Links
The internet makes it easier than ever to be in touch and to share knowledge and experience. Here are some sites that those people interested in PB’s approach may also like to check out. They include further reading and resource sites of PB’s teachers and students, reviews of PB’s work, personal reflections on PB, groups who study PB’s ideas, and multimedia resources. There are also links to various organizations and individuals whose approach resonates with that of PB’s (and vice-versa). If you find any of these links are broken, or you are interested in linking to this site or inviting us to link to yours, please contact us at information@paulbrunton.org.
A. Associates, Students and Teachers of PB
1. Associates & Contemporaries
1.1 Anthony Damiani: Wisdom's Goldenrod Center for Philosophic Studies
www.wisdomsgoldenrod.org
PB’s primary student, author of several books (Looking into Mind, Standing in Your Own Way, and Astronoesis) that focus on the ideas of PB,
and founder of Wisdom’s Goldenrod
1.2 His Holiness the Dalai Lama
The Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama:
www.dalailama.com
Dalai Lama Foundation:
www.dalailamafoundation.org
"Established in 2002, with the Dalai Lama's endorsement and advice, by a core founding group including long-time friends of the Dalai Lama and
members of the Silicon Valley business community...Our main program focus is in the area of education, promoting and developing projects and
curricula for ethics and peace."
The Official Website of the Central Tibetan Administration:
www.tibet.net
1.3 Larson Publications
www.larsonpublications.com
Larson Publications Inc started in 1982 as a North American subsidiary of Sweden's Larsons Förlag. In 1984 publishing The Notebooks of
Paul Brunton as quickly as possible became the company’s focus. Two years later Larson joined forces with the Paul Brunton Philosophic
Foundation. By early 1990 the Notebooks series was complete. Besides Paul Brunton's books, Larson (as part of PBPF) published works of
Joseph Campbell, Anthony Damiani, Plotinus (MacKenna translation), Rumi (Ergin translations), Lex Hixon, René Guénon, Louis Lavelle,
Georg Feuerstein, and a variety of gifted new writers. In June of 2007, Larson started re-inventing Larson as an independent company.
Books by PB and his student Anthony Damiani, as well as books by many others can be purchased through Larson Publications.
1.4 Roy Burkhart – Pastor of the First Community Church in Columbus Ohio
First Community Church:
www.fcchurch.com
http://www.springerlink.com/content/l76142448421j023/
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,887537,00.html
Burkhart was a charismatic, mystical pastor who inspired many individuals in the Columbus PB Group. He was one of the reasons PB came to
Columbus.
1.5 Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._T._Suzuki
D.T. Suzuki wrote many worthwhile books on Zen Buddhism, largely based upon his own deep experience of that tradition. Anthony Damiani
studied with him briefly at Columbia University.
2. Students
2.1 Micha-El (Dr. Alan Berkowitz)
http://www.alanberkowitz.com/
Micha-el [Alan] has been a student at Wisdom’s Goldenrod for over thirty years where he studied the perennial wisdom traditions with
Anthony Damiani and where he has taught classes and workshops, served on the Board of Directors, and lived as a resident. He has also
served as the Chairperson, Secretary and Director of the PBPF’s Board. Towards the end of Paul Brunton’s life Alan served for a brief period
of time as his personal assistant. He is a nationally recognized expert in the fields of drug prevention, social norms, sexual assault prevention,
and prejudice reduction.
2.2 Devon Cottrell Holmes
www.fpmt.org/projects/seraje/default.asp
Devon Cottrell Holmes, student of PB’s, was deeply moved by the plight of the exiled Tibetan monks in South India. When she and her
husband, Andrew Holmes, returned from a trip there they started the Sera Je Breakfast Fund, which guaranteed that all 2,600 monks in
the Sera Je Monastery have breakfast every day. This program has expanded into the Sera Je Food Fund, which now seeks to provide three
meals a day for over 3,000 monks; donations can be made to a very worthwhile cause by following this link.
