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Inner Traditions – Bear & Company

American book publishing company

Inner Traditions – Bear & Company, also known as Inner Traditions, is a book publisher founded by Ehud Sperling in 1975 and based in Rochester, Vermont in the United States. Their books are distributed by Simon & Schuster.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Inner Traditions – Bear & Company, also known as Inner Traditions, is a book publisher founded by Ehud Sperling in 1975 and based in Rochester, Vermont in the United States. Their books are distributed by Simon & Schuster.2

Corporate structure

Inner Traditions – Bear & Company sits at the top of its group. 12 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Inner Traditions – Bear & Company Rochester

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Inner Traditions was founded by Ehud Sperling in June 1975 in New York City. The company's name came from the book The Inner Traditions of Magic, read by Sperling. They relocated to Rochester, Vermont in August 1986. Sperling still owns the company as of 2025.

In 2000, the independent publisher Bear & Company joined with Inner Traditions, moving from Santa Fe, New Mexico, where it had been founded in the early 1980s by Gerry Clow and astrologer Barbara Hand Clow. Afterwards, Inner Traditions became known as Inner Traditions/Bear & Company.

Inner Traditions began working with ebook sales in 2010. In 2017, Inner Traditions bought the Scotland-based Findhorn Press (founded 1971), formerly owned by the Findhorn Foundation. They converted Findhorn into an imprint.

From Wikipedia’s article on Inner Traditions – Bear & Company, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

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Acquisitions

  1. 2018Acquired Earthdancer Books1
  2. 2018Acquired Findhorn Press1
  3. 2000Acquired Bear & Company1

Timeline

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Sources

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