Phanes Press
Encyclopedia
Phanes Press is a New Age
book publishing imprint
of Red Wheel Weiser Conari
.
Phanes Press was founded by David Fideler in 1985 to publish Neoplatonic
and other esoteric texts. One of its representative and more significant publications was The Pythagorean Sourcebook translated by Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie
issued in 1987. The company had published 52 titles by 2004, when it was purchased by Red Wheel/Weiser
.
New Age
The New Age movement is a Western spiritual movement that developed in the second half of the 20th century. Its central precepts have been described as "drawing on both Eastern and Western spiritual and metaphysical traditions and then infusing them with influences from self-help and motivational...
book publishing imprint
Imprint
In the publishing industry, an imprint can mean several different things:* As a piece of bibliographic information about a book, it refers to the name and address of the book's publisher and its date of publication as given at the foot or on the verso of its title page.* It can mean a trade name...
of Red Wheel Weiser Conari
Red Wheel Weiser Conari
Red Wheel Weiser Conari, also known in different periods in its history as RedWheel/Weiser, LLC and Samuel Weiser, Inc., is a book publisher with three imprints: Red Wheel, Weiser Books and Conari Books...
.
Phanes Press was founded by David Fideler in 1985 to publish Neoplatonic
Neoplatonism
Neoplatonism , is the modern term for a school of religious and mystical philosophy that took shape in the 3rd century AD, based on the teachings of Plato and earlier Platonists, with its earliest contributor believed to be Plotinus, and his teacher Ammonius Saccas...
and other esoteric texts. One of its representative and more significant publications was The Pythagorean Sourcebook translated by Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie
Kenneth Sylvan Guthrie
Kenneth Sylvan Launfal Guthrie , philosopher and writer, was a grandson of famous feminist pioneer Frances Wright and brother of William Norman Guthrie...
issued in 1987. The company had published 52 titles by 2004, when it was purchased by Red Wheel/Weiser
Red Wheel Weiser Conari
Red Wheel Weiser Conari, also known in different periods in its history as RedWheel/Weiser, LLC and Samuel Weiser, Inc., is a book publisher with three imprints: Red Wheel, Weiser Books and Conari Books...
.