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 consciousness to Universal dimensions.Of special interest is the presentation of the polarities existing not only between idividuals but operating within...

Sankara is regarded as one of the preeminent philosophical minds in the history of India. ATMABODHA (Self-Knowledge) is a deeply explanatory text on the essence of the Advaita Vedanta Teaching. The explanation of the terms and expressions utilized in the Scriptures is useful for the student's comprehension of the subtle themes that are often hidden in the Teaching, and the text is, therefore, an essential prerequisite for those who want to comprehend Advaita Vedanta.

With PARMENIDES began what is called, in more specific terms, true Philosophy. The Eleatic, and his Poem, constitute a "beacon" whose light illumined Plato and even Aristotle, and consequently all the philosophers that followed. Parmenides laid down several fundamental philosophical principles: 1. The Being as foundation of all the existent 2. The principle of identity, Being is identical to itself 3. The principle of non-contradiction 4. The principle of a-temporality or eternal present 5. An initiatory philosophical vision of an experimental order This vision was taken up by Plato and...

This writing offers a series of dialogues between RAPHAEL and a group of people who are constrained by a lack of satisfaction in living, and experience a need for inner inquiry. In these dialogues, Raphael touches on topics such as Sensorial Materialism, Philosophy of Being, Transformation of Consciousness and Aspar av da (the path without supports). These topics are developed in the light of a specific kind of Comprehension that is devoid of contradiction and opposition and is therefore capable of offering each individual a possible realization corresponding to his or hers particular state...

"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 realizative dialogue takes place between Antonio, a seeker of the ultimate Truth, and Raphael, an asparsin. Antonio has participated in every possible kind...

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 second one penetrates the ascesis according to the divine Eros embodied in the philosophy of Plato and Plotinus, and the third way is based on what the...