Larson Publications

08/27/2026

Anthony Damiani, a brilliant, innovative American philosopher/teacher. His vitality and depth of feeling made us truly appreciate what it was to be alive.

We are fortunate to have published many books based on his classes and work. www.larsonpublications.com

ANTHONY DAMIANI (1922-1984)

“For destiny to have brought these teachings — this metaphysical doctrine of truth — to your attention, and further, a response from your deepest heart to its ultimate authenticity, may be considered among one’s greatest blessings. A simple life dedicated to a great purpose.”

Short biography of Anthony, a teacher to many—
https://wisdomsgoldenrod.info/adbio/

07/30/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19UEbyRUds/?mibextid=wwXIfr

MY JOURNEY

“I have embodied in these pages the matured wisdom and dearly bought experience of many many lifetimes.”

“I learnt this wisdom not only in India but on the limitless sands of the Sahara Desert, on the canyon-sides of the mountain-girdled Yangtze River, in the steaming hot jungles of Siam and Malaya, and on the snowy heights of Tibet.”

The making of a messenger—
https://www.paulbrunton.org/notebooks/12/3

07/23/2026

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ADVANCED CONTEMPLATION

Paul Brunton offers valuable guidance for practitioners of meditation, offering suggestions and exercises for the many levels of this spiritual growth from the development of concentration to advanced contemplation. PB begins Notebooks Category 23 with the following introduction:

“Whatever path a person starts with, they must at the end of it come to the entrance of this path—>the destruction of the illusion of the ego and giving up identification with it.”

It is the paradox of the Short Path that it begins with the end, in order to arrive at the end! [23:1.15]

This progress through a series of attitudes leads in the end to something transcending them altogether—a shift of consciousness from ego to Overself. [23:1.50]

Continue reading this teaching here—
https://www.paulbrunton.org/eteaching-131/

07/16/2026

In honor and memory of Andrew Holmes who designed the Tibetan inspired Tori below:

GATE TO THE GATELESS

“If so many students are running hither and thither in search of a master, it is not only for the commonly given reasons that they do so, but also because of their need of a personal symbol of the impersonal God, their need of a human gate to the gateless Void. There are some seekers who can draw from within themselves the guidance they need, the light upon their path, and the intuition to comprehend the Absolute. They can get along quite well without a master. Indeed it is better for them to work in lonely independence for they have the best of all masters, the Higher Self. But such souls are fortunate and blessed, and those others who do not come into their category need and must find a spiritual leader. First they must find him or her in the world without. Later, with more understanding and increasing development, they must find this within themselves.”

Gate to the Gateless—designed and built by the recently departed Andrew Holmes, architect of Wisdom’s Goldenrod Center for Philosophic Studies (www.wisdomsgoldenrod.info)

07/06/2026

https://www.hinduismtoday.com/july-august-september-2026/the-writer-who-listened-to-silence/
Wonderful article in Hinduism Today on Paul Brunton's important contribution to the spiritual literature.

How this English author’s best-selling books introduced millions across the globe to the depth of India’s spiritual wisdom

05/26/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1E25uKCuH8/?mibextid=wwXIfr

MODERN AGE NEEDS NEW FORM OF RELIGION
"Religion must organize itself on a more intellectual basis to meet modern needs. It must present a fuller system, which will intelligibly explain the inner meaning of man, God, and the Universe. It must not contradict the verified knowledge of modern science. It ought no longer to attempt to outrage reason, but should go out of the way to convince it. It must be so timely and reasonable that it will give satisfying intelligent answers to the most disconcerting questions."

More: https://paulbrunton.org/notebooks/17/7 #3

04/20/2026

A gem from the great Iranian poet o’Shoara Bahar or Iran taken from The Poet’s Daughter. Honoring the rich culture of Iranian poetry-/ this is from Morghe Shabahang or Bird of the Evening.
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