2.3 Peter Holleran
http://www.mountainrunnerdoc.com/page/page/1420286.htm
Peter Holleran was a philosophy major at Cornell before studying with Anthony Damiani in the late 1960's to early 1970's. He became a
disciple of Sant Kirpal Singh and quite unexpectedly had an awakening experience under his guidance in India in 1973. Peter has spent
time with a number of different teachers since then and has been a student of the great traditions of philosophy and spirituality for
over forty years. He writes eclectic articles about PB’s work as well as those of many others, attempting to distill a wealth of different
teachings into common themes. He is a chiropractor by profession and is married with three children.
2.4 Vic Mansfield
www.lightlink.com/vic
Vic attended Dartmouth College and completed graduate studies at Cornell in theoretical astrophysics. Vic and his wife Elaine were among
the founding members of Wisdom’s Goldenrod Center for Philosophic Studies, where they were students of Anthony Damiani and were later
class leaders in their own right. Vic was a board member for the PBPF in the 1980s and was an award winning professor at Colgate.
2.5 Barbara Platek
www.barbaraplatek.com
Barbara Platek and Steve Soiffer discuss PB in his times as a rising author, his extensive travels, and his key contribution to bridging the East
and West in their article “Rediscovering Paul Brunton.” Barbara Platek is a practicing Jungian therapist and author of many articles on spiritual
topics and about spiritually-minded individuals.
2.6 Mark Scorelle
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Wisdom-l/join
Mark Scorelle is a lifelong student of spiritual truth. He spent fifteen years under the tutelage of Anthony Damiani. Mark is the manager
of Wisdom-l, a daily inspirational quote mailing list. He is also the editor of "Advaita The Truth of Non-Duality" and has also facilitated a
video-satsang group for seven years exploring modern Non-Dual teachers. He has also published a paper entitled "The Cosmic Vision" on
the Stillnessspeaks website. Mark is a retired social worker, married to Dorothy, father of Erik.
2.7 Timothy Smith
www.timsmith7.com
Timothy met Anthony Damiani in 1967, who introduced him to the writings of Paul Brunton, Plotinus, Vedanta, Jung, and Astrology. In 1979
Timothy served as PB's secretary, which led to the assignment of co-editing his posthumous works with Paul Cash. In the early 1990s he
visited Sri Shankaracarya in India several times, deepening his relationship to Hinduism, which he now teaches. Tim has been a professional
astrologer for over thirty years.
2.8 Avery Solomon
http://averysolomon.com
Avery Solomon has been a teacher and researcher at Wisdom's Goldenrod Center for Philosophic Studies in Hector NY for thirty years; he gives
seminars and classes there and in several countries around the world on ancient wisdom and modern spirituality, meditation, and healing.
(Past series of workshops include: "Dancing with the Cosmos," "Looking into Mind," "The Cosmology of Astrology," and "Healing our Sense of
Separateness.")
2.9 Joscelyn Godwin
https://sites.google.com/a/colgate.edu/jgodwin/
Joscelyn Godwin, Professor of Music at Colgate University, is an author, editor, and translator with an emphasis on the Western Esoteric
Tradition. He met Anthony Damiani while a graduate student at Cornell, and made his first of several visits to PB in 1970. He is the co-
author with Randall Cash and Timothy Smith of Paul Brunton: Essential Readings.
3. Teachers
3.1 Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi
Official Site
www.sriramanamaharshi.org
Information on visiting the ashram, schedules, special events; includes photos
Arunachala & Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi
www.arunachala-ramana.org
"...a non-profit website created for the benefit of those interested in Advaita and the paths to Self-realisation"
Publications, Photos & Videos, Links, Downloads, Multimedia available for personal use
Non-Duality
www.nonduality.com/ramana.htm
Numerous links to sites about Sri Ramana.
Stuart Schwartz, spiritual teacher
http://www.satsangwithstuart.com/
David Godman (on Ramana)
www.davidgodman.org
Interviews, stories, and books by David Godman about Sri Ramana
3.2 Shankaracarya 68th
(AKA: Sankaracharya, Sankara)
The Official Web Site of the Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham
www.kamakoti.org
"Shri Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham was established by Sri Adi Sankara in the year 482 B.C. and has the distinction of an unbroken line of seventy
Acharyas (spiritual leaders). On this website, we present you with several aspects of Sanatana Dharma, Hinduism and Advaita Vedanta
(running into several thousands of pages)."
