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the scriptures of the major world religions, as well as
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wisdom, the esoteric, and the mysterious.
The Internet Sacred Text
Archive has the full text of over 500 ebooks
on Religion, Mythology, Folklore, Traditions and the
Esoteric. It includes all major religions' scriptures in
English and the original languages, and hundreds of other
books.
Includes many texts scanned from rare books no longer
in print.
Ideal for schools, libraries and students. Books
include: the Bible in English, Hebrew, Greek and Latin, the
Qur'an in English and Arabic, the Vedas and Upanishads,
Homer, Virgil, Dante, the Eddas, the Kalavala and even the
complete works of Shakespeare. Topics include the Bible,
Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Mormonism, Hinduism, Buddhism,
Zoroastrianism, Shinto, I Ching, Taoism, Confucianism,
Jainism, Sikhism, Shamanism, Traditions of Australia,
Polynesia, Africa and Native America; Ancient Near East,
Egypt, Classics of Rome and Greece, Sagas and Legends,
Wicca, Grimoires, Alchemy, Atlantis, Tarot, Atheism,
Philosophy and much more.
The
Upanishads
by Eknath Easwaran (Translator)
Formerly
a professor of Victorian literature, Eknath Easwaran discovered
the treasures of wisdom in his own native India and began to
pursue them with a passion. He has since studied them, practiced
them, and moved to America to share them with the Western world.
In his translation of The Upanishads, the font of Indian
spirituality, Easwaran delights us with a readable rendition of
one of the most difficult texts of all religious traditions.
Each Upanishad is a lyrical statement about the deeper truths of
mysticism, from the different levels of awareness to
cultivations of love for God. There's one twist, though, for
ultimately a devoted meditator realizes that God and the world
are not separate from oneself. Then the ultimate goal becomes to
reunite with the universal Self, achieving the infinite joy that
accompanies such union. Easwaran recruited Michael Nagler to
contribute notes to the translation and a lengthy afterword,
which together with introductions to each Upanishad, guide us
expertly through this strange and fruitful landscape.
--Brian Bruya
Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East (6 Vol. Set)
by Baird T. Spalding (Paperback) US orders (
UK
orders )
 "LIFE AND TEACHINGS OF THE MASTERS OF THE FAR
EAST" caused me to search into the deeper realities and
meaning of Life. After reading these books, I realized that I
was living in the mundane world of religious doctrine and
dogma. I was given what I wanted to hear, not what I should be
hearing. In 1966 I left the world of organized religion and I
will never return to that again. I was a dedicated person to
the church and the bible studies.
I have read the Life and Teachings six times, not
just reading, but studying. What made me think that this is a
truth? There is no scientific evidence to back this up? There
is no mention of these things in the Wall Street Journal or in
the New York Times? No matter where I looked none of these
things were mentioned. Could it be a something within us that
intuitively draws a searching person? The skeptics, critics,
"unbeliever," that I knew did not stop my spiritual resolve
and I persevered. For the first time was I thinking for
myself.
In 1991 a book called "The
Kybalion" and "Divine
Pymander" came into my life and was a major puzzle in
resolving the mystery of Life that revealed the laws and
principles that enabled the Masters of the Himalayas to do the
things they were able to do. My path in Life was forever
changed because of the greater awareness that gave me mental
poise and a firm direction in Life. For the first time was I
able to live in the now and not be swayed by misinformation,
skepticism, or even the malicious conduct of other people. I
am not affected by political opinion. I can read and
understand between the lines. Yet, I am able to maintain a
flexible mind and not have to defend my opinions. My past was
left to history and I was looking forward to the new teachings
of Spirit. I am experiencing true freedom for the first time.
Why am I writing all this? It is not in the
reading of books that a person will benefit, but what a person
will do with it. Some people will read and life goes on in the
usual manner, while others will take it to their heart and
increase their Spiritual Knowledge and acquire true freedom
and they experience true Spiritual development. They become
changed persons. To the skeptic and "defender of opinions,"
Life will always be a mystery and they will always be stuck in
their mundane world of materialism as a self made person and
continue the struggle in their unawareness.
Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East will give
a person a reason to look into the greater realms of reality
and if they will but "look," the answers will be surprising
and refreshing. Scientific evidence and verification of these
things is not possible at the moment because it has not
completely unfolded in their field of awareness. However,
science has made tremendous progress in revealing the
structure of the Universe, which to the Spiritual aware person
indicates that our "material" world as we are able to perceive
it, is not as "material" as we think it is. In this view, we
can understand why the Masters of the Himalayas travel
effortlessly through the "invisible." They used a higher LAW
that that for the most part escapes the collective race
consciousness.... by J. R. Seydel
 Kamasutra
by Wendy Doniger (Translator), Sudhir Kakar
(Translator), Mallanaga Vatsyayana
The Kamasutra is the oldest extant textbook of erotic love.
But it is more than a book about sex. It is about the art of
living--about finding a partner, maintaining power in a
marriage, committing adultery, living as or with a
courtesan, using drugs--and also, of course, about the many
and varied positions available to lovers in sexual
intercourse and the pleasures to be derived from each. The
Kamasutra was composed in Sanskrit, the literary language of
ancient India, sometime in the third century, probably in
North India. It combines an encyclopedic coverage of all
imaginable aspects of sex with a closely observed sexual
psychology and a dramatic, novelistic narrative of
seduction, consummation, and disentanglement. Best known in
English through the highly mannered, padded, and inaccurate
nineteenth-century translation by Sir Richard Burton, the
text is newly translated here into clear, vivid, sexually
frank English. This edition also includes a section of vivid
Indian color illustrations along with three uniquely
important commentaries: translated excerpts from the
earliest and most famous Sanskrit commentary (thirteenth
century) and from a twentieth-century Hindi commentary, and
explanatory notes by the two translators. The lively and
entertaining introduction by translator Wendy Doniger, one
of the world's foremost Sanskrit scholars, discusses the
history of The Kamasutra and its reception in India and
Europe, analyses its attitudes toward gender and sexual
violence, and sets it in the context of ancient Indian
social theory, scientific method, and sexual ethics.
 Bhagavad
Gita
by Swami Satyananda Saraswati
Another translation:
Bhagavad-Gita As It Is: With the Original Sanskrit Text
Roman Transliteration English Equivalence Translation and
Elaborate Purports
by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
There
are many very good Bhagavad Gita's available in the english
lanugage. It has undoubtably been the most populary translated
Hindu scripture. What sets this translation of the Gita apart
has much to do with the translator himself. Swami Satyandna is
not a dry academic who has not experienced the truth of the
Bhagavad Gita directly. Nor is he an Indian pundit trying to
bridge the communication gap between the east and the west.
Before Swami Satyanada became a swami, he lived in California
for the first twenty years of his life. After completing his
studies to became a lawyer, he set off for a trip around the
world. When he reached India he was so attracted to the depth of
India's wisdom that he couldn't leave. He ended up living in
India, as a sadhu and swami, for the next twenty years. In
India, he studied with many enlightened masters who taught him
the esoteric meaning of all the Hindu scriptures. Then he spent
many years studying and relating each scripture to his own life
experience. In 1985, Swami Satyananda returned to
India with his guru, Shree Maa. Since then he has been teaching
westerners how to apply these scriptures to their hectic, daily
lives. It is this experience that makes his translation of the
Bhagavad Gita particularly important and relevant for
westerners. As the Swami says in his introduction, "every
sadhu in every generation should rewrite the Gita, retranslate
it into contemporary language and symbols, which are meaningful
to the present time, place and circumstances." I found Swami Satyananda's Gita lucid,
impactful and filled with spiritual emotion. He did an excellent
job of making this ancient text relevant and meaningful to my
daily life. This remarkable translation of the Bhagavad Gita is
a treasure.
