Philip Kapleau - The Three Pillars of Zen: Teaching, Practice, and...
Through explorations of the three pillars of Zen--teaching, practice, and enlightenment--Roshi Philip Kapleau presents a comprehensive overview of the history and discipline of Zen Buddhism. An...
View ArticleKatsuki Sekida - Zen Training: Methods and Philosophy [1 Scan - PDF]...
Description Zen Training is a comprehensive handbook for zazen, seated meditation practice, and an authoritative presentation of the Zen path. The book marked a turning point in Zen literature in its...
View ArticleMax Gorman - Stairway to the Stars: Sufism, Gurdjieff and the Inner Tradition...
Stairway to the Stars: Sufism, Gurdjeff and the Inner Tradition of Mankind Back cover description:Quote:From time immemorial, certain men and women appear to have developed their consciousness far...
View ArticleAlan Watts - This Is It: and Other Essays on Zen and Spiritual Experience [1...
The six essays in this volume all deal with the relationship of mystical experience to ordinary life. The title essay on "cosmic consciousness" includes the author's account of his own ventures into...
View ArticleJohn Bunyan - The Holy War [1 eBook - PDF] (Esoteric Christianity)
While John Bunyan is most famously known for writing Pilgrim's Progress, his works of Christian literature extend well beyond just one novel. Indeed, Bunyan was a prolific writer and preacher,...
View ArticleJoseph Campbell - The Inner Reaches of Outer Space - Metaphor as Myth and as...
The Inner Reaches of Outer Space was the last book completed by mythologist Joseph Campbell before his death in 1987. In these pages, beloved mythologist Joseph Campbell explores the Space Age. He...
View ArticleIda Craddock & Theodore Schroeder - Heavenly Bridegrooms [1 eBook - PDF]...
A review of Aleister Crowley:"This book has been left entirely unedited by Mr. Theodore Schroeder, with the exception of a very brief explanatory note. I may say that it is one of the most remarkable...
View ArticleBhikku Pesala (Ed) - Dhammapada and Commentary [1 eBook - PDF] (Buddhism )
Preface: The Dhammapada — The Path to Truth — is an excellent book to keep in one’s pocket and refer to at leisure. It contains 423 verses in 26 chapters, covering all kinds of topics. In this edition...
View ArticleE.S. Drower - Peacock Angel [1 eBook - PDF] (Everything Else)
This book is about the Yezidi cult and their practices. From wikipedia: The Yazidi (also Yezidi, Kurdish: ئێزیدی or Êzidî) are a Kurdish religious group, who represent an ancient religious sect linked...
View ArticleEmile Brehier - Histoire de la Philosophie [FRENCH] [2 eBook - PDF] (Philosophy)
Books 1-7 of Emile Brehier's History of Philosophy, in french. Published between 1926 and 1932 The first part is a recount of Hellenic age, about Plato and Aristotle and the Presocratics The...
View ArticleRudolph Eucken - Collected Essays [1 eBook - PDF] (Philosophy)
Rudolph Christoph Eucken is a german philosopher and winner of the 1908 Noble Prize for Literature Editor's Preface: EDITOR'S PREFACE With three exceptions {The Statics of Religion in Germany, Are the...
View ArticleLewis Richard Farnell - The Cults of the Greek States Vol. 1 [1 eBook - PDF]...
The Cults of the Greek States Lewis Richard Farnell’s five-volume The Cults of the Greek States, first published between 1896 and 1909, disentangles classical Greek mythology and religion, since the...
View ArticleLewis Richard Farnell - The Cults of the Greek States Vol. 4 [1 eBook - PDF]...
The Cults of the Greek States Lewis Richard Farnell’s five-volume The Cults of the Greek States, first published between 1896 and 1909, disentangles classical Greek mythology and religion, since the...
View ArticleJohann Gottlieb Fichte - Attempt at a Critique of All Revelation [1 eBook -...
In Attempt at a Critique of All Revelation (1792), J. G. Fichte extends Kant's practical philosophy to a consideration of revealed religion: its justification, its use, and the limits of what it can...
View ArticleJames G. R. Forlong - Rivers of Life Vol. 1 [1 eBook - PDF] (Everything Else)
Contained herein is the catalyst of all human mystical, religious, and spiritual thought that eventually evolved into the mystery schools, such as Freemasonry, Theosophy and Rosicrucianism. Contents:...
View ArticleJames G. R. Forlong - Rivers of Life Vol. 2 [1 eBook - PDF] (Everything Else)
Contained herein is the catalyst of all human mystical, religious, and spiritual thought that eventually evolved into the mystery schools, such as Freemasonry, Theosophy and Rosicrucianism. Contents:...
View ArticleJames G. R. Forlong - Faiths of Mankind - A Cyclopedia of Religions, Vol. 1-3...
The so-called Atheist is often a widely read, pious, and thoughtful man, who has cast aside as absurd the so-called "Religions," and even the theory of the Theist, as untenable. He sees no solution in...
View ArticleHeinrich Wilhelm Friedrich Gesenius - Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon to the Old...
Preface: The following work is a translation of the "Lexicon Manuale Hebraicum et Chaldaicum in Veteris Testamenti Libros," of Dr. William Gesenius, late professor at Halle. The attainments of...
View ArticleRobert Graves - Grchki Mitovi (Serbian) [1 eBook - PDF] (Greek / Roman...
Endymion, Pelops, Daedalus, Pygmalion -- we recognize the names, but what are the stories behind these and other familiar gods from the Greek pantheon -- names that recur throughout the history of...
View ArticleWilliam Keith C. Guthrie - Orpheus and Greek religion [1 eBook - PDF] (Greek...
The tales told of Orpheus are legion. He is said to have been an Argonaut--and to have saved Jason's life. Rivers are reported to have stopped their flow to listen to the sounds of his lyre and his...
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