In "The Secret Tradition of the Soul, "author Patrick Harpur argues that answers to life's most difficult questions--the meaning of life, the nature of self, and the existence of an afterlife--can be met by a visionary tradition that runs through Western culture, from Greek philosophy and Renaissanc[...]

The Marriage of Heaven and Earth. A sharp and intricate novel set in the 1950s, 'Mercurius' tells the story of a country clergyman's tortuous quest for the Holy Grail of Alchemy, the Philosopher's Stone which transmutes base metals into gold and confers immortality. As he pits himself against the b[...]