In Spring 2009, Inner Traditions/Bear & Co. of Rochester, VT <http://www.innertraditions.com> will publish
24 Famous Men and Women: 24 Encounters with the World Beyond
(working title) by John Chambers
John Chambers is the director of New Paradigm Books.

The 24 famous men and women:  Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571); Michel de Nostradamus (1503-1566); Ben Jonson (1572-1637); Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727); Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832); William Blake (1757-1837); Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869); Mary Wollstonecroft Shelley (1797-1851); Honoré de Balzac (1799-1850); Victor Hugo (1802-1885); Jules Verne (1828-1905); Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910); Madame Helena Blavatsky (1831-1891); W.B. Yeats (1865-1939); H.G. Wells (1866-1946); Thomas Mann (1871-1950); Harry Houdini (1874-1926; Winston Churchill (1874-1965); Carl Jung (1875-1961); Sri Yashoda Mai  (1882-1944); Doris Lessing (1919-  ); Norman Mailer (1923-2007); Yukio Mishima (1925-1970); and James Merrill  (1926-1995).

On January 17, 2008, Inner Traditions/Bear & Company published a wholly revised and expanded edition of Conversations with Eternity: The Forgotten Masterpiece of Victor Hugo (New Paradigm Books, 1998) by John Chambers under the title
Victor Hugo's Conversations with the Spirit World:
A Literary Genius's Hidden Life.
 (For information on this site, go to  DETAILS)

CLICK ON COVER IMAGE, RIGHT, TO GO TO INNER TRADITIONS FOR DETAILS

April 13, 2007 Was Launch Date
Penguin-India Publishes Sri Madhava Ashish's An Open Window: Dreams as Everyone's Guide to the Spirit   (click on front and back cover image, below right, to enlarge)

On April 13,  2007,  Sri Madhava Ashish, whose correspondence is an integral part of Seymour B. Ginsburg's In Search of the Unitive Vision, published by New Paradigm Books in 2001, moved on to vaster  publishing pastures.

Penguin Books of India published Ashish's An Open Window: Dreams as Everyone's Guide to the Spirit, completed not long before his death in 1997 by the revered Scots-born Vaishnava monk who resided  for  many years in the Mirtola ashram near  the Himalayas.

Ginsburg was a custodian of the manuscript and played a role in its eventual publication. In April he traveled to India to be one of several speakers at the book's official launch at the India  International Center, a conference center in New Delhi, on April 13.  He writes: "It was a fairly big deal because the master of ceremonies of the event was Sri Karan Singh, Ashish's most prominent student, who is a member of the Indian parliament and the hereditary Maharajah of Kashmir, and I am told is likely to be the next President (a ceremonial office) of India. So there was press and security. He, I, and another fellow, a professor of English literature at Nehru University, constituted a panel, discussing the book before an audience of about two hundred, many of whom were students of Ashish. The event was great fun, a kind of reunion of Ashish's students, and Penguin thinks the publicity will help sell books." In Search of the Unitive Vision: Letters of Sri  Madhava Ashish to an American Businessman, 1978-1997 <http://www.newpara.com/Unitive_Vision.htm>, compiled with a commentary by Ginsburg, was on prominent display at the ceremonies, along with a number of other books about Ashish by his students (all published in India) and a good supply of An Open Window.

April 13, 2007, was the tenth anniversary of Ashish's passing.

The back cover of  An Open Window describes the book's contents in this way:

"Movement on the spiritual path necessarily involves taking light into dark corners of our psyche, and it is there that dreams provide an open window into the inner reality.

"In the early years of the twentieth century, Sigmund Freud and Carl Gustav Jung proposed that, more often than not, dreams represent those thoughts and memories which are unbearably painful and have been relegated to the realm of the unconscious.  Unlocking the meaning in these dreams can help people free their mind and feelings from irrational desires, fears and insecurities.

"This brief but profound book assails the ‘conventional’ understanding of dreams and their interpretation, drawing attention to a much-neglected aspect of dreams as a source of guidance to the spiritual aspirant.  It uses the insights of psychology, but transcends it, to confront the inescapable questions most people should be driven by: What is the purpose of life, and does it all end with death? Laying bare dreams of childhood anxiety, traumas and sexuality—‘cleaning the windows’ to uncover the deeply buried material that blocks our efforts on the inner path—it then invites contention from ‘materialists’ in its discussion of subjects beyond psychology such as precognitive dreams, reincarnation, out-of-body experiences, death dreams, and numinous or ‘big dreams’—‘an open window’ through which deeper, non-physical levels of reality can shine.

