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2009Co-translated, with an introduction, Letters of René Daumal on the Search for Awakening 1930-1944, Dolmen Meadow Editions (Toronto)
2008“Monsieur Gurdjieff et Monsieur Daumal,” in B. Nicolescu and J.-Ph de Tonnac, eds., René Daumal ou le perpétuel incandescent, Le bois d’Orion, France
2007Introduction to Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Figures of Speech or Figures of Thought? The Traditional View of Art, William Wroth, ed., World Wisdom, Bloomington (Indiana)
2006Angelic Mistakes: The Art of Thomas Merton, Shambhala Publications / New Seeds, Boston and London
2003The Invisible Thread: Buddhist Spirit in Contemporary Art, co-curator of the exhibition at Snug Harbor Cultural Center and author of one of the introductory essays
2001Have you been to Delphi? Tales of the Ancient Oracle for Modern Minds, State University of New York Press, Albany (New York)
1988An Art of Our Own: The Spiritual in Twentieth-Century Art, Shambhala Publications, Boston (paperback, 1989; reissued 2004, under the subtitle, by Dover Books)—cf. chapter on Dag Hammarskjöld as an enlightened art patron at UN headquarters
1981Daedalus: Studies in Honor of the Birth Centenary of Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Institute of Indian Art History, Dharwar (India)
1977Coomaraswamy: Selected Papers, in two volumes (1: Traditional Art and Symbolism; 2: Metaphysics), edited with an introduction, Bollingen Series, Princeton University Press (a selection with the introduction appeared in Italian, 1987, Adelphi Edizioni, under the title Il grande brivido: Saggi di simbolica e arte)
1977Coomaraswamy: Life and Writings, Bollingen Series, Princeton University Press