Readers of this book will learn that during the ‘Golden Age’ of ancient Egypt human consciousness was quite different from our mainly mentally dominated consciousness; it was turned towards the inner movements of the soul. What our ancestors thus perceived and ‘saw’, they expressed in images, in symbols. The author is convinced that rather than taking the Egyptian hieroglyphs and images at their face value, the deeper meaning behind should be explored. In place of a pantheon of primitive Gods and strange figures he perceives a multiplicity of soul-powers representing inner movements of consciousness, aspects of ourselves, as well as universal principles. Symbols are like mirrors reflecting the multi-facetted reality.

ISBN: 978-81-86413-37-1, soft cover, 281 pages with many illustrations, order at www.sabda.in

This book takes a close look at what lies behind the many Egyptian figures and gods with their fantastic crowns or strange animal-heads. The author sees them as archetypes, as expressive symbols for psychological principles, archetypes, functions and structures of man’s own complex being. Medhananda: “Let us not take them [the Egyptian images] for what they appear to be. What seem to be objects, animals, gods, or kings, are all symbols for those yet unknown parts of ourselves we must meet and become acquainted with on the way to total self-awareness … … all these symbols and images are always ourselves or parts of ourselves.”

ISBN: 978-81-86413-38-8, soft cover, 243 pages with many illustrations, order at www.sabda.in

In this book new answers are proposed regarding the purpose of the pyramids. Man in the 20th and 21st centuries has built expensive and complex equipment in an attempt to penetrate the secrets of matter, the atom and the universe. Could it be that thousands of years ago the ancient Egyptians erected these majestic stone structures in an attempt to penetrate the secrets of their inner psychological structure? We read: “For at least 5000 years the pyramids have been standing in silence like giant koans, asking the one essential question – who am I – and who are you? Discover my secret and you will have discovered yours.” And who or what is the riddle of the Sphinx? Can it be a mirror of unrevealed secrets in the human subconscious? The author examines these topics and gives us new insights into those ancient mysteries.

ISBN: 978-81-86413-39-5, soft cover, 127 pages with many illustrations, order at www.sabda.in

In this book the reader is introduced to the Egyptian royal measuring tool, an instrument 52 centimeters long, used by architects, engineers and masons to build pyramids and temples. On the upper face of the rod there are 28 hieroglyphic images: a list of Egyptian Gods (Neteru), perceived by Medhananda as soul powers, states and phases of consciousness. They correspond to the moon’s 14 vaning and 14 vaxing phases recycling into full moon, a symbol for illumination, enlightenment. The secret codex was meant as a programme of self-knowledge and transcendence, an ancient discipline of self-culture, aimed at developing the higher ranges of being. We find 28 exercises, each helping us to ,build’ our own inner temple – our integral self – with the ‘stuff’ of consciousness.

ISBN: 978-81-86413-40-1, soft cover, 247 pages with many illustrations, order at www.sabda.in

This book examines the ancient game board of the Egyptian pharaohs with its thirty symbols. Medhananda found that each of these “houses” or symbols corresponds to a psychological force-field, to an archetype within us. The reader is invited to explore these force-fields in order to discover the many ways of being, to become more conscious of the multifaceted self. Many parts of the ancient hieroglyphic “Great Senet Text” are translated and interpreted by the author.

ISBN: 978-81-86413-36-4, soft cover, 389 pages with many illustrations, order at www.sabda.in

With Medhananda on the Shores of Infinity consists of autobiographical material compiled from notes and narrations of Medhananda, through which we get glimpses of his rich inner and outer life – his childhood and study period in Germany, his long stay in French Polynesia with encounters of native tribal chiefs who initiated him into their ancient Gnosis, his years in South India on the path of the Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo and the Mother. We get insights into his deep inner experiences, his research in self-awareness and oneness, his capacity to recognize the hidden messages of ancient symbols and ‘see’ their psychological and spiritual contents. His thoughts are radiating with delight and joy which the reader can easily feel as a warm and tender atmosphere in this book. Sri Aurobindo once wrote: “By exceeding body and mind I become one with all things in being and in experience, even with the stone and the tree”. That was Medhananda’s hidden way of living.