Works of Sankaracharya, Advaita Vedanta and Hindu Sacred Scriptures
www.sankaracharya.org
Triguerinho, a student of a student of Paul Brunton, has become a well known spiritual teacher establishing a number of spiritual centers.
All of his thousands of students are PB students as well. He has also been instrumental in the translating and publishing of the first three
Notebooks as well as small books into Portuguese and Spanish.
www.callinghumanity.org
www.irdin.org.br
www.trigueirinho.org.br
www.ogmisericordia.org
B. PB Blogs, Forums, Groups, & Posts Referencing PB
1. Blogs:
1.1 Alan Little's Weblog
http://alanlittle.org/yoga/MysoreDiaryFeb.html#Brunton
Yoga practitioner and photographer who blogs about reading PB’s A Search in Secret India.
1.2 Maverick Philosopher: Bill Vallicella
http://maverickphilosopher.typepad.com/maverick_philosopher/brunton/
A recovering academician, Bill taught philosophy at various universities in the USA and abroad before abandoning a tenured position to
live the eremitic life of the independent philosopher in the Sonoran desert. He draws on PB’s Notebooks for some of his blogs.
1.3 What Lies Within (Margaret)
http://dempseym.blogspot.com/2008/04/more-paul-brunton.html
This blog is a record of all of Margaret’s thoughts, feelings, insights as a record of personal transformation. She reflects on reading PB’s
A Search in Secret India.
1.4 Mercedes D'Acosta & Arunachala
http://arunachalagrace.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.html
This blog is dedicated to sharing information and experiences of sacred, spiritual Arunachala.
2. Forums:
2.1 Kundalini Information & Network
Paul Brunton on Martinus, Denmark
http://kosmos.martinus.dk/da/kosmos/1952/kos1952-07-097.html
http://kundalini.se/eng/brunton.html
Martinus Institute; site notes Maritnus’ connection to PB
2.2 Library Thing
http://www.librarything.com/author/bruntonpaul
LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for book lovers. LibraryThing helps you create a library-quality catalog of books:
books you own, books you've read, books you'd like to read, books you've lent out... whatever grouping you'd like.
3. Groups:
3.1 Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Paul-Brunton/139763819382653
4. Posts & Articles:
4.1 America
Ananda:
http://users.telenet.be/ananda/pb.htm
This site was created by an astrologer and student of Yoga, who writes about PB’s work, amongst others.
James R. Acker
http://www.jamesacker.info/brunton.htm
James is a former monk/priest of twenty-five years who also teaches in philosophy, ethics, lifestyle changes and new directions in life.
He reflects on PB’s writing.
Laurie Conrad:
http://www.figarobooks.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=630
Laurie Conrad is a clairvoyant and spiritual healer. She lives in Ithaca, New York and is also a concert pianist and composer. Her love for
all creatures and her wish to help them inspired her first book, The Spiritual Life of Animals and Plants, a collection of true stories, many
involving miracles. She gives half of her profits from the book to animal protection organizations. She studied at Wisdom’s Goldenrod
with Anthony Damiani.
SpiritualTeachers.org
www.spiritualteachers.org/paul_brunton.htm
This site is the collection of personal experience of one person’s search for a spiritual teacher in various systems and seeks to help others
who are on a similar search. The author read some of PB’s books and reflects on their impact.
The Higher Mysteries (Norman D. Livergood)
http://www.hermes-press.com/high_myst.htm
Site created by Norman Livergood, who uses PB’s work in his reflections on The Mysteries.
The Wanderling
http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/awakening101/ZenEnlighten01.html
http://the-wanderling.com/guides.html
This is a site that seeks to help spiritual explorers, the simply curious, and others who may be so interested.
