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First published in 1978 in its ltalian as La Filosofia dell'Essere, 'The Philosophy of Being', and later as Quale Democrazia?, 'What Kind of Democracy?', this work by Raphael now has an importance and topicality that are remarkably relevant to the particular world-situation facing humanity today.This revised version is addressed to those readers who are looking for a socio-political life-style inspired by ethical principles which can provide p...

Non-dualism, dualism, monism, the Real and the unreal, Parmenides and his vision, Advaita Vedanta, metaphysical Realization: these are just some of the topics covered by Raphael in a series of writings couched in the form of questions and answers and gathered together in this volume. It constitutes a valid means of approach to the most important issues ever discussed by philosophers and seekers of the truth: Being and non-being, the One and th...

The Upani¿ads are an integral part of Vedas, they represent a branch of the primordial Tradition and constitute the essence of Vedanta itself. The expression Vedanta (end of the Vedas) should be understood in the double meaning of 'conclusion', as the Upani¿ads are the last part of the Vedic texts, and of 'purpose', because what is being taught is the ultimate goal of Traditional Knowledge. The central theme of the Upanisads is the quest for t...

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The Source of Life is presented in dialogue form. With an ability akin to Socrates' maieutic art, Raphael forces the inquirer to delve into himself until he finds what he was looking for.

Tat tvam asi" (That thou art) is the most profound message of the Upanisads and constitutes the essence and the synthesis of the Advaita Vedanta and Asparsa Yoga teaching: -That, which is infinitely subtle, is the essence of all this (universe). That is the Reality. That is the Self and That thou art, Avetaketu - Please, Venerable Sir, instruct me still further - So be it, my dear - said he- (Chandogya Upanisad, VI, XIV, 3)In this book a reali...

The Bhagavadgita belongs to the VI book of the Mahabharata, the great Indian epic attributed to the legendary Vyasa. It is a poetic and philosophical work which in time is placed in the V century B.C. Together with the Brahmas¥tra and the classical Upanisads it constitutes the Prasthanatraya, the "Threefold Science" of Vedanta. The Bhagavadgita came to light in a moment of both contrasts and new inner requirements of the Indian people. It cont...

With "The Threefold Pathway of Fire" RAPHAEL (Asram Vidya Order) offers an answer to the authentic sense of quest of many, a path that may lead to the unveiling of our own real and intrinsic nature, which is Completeness-Beatitude. The book is divided into three sections corresponding to the three ways of the Pathway of Fire: Alchemy, Love of Beauty and Traditional Metaphysics. The first way is describe according to alchemical symbolism, the ...

This writing offers a series of dialogues between RAPHAEL and a group of people who are spured by a lack of satisfaction in living, and experience a need for inquiry. It is often believed that the human being is none other than history and temporality, and therefore that the very reality of life is simply time-history-becoming. To hold that all is relative, becoming and duality, and to deny the existence of a "constant" is a position that lea...

In The Science of Love RAPHAEL takes into consideration the human being in its totality as constituted therefore by body, Soul and Spirit, and examines Love as that powerful unifying impulse, which transmits the grace of joy, flooding and involving all it comes into contact with. As DANTE himself said, love ..". moves the sun and the other stars."And Raphael states that: ...the miracle of Love allows growth, redemption and the expansion of con...

The author offers an introduction to Plato's thought aimed at realizing Plato's teaching about being a real philosopherNone who sees the WholeNwhile leaving the task of meditating on Plato's texts to the reader.