The Finding of the Third Eye

by Vera Stanley Alder

Book Overview

Alder explores the esoteric wisdom of the third eye: the hidden gate of mankind's ascent toward god-hood. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877280568
• Release Date: January 1968
• Publisher: Weiser Books
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.6" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Good starting point

This book by Vera Stanley Alder is a very good introduction to the western esoteric traditions. It was written in the 1930's and reflects a lot of the thinking in occult /esoteric circles of that time. The author comes from a theosophical background so readers who are already aquaintaned with this line of thinking might find themselves on familiar ground. She ranks definetly amongst the best of the theosophical writers and has a clear and precise way of introducing the assorted subjects in this books. None of the arrogance of some of her fellow authors of these days that tried to sign you up for their group. Very valuable as a starting point to the occult teachings. Although some of the ideas / information may seem a bit outdated it is still better than most modern day books out there. She definetly knows what she is talking about. Also check out "Shamballah" by Victoria Page and a book by the same title written by Jan v. Rijkenborgh the dutch modern day Rosecrucian.

Great Book

This book has really changed my outlook on life in a positive way I think everyone with an open mind should read this book. for me it started a whole new direction in life.a positive direction.

Not much info on 'Finding the 3rd eye' but has some good tidbits

This book contains many topics grouped as chapters eg `Secrets of Sound', `Secrets of Colour', `Secrets of Breathing', `The science of numbers' and `Diet & exercise' etc. Within each of these chapters there are many topics covered. I would suggest using the `Search inside this book' feature to see more of the contents of this book. If you are new to esotericism, I'd say that this could be an interesting book to start with. Having said this though, this book does allude to some esoteric truths of great importance. I didn't really get into the first part of the book, even though there was some interesting information. I preferred part 2 of this book (pages 127-185) as it had a greater depth and focus. Much of this book was non-specific towards what the title of the book stated i.e. `The finding of the third eye'. Chapter 13 `The third eye' (pg 127) did devote 12 pages to this subject however. I did like the chapter on `The history of the wisdom', as it gave a very interesting esoteric history and provided me with some books to source of which I was not aware of i.e. `The laws of Manu' and `Avesta'. I also loved the following from this chapter, "The greater path of the Egyptian consciousness was concentrated upon the path of attainment and the evolution of mankind" and "Book of the dead... They considered each human being as living with one goal in view, that of perfecting his character in earthly life in preparation for his journey through the `nether' world or astral planes, and his gradual process through the subtler planes to `paradise' or the heaven-world, helped by the various workers and representatives of the spiritual hierarchy" pg161. If at any point you wonder why you are here, you might want to take a closer look at this last paragraph again. If we all had this realisation and goal in mind, I'm sure the world would be a better place. I also appreciate this book for clarifying and confirming a practice given to me by the Gnostic group I attend i.e. `The retrospection' pg 146. Having said this, I think it important to note that there are hardly any practical exercises contained in this book, especially when it comes to awakening the third eye. I would however have to agree with the review at the back of the book when it says, "She made it her task to simplify and summarise this knowledge in order to present it to others"; of this she obviously had a talent. On the whole I liked this book even though I did not accept all the views of the author; most were good however. I was a little concerned with the book containing information that I had already obtained from other esoteric books, this was especially so regarding the first half of this book. You can tell from this book that the author has done a good deal of research. The bibliography contains books from such great authors as H.P.Blavatsky, Alice Bailey and Gerald Massey etc. These days I find myself leaning towards authors who have had real spiritual experiences verses authors w

Mankind, Know Thyself & Vera Stanley Alder's Books!

Vera Stanley Alder is a true teacher of esoteric knowledge, and she reveals ancient wisdom that has long been suppressed. Her sequel to this book is "The Initiation of the World", and is mandatory reading also. Further recommended reading are the books- "ZELATOR" ; "KYBALLION" ; "The Transcendental Universe" ; and all of Rudolph Steiner's books (especially "An Outline of Esoteric Science"). Then, if you wish to advance further you can become a member of the Rosicrucian Society (AMORC).