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Talk at Fields Book
Store, 1419 Polk Street, San Francisco, CA 94109, (415)
673-2027, <http://www.fieldsbooks.com>,
Thursday, March 18, 2010,
8:00-9:30 p.m.
on "The Secret Life
of Genius: Hidden Esoteric Texts of Sir Isaac Newton,
Victor Hugo, William Butler Yeats, and Carl G. Jung."
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THE
SECRET LIFE OF GENIUS
How 24
Great Men and Women Were
Touched
by Spiritual Worlds
by
John Chambers |
ISBN-13: 978-1-59477-272-6 / ISBN-10: 1-59477-272-X. Quality
Paperback. June 25, 2009. 6’x 9’. 336 pp. 24 b&w illustrations.
Imprint: Destiny Books. Inner Traditions/Bear & Co., P.O. Box 388,
Rochester, VT 05767. 1-800-246-8648 / (802) 767-3174,
Fax: (802) 767-3726, <http://www.innertraditions.com>,
$18.95.
"Rare and penetrating
glimpses into the paranormal
dimension of the creative
lives of 24 famous artists,
scientists, and politicians.
From Benvenuto Cellini to
Churchill and Carl Jung,
this book offers fresh
perspectives on the
achievements of greatness.
Written with grace, wit, and
quiet erudition—heartily
recommended." -
Michael
Grosso, Ph.D, author,
Soulmaker, The
Millennium Myth.
"John Chambers has
penetrated to the core of
human genius, and found it
has less to do with raw
intelligence than we
previously assumed. The
two dozen, extraordinary
individuals he examines—despite their radical
diversity—all share
something in common; namely,
the application of spiritual
experience to life. Chambers
thereby unveils the most
empowering secret available
to every man and woman."
-
Frank Joseph,
editor-in-chief, Ancient
American magazine, author,
Survivors of Atlantis,
Discovering the Mysteries
of Ancient America.
Click on <http://www.newpara.com/johnchambers.htm>
for all details, including
reviews. Click on cover
image, top left, to enlarge
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In January
2008, Inner Traditions/Bear & Company <http://www.InnerTraditions.com>,
of Rochester, Vermont, published a completely revised and expanded
edition of Conversations with Eternity: The
Forgotten Masterpiece of Victor Hugo
(New Paradigm Books, 1998) under the title
 VICTOR HUGO'S CONVERSATIONS
WITH THE SPIRIT WORLD
A Literary Genius's
Hidden Life
by
John Chambers
Imprint: Destiny Books. ISBN-13: 978-1-59477-182-8. ISBN-10:
1-59477-182. 0. $18.95. Paper. 384 pages. 6 x 9. Three illustrations.
"Things to do on Jersey when
you're dead...This intriguing corner of the
great novelist's life is
exceptionally well documented in
Victor Hugo's Conversations with the
Spirit World, by John
Chambers. Chambers, the first person
to translate the séance transcripts
into English (in an
earlier edition of this book),
does a fine job of evoking the
atmosphere of the exiles' home away
from home, their bitter homesickness
and burgeoning fascination with the
occult. His book is unusually well
written for a study of this kind,
laced with keen character sketches
and absorbing sidelights on William
Blake,
James Merrill, and Kabbalah. He
presents the facts without undue
speculation and lets his readers
draw their own conclusions....Victor
Hugo's Conversations with the Spirit
World is a superb contribution
to literary history and to the study
of the paranormal. I recommend it
highly." - Michael Prescott,
April 28, 2008. For full text,
click on <http://michaelprescott.typepad.com/michael_prescotts_blog/2008/04/things-to-do-on.html>
"Focuses on Victor Hugo's
exile on the island of
Jersey, where he and his
friends escaped the reign of
Napoleon III and where he
transcribed hundreds of
channeled conversations with
various incarnate energies
from beyond. New age
collections will find it an
intriguing addition."
-
Midwest Book
Review,
April 3, 2008 (Oregon, WI).
"...Hugo comes across as a
complex man - as one would
expect - egotistical and
selfish, overbearing towards
his family, yet sensitive
and passionate on occasion.
He was also capable of
surprising insights, musing
on time running backwards,
or prefiguring David Bohm's
holographic universe. While
not convinced that the
séances were "the
greatest... adventure into
the supernatural that has
ever been recorded", I would
agree that this is a
fascinating story, and it is
told in an engaging way." -
Tom Ruffles, NTHPOSITION
Online Magazine, March 2008.
For full text, click here:
<http://www.nthposition.com/victorhugosconversations.php>
"I assure you you will
be entertained, amused and
will find yourself pondering
the conversations included
in this book. It is a
fascinating volume."
- ZODIAC BISTRO.
"I picked up this book
as a lark, but to my
surprise it turned out to be
a fascinating read full of
forgotten little tidbits of
history." - SME, Bookworm
Collective, Jan. 25, 2009.
"Chambers’s
writing is somewhat
redolent of the
style of some French
popular biographers
of the 1950s, such
as André Maurois.
This is not a
criticism by any
means. Quite the
opposite, in fact:
the novelistic way
in which he presents
a certain number of
scenes – all
conscientiously
documented, one
should add – makes
for very pleasant
reading and helps to
better grasp the
ambiance of the time."
- Dr. Vittorio Frigerio,
Head, Department of French,
Dalhousie University,
Halifax, Nova Scotia,
Canada, Dalhousie French
Studies, No. 86, Spring
2009.
ROCK
STAR POWER PROPELS HUGO’S
CONVERSATIONS
(June 17, 2008) A mention of
Victor Hugo’s
Conversations with the
Spirit World by rising
28-year-old Brit rock star
Natasha Khan in an interview
in the Manchester
Guardian for Monday,
June 16, sent sales of the
book soaring on
AMAZON.COM.UK (and
probably in bookstores).
MORE...
Click on <http://www.newpara.com/johnchambers.htm>
for all details, including
reviews.
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New Paradigm Books
ceased publishing in the summer of 2008.
 Those interested in
acquiring a copy of IN SEARCH OF THE UNITIVE VISION: Letters of Sri
Madhava Ashish to an American Businessman 1978-1997, compiled with a
commentary by Seymour B. Ginsburg, should contact Mr. Ginsburg at <syginsburg@aol.com>
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Some FOREIGN EDITIONS published from ads
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NEW AGE BOOKS ABROAD: |
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 Ruh ve Madde Yayinlari, of
Istanbul, Turkey, published a translation of
Courageous Souls: Do We
Plan Our Life Challenges Before Birth?
by Robert Schwartz (Whispering Winds Press) in February 2009. |
 Prozoretz Publishing House, of Sofia, Bulgaria,
published a translation of
Conversations with Eternity: The Forgotten Masterpiece of Victor Hugo (New
Paradigm Books) in July 2006.
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 Archetypo Publishing, of Thessaloniki, Greece,
published a translation of The
Parthenon Code: Mankind’s History in Marble by Robert Bowie Johnson, Jr. (Solving
Light Books) in Summer 2006.
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 Editura Mix Srl, of Brasov, Romania,
published a translation of
To Bee or Not To Bee by John Penberthy
(Panorama Press)
in May 2008.
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