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Yoga and Spiritual Book List
 
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The AYP list of nearly 500 yoga, spiritual, and related books is discussed in Lesson #253.
The books are divided into fifteen categories: 1-Yoga/Tantra/Advaita-Vedanta,
2-Buddhism
, 3-Taoism
4-Theosophy, 5-Judeo/Christian,
6-Western Mystics/Teachers
, 7-Islam/Sufism, 8-Shamanism,
9-Channeled Teachings
, 10-Biographies, 11-Inspiring Stories, 12-Health,
13-Sexology
, 14-Death/Reincarnation, and 15-Other Related Books.


4. THEOSOPHY

Besant and Leadbeater --
Thought Forms -- 1901 -- An analysis of thought energy, including color illustrations of various emotionally charged thought energies.
Besant, Annie -- Death and After --  1893 -- On death and the immortal Self.
Besant, Annie -- Karma -- 1895 -- Nature's law of cause and effect.
Besant, Annie -- Man and His Bodies -- 1896 -- A summary of invisible man from Theosophy's point of view.
Besant, Annie -- Esoteric Christianity -- 1901 -- A look at esoteric Christianity from the point of view of a leading Theosophist.
Besant, Annie -- Seven Principles of Man -- 1931 -- The sheaths of man - mortal and divine.
Blavatsky, HP -- Key to Theosophy -- 1889 -- An overview of Theosophy by its leading founder, published in 1889.
Blavatsky, HP -- The Secret Doctrine -- 1897 -- Blavatsky's massive opus magnum covering the continuity of life after death, the purpose of existence, good and evil, consciousness and substance, sexuality, karma, evolution, and human and planetary transformation.
Blavatsky, HP -- An Abridgement of The Secret Doctrine -- 1966 -- A slimmed down version of her great opus
Jinarajadasa, C, translator -- Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, 1870-1900 -- 1919 -- Writings from Eastern adepts (yogis) to Westerners (members of the Theosophical Society) in India. 19th century yogis reaching out to the West.
Judge, William Q. -- Ocean of Theosophy -- 1893 -- An overview of Theosophy by one of it's two founders, the other being Helena P. Blavatsky.
Judge, William Q. -- Bhagavad Gita -- 1890 -- One of the early translations of the Bhagavad Gita by a founding Theosophist.
Leadbeater, CW -- Astral Plane -- 1895 -- Everything you want to know about the astral plane - scenery, inhabitants, phenomena, etc.
Leadbeater, CW -- Devachanic Plane -- 1896 -- A tour of the "heaven" worlds - scenery, vitality, bliss, light, inhabitants, and beyond the heaven realms.
Leadbeater, CW -- Clairvoyance -- 1899 -- A review of clairvoyance, it's functioning, and means for development.
Leadbeater, CW -- Inner Life, Volume 1 -- 1910 -- A leading Theosophist's opus magnum on the spiritual nature of humanity.
Leadbeater, CW -- Inner Life, Volume 2 -- 1911 -- A leading Theosophist's opus magnum on the spiritual nature of humanity - continued.
Leadbeater, CW -- Chakras -- 1927 -- A classic work on chakras, including color plates based on direct observation by the author.
Powell, AE -- Etheric Double -- 1925 -- A classic work on the etheric body from a key writer in Theosophy. The first of five volumes.
Powell, AE -- Astral Body -- 1927 -- A classic work on the astral body from a key writer in Theosophy. The second of five volumes.
Powell, AE -- Mental Body -- 1927 -- A classic work on the mental realms from a key writer in Theosophy. The third of five volumes.
Powell, AE -- Causal Body and the Ego -- 1928 -- A classic work on the causal/ego realms from a key writer in Theosophy. The fourth of five volumes.
Powell, AE -- The Solar System -- 1930 -- A classic work on the progressive evolution of consciousness through the realms of material existence, to human and beyond, from a key writer in Theosophy. The fifth of five volumes.
Sinnett, AP -- The Occult World -- 1881 -- A work on the Eastern adepts, their yogic methods, and the early days of the Theosophical Society.

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