Imre George Vallyon is a New Zealand

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 based author in the Body, Mind & Spirit field. In 2008 he won the Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Book Award for his four volume treatise “Heavens and Hells of the Mind”, which the judges described as “a remarkable and exhaustive work on human consciousness and the wisdom of the ages.”

The Charitable Trust Book Award, one of the largest prizes for literature in New Zealand, is offered by the New Zealand Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust in conjunction with the New Zealand Society of Authors and recognises “excellence in the mind, body and spirit genre”.

Vallyon is the founder of the Foundation for Higher Learning, an international spiritual school formed to help provide people with the opportunity to practise spiritual work within a group environment, and the director of Sounding-Light Publishing, which was founded in 2006 “to produce high-quality books and multimedia for those who feel an affinity for universal wisdom and multi-disciplinary knowledge”.

Vallyon is a full member of the New Zealand Society of Authors.

Biography

Born in 1940 in Budapest, Hungary, Imre emigrated to New Zealand as a refugee at the age of sixteen. Since 1980 he has dedicated his life to teaching the Wisdom Science through his extensive writings and through workshops and retreats conducted around the world. In 1982 he established the Foundation for Higher Learning, an international Spiritual School designed to provide people with the opportunity to practise spiritual awakening in a group environment, with the ultimate goal of self-realization and planetary transformation.

Awards

• "Heavens and Hells of the Mind", 2009 Gold Medal in the Enlightenment/Spirituality category of the Living Now Book Awards
• "Heavens and Hells of the Mind", 2008 Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Book Award

Books

• The Art of Meditation, Sounding-Light Publishing, 2007, ISBN 978-0-909038-56-4 (2nd edition)
• The Divine Plan, Sounding-Light Publishing, 2005, ISBN 978-0-909038-53-3
• Heart to Heart Talks, Sounding-Light Publishing, 2005, ISBN 978-0-909038-55-7
• Heavens and Hells of the Mind, Sounding-Light Publishing, 2008
  • ISBN 978-0-909038-30-4 (Four volume boxed set)
  • ISBN 978-0-909038-31-1 (Volume 1: Knowledge)
  • ISBN 978-0-909038-32-8 (Volume 2: Tradition)
  • ISBN 978-0-909038-33-5 (Volume 3: Transformation)
  • ISBN 978-0-909038-34-2 (Volume 4: Lexicon)
• The Magical Mind, Sounding-Light Publishing, 1990, ISBN 978-0-921590-11-8 (1st edition HC)
• Planetary Transformation: A Personal Guide to Embracing Planetary Change, Sounding-Light Publishing, 2010, ISBN 978-0-909038-61-8
• The Sedona Talks, Sounding-Light Publishing, 2005, ISBN 978-0-909038-54-0 (2nd edition)
• A Spirituális Harcos, Sounding-Light Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-0-909038-57-1 (Hungarian Language)
• Le Chemin du Guerrier Spirituel, Sounding-Light Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-0-909038-58-8 (French Language)

Music CDs

• Chants of Illumination: Sanskrit Mantras to the Light, Sounding-Light Publishing, 2006, ISBN 978-0-909038-73-1
• Chants of Illumination 2: Sanskrit Mantras to the Divine Mother, Sounding-Light Publishing, 2007, ISBN 978-0-909038-74-8
• Chants of Illumination 3: Sanskrit Mantras to the Heart, Sounding-Light Publishing, 2010, ISBN 978-0-909038-75-5

External links

• The Foundation for Higher Learning
• Sounding-Light Publishing
• The Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Awards
• The New Zealand Society of Authors