News from Glorian

Three new books are coming in a few weeks available now from many popular booksellers:

A new edition of The Perfect Matrimony by Samael Aun Weor. This is the first book by Samael Aun Weor, which prompted the Catholic Church to have him arrested, charged with "offending the public and healing the ill." Some say this is his most important book. This edition features a new cover and corrections of minor typos.

The Dayspring of Youth by M. This mysterious book and author influenced many spiritual traditions, especially Samael Aun Weor. Although the style and voice are very different from Samael Aun Weor, the knowledge is pure and deep, and penetrates the heart.

Light from Darkness by Samael Aun Weor. Perhaps the most scientific and logically structured of all his books, here Samael Aun Weor examines the energy that fuels all forms of creation, and brings it into focus in our spiritual life. This is a new translation of a book that was titled by students as "The Buddha's Neckace."

Spiritual retreats are essential for serious spiritual work, as they provide an opportunity to be temporarily freed from mundane concerns, so you can focus completely on your spiritual life. A good retreat can clarify your daily practice, revive your willpower, and enflame your heart. It is our goal to provide an environment that innundates your spirit with energy and serenity. We also are attempting to provide more retreats, in a diverse range of locations, so that as many people as possible can benefit.

The temple at Padmasambhava Retreat Center in New York

Glorian Publishing will sponsor three retreats in 2012. 

• A five-day retreat from March 4th to 9th in Sydney, Australia
• A three-day retreat from May 18 to 20 in upstate New York
• A week-long retreat from July 14 to 19 in Oregon

Registration is now open for Australia and New York. If you wish to attend, please register soon as these events generally sell out.

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Hint: it is a book that has not come out yet, but you will get it on Christmas Day!

Have you been helped by the teachings of Gnosis and Samael Aun Weor? Has a particular book, lecture, website, or person changed your life for the better? Please share your story with humanity, or if you like, just say thanks.

Many of us know that Gnosis is a powerful method to change the moment to moment experience of life. Millions of people from around the world have benefited from the knowledge that the Gnostic tradition provides. When others hear your story, they will be inspired and encouraged. 

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We often receive suggestions to offer our books through on-demand printing services that allow a reader to have a book printed just for them. It would seem that these services would keep books available perpetually, and reduce the expenses of printing books in the traditional manner. However, at this time these services do not aid our primary mission.

Glorian Publishing has experimented with print on demand tools, and they have some usefulness for people who buy books from online retailers like Amazon. However, print on demand is really just an extension of mail order, a system where a customer who already knows about a product contacts the manufacturer to acquire a copy. The books of Samael Aun Weor have long been available direct from schools and instructors by mail order, but after twenty years or so (in English) none of these efforts have brought the books into the primary market for books: book stores, and in fact, the mail order system has interfered.

We have always been concerned that spiritual seekers today can go into any bookstore in the world and will rarely find a book by Samael Aun Weor. That is what we are trying to change. This situation exists because the public still does not know about Gnosis or Samael Aun Weor, so they do not ask for the books in bookstores, thus the bookstores do not know about them either. The "direct to consumer" methods (like mail order) have perpetuated this problem. If a person can get a book from a Gnostic school, they will not ask for it in a bookstore, thus the bookstore never hears about the book. Subsequently, all the other customers in the bookstore never hear about it, because the book is not there for them to see. If the teachings of Gnosis remain available only through specialized methods (mail order, direct to consumer, etc), the broader public will remain unaware of them.

The books of Samael Aun Weor deserve to be here too!