mark'.
An interesting feature of this book is the comparison made between Plato and Shankara, the great exponent of Advaita, the ancient philosophical tradition of India. They are both ways of self-realisation or liberation.
Raphael is the founder of the Asram Vidya Order in Rome and is himself a teacher in this ancient tradition, drawing inspiration from both East and West. He has written a number of books and translated some of Shankara's works and some Upanishads into Italian.
141 pages - 17,50 Euros - weight: 205 g