Joscelyn Godwin explores music's effects on matter, living things, and human behavior. Turning to metaphysical accounts of the higher worlds and theories of celestial harmony, the author follows the path of musical inspiration on its descent to Earth,... [More...]

In this concise survey, Godwin identifies the great movers and shakers of the Western Mystery Tradition, providing a brief history and description of each. Moving chronologically from ancient Egypt to twentieth-century Europe, he covers Hermes, Zoroaster,... [More...]

The Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor, active in the last decades of the 19th century, was the only order of its time that taught practical occultism in the Western Mystery Tradition. This is the first complete and undistorted account, tracing the origins,... [More...]

Godwin traces the idea, held since ancient times, that the whole cosmos is in some way a musical or harmonious entity.

Professor Godwin shows how the legends of Atlantis go hand-in-hand with the concept of cyclical history, such as the Vedic system of Yugas and the Mayan calendar. He examines the kindred myths of Lemuria and Mu along with the writings of Gurdjieff, Guenon,... [More...]

Godwin provides the definitive guide to the real world mysteries of the bestselling phenomenon "The Rule of Four."

The idea that the universe is created out of sound or music (and therefore is music) is a very, ancient one. In this book, Joscelyn Godwin brings together three contemporary German thinkers who exemplify this tradition in its modem variants: Marius... [More...]

Athanasius Kircher was the last true Renaissance man, a Christian Hermeticist whose work also examined alchemy, the Kabbalah, and the Egyptian mystery tradition. Includes hundreds of stunning engravings that were a distinguishing feature of his work.