4.2 Australia
Adyar Online: Alternative and Metaphysical Bookshop on Paul Brunton
http://www.adyar.com.au/adyar/articles.cfm?article_id=75
Alternative and Metaphysical bookshop with review of PB’s Notebooks
The Intermediate Zone by M. Alan Kazlev
http://www.kheper.net/topics/intermediatezone/Intermediate_zone.html
Alan Kazlev’s personal website where he defines spiritual terms from various traditions and some context for them
4.3 Czech Republic:
Iris RR:
http://www.irisrr.cz
Czech site (in Czech) that incorporates some of PB’s writings
4.4 England
Ian Lawton on "A Search in Secret Egypt"
http://www.ianlawton.com/hor2.htm
Review of PB’s A Search in Secret Egypt written in 2005
Write Spirit (Sri Chinmoy Centre)
www.writespirit.net/authors/paul_brunton
PB is one of the spiritual authors reviewed and highlighted on this site.
4.5 France:
Annie Cahn Fung, "Paul Brunton: A Bridge Between India and the West," a doctoral thesis presented to the Department of Religious
Anthropology, University of Paris, Sorbonne, 1992
Wisdom's Goldenrod/publications
Direct comments to the author at acf23@cornell.edu.
4.6 Greece:
Mysterious People - Brian Haughton
www.mysteriouspeople.com/Egyptian_Mystery.htm
Piece written about PB and his travels in Egypt from A Search in Secret Egypt
4.7 India:
Article on Paul Brunton (on bhagavan-ramana.org)
http://bhagavan-ramana.org/brunton.html
"…article was first published in the September 1931 monthly magazine called PEACE, the journal of Swami Omkar's Shanti Ashrama in
Andhra Pradesh. It was later reprinted in the April, 1966 issue of the Mountain Path. It describes Paul Brunton's first visit to Sri
Ramanasramam and one of the dialogues he had with the Maharshi. In this article, his former name "Hurst" was used. He later adopted
Paul Brunton as his pen name which he ultimately made his permanent name."
4.7.2. Ezine Articles:
How Paul Brunton was Directed to Go to Bhagavan Ramana Maharishi – Part I
http://ezinearticles.com/?How-Paul-Brunton-was-Directed-to-Go-to-Bhagavan-Ramana-Maharishi---Part-I&id=467275
How Paul Brunton was Directed to Go to Bhagavan Ramana Maharishi – Part II
http://ezinearticles.com/?How-Paul-Brunton-Was-Directed-to-go-to-Bhagavan-Ramana-Maharishi---Part-II&id=468488
Article about PB meeting Ramana Maharshi, written in 2007
4.8 Sri Lanka
How the Guru Called Me by Sam Wickramasinghe (Pulikutti )
http://kataragama.org/sages/ramana_sam.htm
This is a personal account of Sam’s finding Ramana Maharshi and how he became exposed to PB’s work.
4.9 Sweden:
Larsons Forlag
http://www.larsonforlag.se
This publisher made PB’s books available in Sweden and was instrumental in supporting Larson Publications' start in the United States.
Anna Bornstein:
http://www.annabornstein.com
www.dreamofthegood.org
Anna Bornstein, student of PB’s, is well-known in her native Sweden for her project “The Dream of the Good,” which brings meditation
into the classroom and other groups. As her essays indicate, Anna is PB’s Swedish translator, and as such was afforded the opportunity
to meet with him many times in the last decades of his life.
C. Reviews of PB's Work
1. Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Paul-Brunton/e/B001HPZQ3I/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1270741107&sr=1-2-ent
This page goes to the selection Amazon.com has of PB’s work, which can be selected individually to see specific reviews of each book.
2. Facebook
http://apps.facebook.com/facebookshelf/search?fb_sig_locale=en_US&fb_sig_in_new_facebook=1&fb_sig_time=1270741179.1054&fb_sig_added=0&fb_sig_api_key=044e19993aeee4f3eb7ae73bf0aa9321&fb_sig_app_id=2481647302&fb_sig=b90ac90071d97bb4565e0cd706829f39&q=Paul+Brunton
This links to a cataloging network that allows people to review and share their favorite books; this is a review of PB’s books.
