Peter Kingsley

New and updated edition (2020) of this classic book first published in 2004. REALITY introduces us to the extraordinary mystical tradition that lies right at the roots of western culture. This is the true story of Parmenides, Empedocles, and those like them: spiritual guides and experts in other states of consciousness, healers and interpreters of dreams, prophets and magicians who...

Peter Kingsley's A Book of Life is the culmination and completion of an extraordinary body of work. As a historian, he has revolutionised our understanding of ancient philosophy and religion; as a mystic, he introduced us to what philosophy and religion are meant to be. Hauntingly personal, almost autobiographical, this is not the story of one man's life. It's the...