 Hidden History: Lost Civilizations, Secret Knowledge and Ancient Mysteries
by Brian Haughton
Hidden History: Lost Civilizations, Secret
Knowledge and Ancient Mysteries
The mysterious
architecture and artifacts, and the enigmatic characters from ancient
history are the special focus of renowned European archaeologist, Brian
Haughton. His new book, Hidden History: Lost Civilizations, Secret
Knowledge and Ancient Mysteries, quenches our thirst for insight into
ancient times.
Read an
article by Brian Haughton >>
 Hamlet's Mill: An Essay Investigating
the Origins of Human Knowledge And Its Transmission Through Myth
Hamlet's Mill
Ever since the Greeks coined the language we commonly
use for scientific description, mythology and science have developed
separately. But what came before the Greeks?
What if we could prove that all myths have one common origin in a celestial
cosmology?
What if the gods, the places they lived, and what they did are but ciphers for
celestial activity, a language for the perpetuation of complex astronomical
data? Drawing on scientific data, historical and literary sources, the authors
argue that our myths are the remains of a preliterate astronomy, an exacting
science whose power and accuracy were suppressed and then forgotten by an
emergent Greco-Roman world view. This fascinating book throws into doubt the self-congratulatory assumptions of
Western science about the unfolding development and transmission of knowledge.
This is a truly seminal and original thesis, a book that should be read by anyone interested in science, myth, and the interactions between the two.
 The
Urantia Book
The
Urantia Book
This priceless and inexhaustible resource is
the ultimate synthesis of "science, philosophy and
truth", of "reason, wisdom and faith", of
"past, present and future".The Urantia Book
contains a synthesis of the concepts and ideas of more than
2,000 individuals who have contributed to the fields of
science, philosophy, religion, history, sociology and
theology during the last 2,000 years. Compiled by an
editorial staff of superhuman beings, the text provides a
startling perspective of human origins, history and destiny,
constituting a major revelation to humanity.
The Kybalion
by Three Initiates
(Paperback) US Orders
(UK
orders)
Subtitled "A Study of the
Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece". This
book is one of the greatest treasures of mystical
philosophy, based on ancient Hermetic knowledge passed
down over many centuries from teacher to student. This
book has had a profound effect on many, something few
books can claim. Many of its principles can be
successfully applied to any religious, spiritual or
magical tradition. Highly recommended.
The true meaning of Alchemy
For this reader, this book was the end of a
journey...a thread I've been following for the last five
years. I was overwhelmed by its truth. The more I
meditated on this tiny volume, the more truth came.
Everything I had read up to this point from the Gnostic
Gospels, the True Teachings of Chirst, The Masons,
Emerson, The Vedas and so many more...all of these
teachings flew like blinding arrows to this target (The
Master Key). In the end I had to aknowledge that this was
a profound truth, one so simple, yet so revolutionary to
our future. One that also requires a staggering amount of
responsibility. Maybe that's why this simple thread is so
hard to follow...once you've found it, you're so exhausted
(and have probably grown a great deal from your journey)
that you hopefully apply this "Key" only to good. I for
one, think things are going to get rather interesting in
this little universe of ours.....very interesting indeed.
Review by Nina Buckley
Read it online: Kybalion
Don't miss: Divine
Pymander
 Spiritual Practices: Training Aid
by Vladimir Antonov (Author)
In this book the author expounds a
system of practical methods of the spiritual
self-perfection: starting from the entry level up to the
highest ones, which lead to the complete spiritual
Self-Realization through cognizing God in His Abode and
Merging with Him.
The book is addressed to those who want to
know and to realize the meaning of their lives, to attain
the ultimate happiness, to find God, and to immerse in the
Embraces of His Love.
Visit Vladimir Antonov's web site:
Divine Way of Spiritual Heart
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