D. Multimedia
1. Paul Brunton
1.1 Ramana Maharshi, Yogananda, & PB – Video (Posted by: pythonbr)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=71OloCDXuHg
Brief video of PB in India with Yogananda
1.2 Paul Brunton - The Quest – Slideshow (Posted by: ajhande)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt6OX3CurqU
Video of images with music and displays of PB paras from The Notebooks
1.3 Paul Brunton - Elementary Meditation – Slideshow (Posted by: ajhande)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXqdxHmA-IQ
Video of images with music and displays of PB paras from The Notebooks
1.4 Paul Brunton - Relax and Retreat – Slideshow (Posted by: ajhande)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYJ2Hms_diA
Video of images with music and displays of PB paras from The Notebooks
1.5 The Way to Use a Philosophic Book Quest – Slideshow (Posted by: ajhande)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9pSv-lchQY
Video of images with music and displays of PB paras from The Notebooks
1.6 Sages – (Posted by: ghostofzappa)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XWizp2SNMs&feature=related
Slide show of contemporary Philosophers/Sages/Mystics inspired by The Notebooks of Paul Brunton volumes 1-16
2. Ramana
2.1 Ramana Maharshi: Sage of Arunachala - Documentary
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7390375386934930566&ei=kJEfSZHMA5OwrALC66HyBg&q=ramana
Lengthy video about Ramana Maharshi and Arunachala as well as links to other videos on related topics
3. Shankaracarya
3.1 The Sage Of Kanchi Parts 1-7:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaZiCdRKxjw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDoRY7Dw80E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjIT36trPgM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bipiz3shJ9c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeFwzjMg5iU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLa-J8CySWc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIVExUq1QR8
Videos about and of Shankaracarya of Kanchi; the revered teacher PB talks about in A Search in Secret India and The Notebooks.
E. Further Reading & Resources
1. Theosophy
1.1 Blavatsky Net Foundation
www.blavatsky.net
“This site focuses on Madame Blavatsky and her teaching: Theosophy. It features an introduction to Theosophy, study aids, research
tools, original text, supporting evidence, membership, and visitor interaction.”
1.2 Canadian Theosophy Website:
www.theosophical.ca
The Canadian Federation of the Theosophical Society, established in 1924
1.3 Theosophical Society and occult groups:
www.hermeticgoldendawn.org
www.ts-adyar.org
http://theosophical.org
PB briefly joined the Theosophical Society and attended many gatherings held by the plethora of occult groups active in London in the
years during and immediately after WWI.
1.4 Occult bookshop:
www.theatlantisbookshop.com
PB ran a bookstore with his pal, Michael Houghton, which failed within months of opening. During this time, the two friends rented an
apartment in Tavistock Square—rooms which were fated to house a more successful publishing enterprise a few years later—for it became
the first home of The Hogarth Press, run by Virginia Woolf and her husband. In 1922 Houghton opened The Atlantis Bookshop in Bloomsbury,
which is still in operation today; in 1927 Houghton also wrote The White Brother: an Occult Autobiography under the pen-name Michael
Juste, which centers on a character named David, loosely based on Brunton.
2. Rosicrucian
2.1 AMORC
http://www.rosicrucian.org/home.html
“Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis, Grand Lodge for the Americas”
2.2 A Rosicrucian Notebook (Willy Schrodter)
(on Google Books)
http://books.google.com/books?id=o_RXyW-XizkC&pg=PA222&lpg=PA222&dq=paul+brunton&source=web&ots=K5D0rlz5-A&sig=pims0L2SUCJJMpp95gMLpgbyaAA&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result#PPA223,M1
Book about the Rosicrucian Order that mentions PB
3. Tibetan Literature
3.1 Snow Lion
www.snowlionpub.com
"Since its inception, Snow Lion Publications has had the goal of publishing a complete overview of Tibetan Buddhism and culture. Now
entering our twenty-eighth year, we are pleased to see that this goal is being fulfilled.
