WISDOM & THE EPOCHS:
Evere since mankind looked up to the stars countless millennia ago, he has sought to hand on
to future generations the wisdom and gifts of its own age and those of earlier ages. Sometimes prejudice, blindness, ego and
irrational politics caused great losses to the fabric of human evolution and attainment. But the upward path has always continued!
You may have heard of the Great Library Alexandria (the wonder of the Graeco-Roman world), and
that of Pergamon, of the legendary library of the Egyptians at Heliopolis, and the aerlier mythical library of the prehistoric
Egyptians said to contain the secrets of Atlantis itself. All these treasures houses of human wisdom, attainment, discovery,
skill and learning have vanished from the face of the Earth due to the perfidy and intolerance of a Dark Age of man. Later
on the Medici created at Florence, in the 14th. century, the Library of the Platonic Academy and thereby sowed another
seed of hope for mankind. Now a New Age is emerging and so a new Library is needed- and has been born!.
The European Library started in 1992 to aid the beginnings of that
process. It is a library
encompassing the totality of European civilisation, lore,traditions,
ancient religions, esoteric
and cultural sciences within the context of its spiritual heritage. It is a library which recognises the unique charater of
each European natioin. It now
has over 10,000 items and is now growing by about 200 a month. Many publishers now donate to its archives.
A LIBRARY
OF SPIRITUALITY:
There have been and
still are countless libraries in the world- all doing a fine job. There have been many institutions dedicated to specific
disciplines in universities and corporations and so on. Yet until now none has sought to do the following things combined:
a) build a library dedicated
specifically to European civilisation and also
b) dedicated to
the essence of spirituality that drove and sustained man across the epochs and also
c) the spiritual imperative
that can be found at the heart of European civilisationn and heritage and also.
d) the essence of the
lore and wisdom of the past that can guide and enrich us for solving the problems of today and the future and
also
e) offer an archive that also teaches a cross disciplinary approach and cross-spiritual
approach that manifests the essence of cosmic aspiration.
MEMBERSHIP:
But you do not have
to be from any specific religion, or country or discipline, or bakckground etc to use the Library. No matter what your race, religion, colour, language or
background: all are welcome! There is a Library membership which grants you access to it. (Membership costs only £5/$9 a year. E-mail us for further details). All that we ask is that you leave
sectariianism, prejuduce and dogma behind and enter into our new spirit of adventure, discovery and healing!
DONORS:
The Pan-European Archives includes
the corpus of many scholars, authors, organisations, groups, from past and present. Also, over 55 publishers donate their
material. It is an archive, a teaching centre, and research base, a reference matrix. It is part of our work to aid the unfolding of the consciousness and spirtuality of man to help fulfil his
evolutionary destiny.
SUIBJECT FACULTIES:
The main subjects are:
History; Mythology; Folklore; Ancient Religions; Ancient Sites;
Archaeology; Ethnography; Philosophy; Folk arts & crafts; Architecture; Art; Heritage & Tradition;
Spiritual traditions & skills; Esoteric & physical sciences; Mysteries; Anthropology-evolution;
RESOURCES & PROJECTS:
Electronic archiving of internet knowledge; photocopier; translations into several
European languages; book reviews; teaching; research; local study groups around Europe and elsewhere; networking;
Scholarships; expeditions; publisher network; author and publisher profiles.
