Myth & the Heart of Religion

Many of us find ourselves in the odd situation of not believing in religionbut nevertheless being interested in having a spiritual life. We may enjoy religious art and architecture, music, and community, and even some of the ritualswhile being unable to believe in divine commandments or the existence of a higher being.

Enlightened Contemporaries is the first book to compare the lives and teachings of three of the world's most admired spiritual masters: Francis of Assisi, the Christian saint; Dogen, the great Zen Buddhist teacher; and Rumi, the Islamic Sufi master. They lived during the same turbulent century.

A guide to harnessing the ancient power of hieroglyphs

Reveals hieroglyphs as magical tools for manifesting ideas in the material world

Offers in-depth interpretations of 60 hieroglyphs and guidelines for understanding them as words of power, oracles, and dream symbols

New York Times bestseller

One of PWs Best Books of the Year

One of Amazons Best Books of the Month

A short, provocative book on religion from a Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

In his new book, acclaimed scholar Jack Miles poses a question: How did our forebears begin to think about religion as a distinct domain, separate from other activities that were once inseparable from it?

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of God: A Biography, an erudite, hugely informative portrait of the God of Islam, the world's second largest, fastest-growing, and perhaps most tragically misunderstood religion.