Snow Lion's Library of Tibetan Buddhism and Culture includes books from every major tradition of Tibet, including the philosophic tenet
systems and practices in both the sutra and tantra systems. There are teachings accessible to every student, and numerous books on the
culture of Tibet. This is some of the very best literature on Tibetan Buddhism and culture."
4. Hinduism
4.1 Advaita:
http://www.advaita.org.uk/reading/free_sages.htm
A site in the UK with recommendations and links about what to read
4.2 Ramakrishna:
http://www.ramakrishna.org/index.htm
Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center of New York homepage
4.3 Yoga:
www.traditionalyogastudies.com
Georg Feuerstein, Ph.D., who has written about PB, is founder-director of the Yoga Research Center and author of many books available
on this site, including Shambhala Guide to Yoga, Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga (both published by Shambhala Publications), and Lucid
Waking (Inner Traditions).
4.4 Yogananda and Ananda Ashram:
www.yogananda-srf.org
A member of the Ohio group had studied and been at the Yogananda center in California before becoming an avid student of PB.
www.anandaashram.org
At PB’s suggestion the Ohio group met with an Indian guru, Dr. R. S. Mishra, a neurosurgeon at Bellevue Hospital in New York City.
Dr. Mishra later founded Ananda Ashram in Monroe, New York and also wrote a preface to one of PB’s earlier books.
5. Non-dualism
5.1 Non-duality Press
http://www.nonduality.com/brunton.htm
Reflections on PB, links and more from this site dedicated to Non-Dual ideas and publications
F. Miscellaneous
1.1 Tibetan & Himalayan Digital Library:
www.thdl.org
"The Tibetan and Himalayan Digital Library is an international community using Web-based technologies to integrate diverse knowledge
about Tibet and the Himalayas for free access from around the world.
Serving a wide range of communities, we publish multilingual studies, multimedia learning resources, and creative works concerned with
the area's environments, cultures, and histories. "
1.2 Sacred Destinations:
http://www.sacred-destinations.com
"Sacred Destinations is an ecumenical guide to more than 1,200 sacred sites, holy places, pilgrimage destinations, religious architecture
and sacred art in 59 countries around the world. In addition to richly illustrated articles, Sacred Destinations has photo galleries with over
20,000 high-quality images (most taken by the author) plus detailed maps and lots of practical travel information."
1.3 Theban Mapping Project – Valley of the Kings, Egypt
http://www.thebanmappingproject.com
This is an amazing site that documents details of the Valley of the Kings in Egypt—an area that PB mentions in A Search in Secret Egypt; the
owners of this site gave permission for a photo to be used in the new special edition of the book.
1.4 Gratefulness.org
www.gratefulness.org
“Our international nonprofit organization provides resources for living in the gentle power of gratefulness, which restores courage, reconciles
relationships, and heals our Earth.”
1.5 Internet Sacred Texts Archive:
http://www.sacred-texts.com
"Welcome to the largest freely available archive of online books about religion, mythology, folklore and the esoteric on the Internet. The site
is dedicated to religious tolerance and scholarship, and has the largest readership of any similar site on the web."
1.6 Findhorn Foundation, Scotland
http://www.findhorn.org
“The Findhorn Foundation is a spiritual community, ecovillage and an international centre for holistic education, helping to unfold a new
human consciousness and create a positive and sustainable future.”
1.7 Sites related to the region where the PBPF is located
www.fingerlakes.org
The Foundation is headquartered in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York, where the original writings and photographs of Paul Brunton
are housed. This site has information and images of the area.
www.cornell.edu
Cornell University is in the upstate New York region where the PBPF is located. It is a very special area, and Cornell has a history linked to
many spiritual people and activities. For example, His Holiness Shankaracharya, the spiritual head of South India, sent his personal secretary
T.M.P. Mahadevan to Cornell University in nearby Ithaca to teach Indian philosophy, during which time he also established a large collection
of Hindu Philosophy books at Olin Library.
tatfoundation.org
TAT Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by Richard Rose to provide a forum for friendship and the spiritual search.