"Drawing on examples from real life, Sri Madhava Ashish teaches the ‘language of dreams,’ ensuring a better understanding and awareness of the unconscious self, guiding the reader on the path to mental and spiritual freedom."

The Penguin Original, a paperback, is 160 pages long and sell for 200 rupees.  ISBN number is 0143100238.  For further information, go to  http://www.penguinbooksindia.com.

 

Diana Neutze Publishes Third Volume of Poetry, Reflect, in December  2006
 
Diana Neutze, author of the autobiographical As For Tomorrow, I Cannot Say: 33 Years with Multiple Sclerosis (a joint publication  of New Paradigm Books and New Zealand's Hazard Press, 2001/2002), has published a third volume of poetry, Reflect, in a limited edition of 100 copies.  This collection of 31 new poems appeared in December 2006.  In September 2004, Hazard Press, Christchurch, New Zealand, published Diana's second volume of poetry, A Routine Day.  Her first collection of poetry, Unwinding the Labyrinth, was published by Hazard Press in 1997.

Diana Neutze continues to receive accolades for As For Tomorrow, I Cannot Say: 33 Years with Multiple Sclerosis.  The following review appeared on AMAZON.COM on January 8, 2007, from Barbara Benton St. Gelais of Burlington, Vermont: "This was a straightforward accounting of an amazingly difficult journey undertaken with amazing grace. It underscores how much being "happy" is a choice and not relevant to our external circumstances at all."

Diana holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Canterbury and is co-author of Design for a Century: A History of the School of Engineering, University of Canterbury 1887-1987 (1987).

Regarding A Routine Day, Hazard Press Editor Quentin Wilson has written:  "Despite her having been confined to a wheelchair, and to her house for the past four years, Diana Neutze’s second collection of over 40 poems inspires and uplifts.  Reflecting her unfettered mind and spirit, the poems are an insight into her daily routine, her physical environment and her contemplative nature. Diana Neutze holds a Ph.D. and tutored in English for thirteen years at the University of Canterbury. She began writing poems eighteen years ago following the death of her only son and the end of her remission from multiple sclerosis. Diana lives in Christchurch with her cat, canaries and numerous wild birds attracted by the bird feeders in her garden."

 A Routine Day costs $21.99 NZ.   ISBN # is 1-877270-87-3.  For details, go to Hazard Press at  <http://www.hazard.co.nz/>. CHECK HERE FOR ALL INFORMATION ON AS FOR TOMORROW, I CANNOT SAY: 33 YEARS WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS by Diana Neutze.

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MARTIN EBON  (1917-2006)

New Paradigm Books deeply mourns the passing of Martin Ebon, who wrote the introduction to Conversations with Eternity: The Forgotten Masterpiece of Victor Hugo (New Paradigm Books, 1998).

Mr. Ebon, who died in Las Vegas, Nevada, on February 11, 2006, aged 88, was one of the leading writers of his generation on both contemporary Soviet affairs and psychic phenomena.

Born in Hamburg, Germany, he immigrated to the United States in 1938.   His first book, World Communism Today (McGraw-Hill, 1952), was hailed in the New York Times by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., as a "highly intelligent compilation of the crucial facts."  Mr. Ebon wrote or edited over 80 books.  His last book was KGB Today: Death and Rebirth (Greenwood/Praeger, 1994).   Two of his books, Prophecy in Our Time (New American Library, 1968) and They Knew the Unknown (World Publishing, 1971), are considered to be classics in the field of literature on the paranormal.

From 1953-1965 he was administrative secretary and editor of the Parapsychology Foundation, New York, founded by Eileen Garrett. 

“Martin was a wonderful friend, mentor and benefactor to New Paradigm Books,” said John Chambers, director.  “He was in weekly contact with us.  He made a huge difference in the lives of all who knew him.  He was an irreplaceable friend, and his memory will remain in our hearts forever.”

A 50-year resident of Riverdale, New York, Mr. Ebon was predeceased by his wife, Koutsie (Chariklia), ten years ago.  He is survived by a son, Andrew, of Las Vegas, Nevada.      [Detailed Biography]         Martin Ebon Website: <http://www.martinebon.com>