ISBN: 978-81-86413-08-1, soft cover, 144 pages, order at www.sabda.in

On the Threshold of a New Consciousness with Medhananda addresses readers who wish to go beyond the mental-rational consciousness prevalent in the world today and aspire to grow into a holistic, integral consciousness, called by Sri Aurobindo the Supramental Truth-Consciousness. Medhananda, who lived many years in the Sri Aurobindo Ashram (in Pondicherry, India), shares his thoughts and insights about that emerging new consciousness, leading us to new perceptions: what in dualistic thinking appears to be “either / or” opposites – e.g. vibratory / and corpuscular ways of being, science / spirituality, involution / evolution, time / eternity – are perceived in the new consciousness as complementary aspects of the one reality (like in quanta physics). He contemplates a subject connecting it to many complementary topics, thus showing us not only an isolated ‘thread’ (or ‘knot’) but the whole ‘carpet’, the greater picture of it, inviting us to perceive and experience the transparent wholeness of the world and of ourselves. The reader will be delighted by Medhananda’s vast all encompassing mind. The book contains also a personal ‘interview’, a letter ‘To the Children of my Children’, and many Aphorisms. 200 pages, 3 photos

ISBN: 978-81-86413-14-2, hard cover, 199 pages, order at www.sabda.in

Medhananda, researcher and interpreter of symbols in ancient cultures, examines in this book the Greek myth of Herakles, an Indian parable, an Egyptian papyrus and an Egyptian picture-strip (from the Temple of Deir-el Bahri), two Grimm’s fairy tales and the Gospel of Thomas (buried for sixteen centuries in the sand and found again 1945 near Nag Hamadi). In all the ancient messages he discovers wisdom and teaching paradigms: When the myths speak of gods or kings, princesses or animals, castles, fire or snow crystals, he perceives them not as objects outside, but expressions of an inner life, of functions, potentialities, experiences, archetypes. Instead of taking the stories literally, we learn to see them as psychological mirrors that can reveal us aspects and movements of our own being. The myth of Herakles for example shows us how to become a true hero: by developing inner, psychological forces, by conquering his own psychological kingdom. This new understanding of the ancient texts helps us to deepen our self-awareness, to learn about the possibilities of our inner being and to grow and transform our little ego-formation into a greater self.

ISBN: 978-81-86413-32-6, soft cover, 177 pages, order at www.sabda.in

This book contains three interesting contributions to the understanding of ancient symbols:

1. An Egyptian message about a ‘Garden of Man’ from the 3500-year-old tomb of Amenemhet is presented in three different ways: – depicted in the original hieroglyphs and images, – translated into English words by the famous Egyptologist Sir Alan Gardiner, – and contemplated by Medhananda who tries to convey the deeper meaning behind the simple statements, and reveals a dynamic psychological content in them. We see that the message expresses profound self-knowledge. ‘The Garden’ is a psychological garden in ourselves, which we are invited to discover and to cultivate and transform into paradise.
2. Medhananda shows and comments on the ancient imagery of the symbol ‘tree’, in India known as the Vedic Ashwattha (who has its roots in heaven and its branches on earth) or the ficus religiosa (the tree of illumination of Buddhism). In other cultures it appears as the Nordic Yggdrasil, or the oracle tree of Dodona in Greece, or the totem tree of North America, or the ora of Polynesia. This ancient symbol is still alive, also in the Christmas-tree…
3. An old Egyptian fairy tale is translated and interpreted for the first time by Medhananda.The book contains 87 pages, with numerous hieroglyphs and symbol-images.

ISBN: 978-81-86413-35-7, soft cover, 87 pgaes, order at www.sabda.in

For about fifteen years Medhananda edited the journal Equals One, (or =1). This publication became an organ for the expression of his creativity founded on a widely-educated mind and on his extraordinarily rich inner life and experiences. The title is the shortest possible formula to remind us that behind the multiplicity of appearances there is an essential oneness of things, a oneness which reconciles all dualities, gives meaning to all events. This collection of articles and stories, full of illuminating humour and provocative new viewpoints reveal deep spiritual realities. In this volume are presented some of the most striking shorter stories from that journal, while its companion volume Guardians of Oneness and other Tales from Equals One features some of the longer ones. 155 pages, with illustrations by Yvonne Artaud and T. Fujikawa

ISBN: 81-86413-24-3, soft cover, 155 pages, order at www.sabda.in

Equals One, (or =1) was the journal edited by Medhananda from 1965 onwards. His creative, wide-ranging articles written in a humorous esprit were often edited by him under pen-names, each representing a different aspect of his rich personality, another mode of consciousness, one facet of his vast being: ‘Benedictus Montecrossa’ for example, which means in Latin ‘The Blessed One who has crossed over the Mountain’, refers to a state of Ananda (bliss), arising from plenitude, transcending the lower nature and crossing over into the higher being. In this volume are gathered some of the longer pieces, while its companion volume The Way Out is Up features some of the most striking shorter ones. 199 pages, with illustrations by Yvonne Artaud and T. Fujikawa

ISBN: 978-81-86413-23-4, soft cover, 199 pages, order at www.sabda.in