Alan Jacobs has succeeded in revitalising the ancient text of The Bhagavad Gita into a form which reveals the full majesty of this magnificent Hindu scripture, as well as its practical message for today’s seekers. He has taken the somewhat archaic English of Sir Edwin Arnold’s much-loved poetic translation of 1855 and transformed, modernised and expanded it to reinforce the poetic imagery. The result is mandala poetry - each verse is a mandala for meditation. Alan Jacobs’ incisive philosophic commentary dusts off all the archaism of 1500 years and restores the text as a transforming instrument pointing the way to Self-Realisation.
316pp, 140mm x 215mm, softback, 2004
Alan Jacobs, a poet and scholar, presents the best-known and most significant Gnostic Scriptures including The Fable of the Pearl, The Gospel of Thomas, The Gospel of Mary... [more]
In The Gnostic Gospels Alan Jacobs presents texts discovered at Nag Hammadi including the gospels of Thomas, Philip and Mary Magdalene, The Sophia of Jesus Christ and The Fable of the Pearl.
Spirituality 
