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New Thought
63 texts
A Common-Sense View of the Mind CureLaura M. Westall
A History of the New Thought MovementHoratio W. Dresser
Above Life's TurmoilJames Allen
As a Man ThinkethJames Allen
At Your CommandNeville Goddard
Awakened ImaginationNeville Goddard
Byways to BlessednessJames Allen
Character-Building Thought PowerRalph Waldo Trine
Christian Healing: The Science of BeingCharles Fillmore
Dynamic ThoughtWilliam Walker AtkinsonRead free
Feeling Is the SecretNeville Goddard
Freedom For AllNeville Goddard
Gnani Yoga: The Yoga of WisdomWilliam Walker Atkinson
God's Image in ManHenry Wood
Ideal Suggestion Through Mental PhotographyHenry Wood
In Tune with the InfiniteRalph Waldo Trine
Lessons in TruthH. Emilie Cady
Miscellaneous WritingsH. Emilie Cady
My Philosophy and My ReligionRalph Waldo Trine
Mystic ChristianityWilliam Walker Atkinson
Out from the HeartJames Allen
Out of This WorldNeville Goddard
Poise and PowerChristian D. Larson
Prayer: The Art of BelievingNeville Goddard
Raja YogaWilliam Walker Atkinson
Reincarnation and the Law of KarmaWilliam Walker Atkinson
Seedtime and HarvestNeville Goddard
Self Mastery Through Conscious AutosuggestionÉmile Coué
Studies in the Thought WorldHenry Wood
The Christ IdealHoratio W. Dresser
The Creative Process in the IndividualThomas Troward
The Doré Lectures on Mental ScienceThomas Troward
The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental ScienceThomas TrowardRead free
The Game of Life and How to Play ItFlorence Scovel Shinn
The Higher Powers of Mind and SpiritRalph Waldo Trine
The Hindu-Yogi Science of BreathWilliam Walker Atkinson
The Ideal Made RealChristian D. Larson
The Impersonal LifeJoseph S. Benner
The Inner ConsciousnessWilliam Walker Atkinson
The Law and the PromiseNeville Goddard
The Master Key SystemCharles F. Haanel
The New Thought SimplifiedHenry Wood
The Path of ProsperityJames Allen
The Pathway of RosesChristian D. Larson
The Power of AwarenessNeville Goddard
The Power of SilenceHoratio W. Dresser
The Power of the Spoken WordFlorence Scovel Shinn
The Quimby ManuscriptsPhineas Parkhurst Quimby
The Science of Being GreatWallace D. Wattles
The Science of Being WellWallace D. Wattles
The Science of Getting RichWallace D. Wattles
The SearchNeville Goddard
The Secret Door to SuccessFlorence Scovel Shinn
The Secret of SuccessWilliam Walker Atkinson
The Secret of the AgesRobert Collier
The Way of PeaceJames Allen
Thought VibrationWilliam Walker Atkinson
What All the World's A-SeekingRalph Waldo Trine
Your Faith Is Your FortuneNeville Goddard
Your Forces and How to Use ThemPrentice Mulford
Your Forces and How to Use Them (Larson)Christian D. Larson
Your Invisible PowerGenevieve Behrend
Your Word Is Your WandFlorence Scovel ShinnChristianity
48 texts
Confessions of St. AugustineSt. Augustine
Dark Night of the SoulSt. John of the Cross
Dialogues on the Supersensual LifeJacob Boehme
Fifty Spiritual HomiliesPseudo-Macarius
Hilton's Scale of Perfection and Rolle's Fire of LoveWalter Hilton and Richard Rolle
Introduction to the Devout LifeFrancis de Sales
Meister Eckhart's SermonsMeister Eckhart
MysticismEvelyn Underhill
On First Principles (De Principiis)Origen of Alexandria
On Loving GodBernard of Clairvaux
Paradise LostJohn Milton
PenséesBlaise Pascal
Revelations of Divine LoveJulian of Norwich
Selections from the Writings of KierkegaardSøren Kierkegaard
Spiritual Exercises of St. IgnatiusSt. Ignatius of Loyola
The Adornment of the Spiritual MarriageJan van Ruysbroeck
The Apocrypha (Deuterocanonical Books)Various
The BibleVarious
The BibleVarious
The Book of Enoch
The Book of JubileesAnonymous
The Cloud of UnknowingAnonymous
The Cloud Upon the SanctuaryKarl von Eckartshausen
The Conferences of John CassianJohn Cassian
The Dialogue of Catherine of SienaCatherine of Siena
The DidacheAnonymous (early Christian community)
The Divine ComedyDante Alighieri
The Forgotten Books of EdenVarious
The Greatest Thing in the WorldHenry Drummond
The Imitation of ChristThomas à Kempis
The Interior CastleSt. Teresa of Avila
The Kebra NagastAnonymous (Ethiopian)
The Kingdom of God Is Within YouLeo Tolstoy
The Life of AntonyAthanasius of Alexandria
The Little Flowers of St. FrancisVarious
The Lost Books of the BibleVarious
The Pilgrim's ProgressJohn Bunyan
The Practice of the Presence of GodBrother Lawrence
The Sayings of the Desert FathersVarious Desert Fathers
The SeptuagintVarious (translated by the Seventy, 3rd–1st century BCE)
The Sermons of Johannes TaulerJohannes Tauler
The Shepherd of HermasHermas
The Signature of All ThingsJacob Boehme
The Way of a PilgrimAnonymous Russian Pilgrim
The Way of PerfectionSt. Teresa of Avila
The Writings of St. FrancisSt. Francis of Assisi
Theologia GermanicaAnonymous (Frankfurter)
Works of Dionysius the AreopagitePseudo-DionysiusAll 339 texts are in the app.
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Download on the App StoreHinduism
36 texts
Ashtavakra GitaAshtavakra (attributed)
Atharva VedaVarious Rishis
Autobiography of a YogiParamahansa Yogananda
Bhagavad GitaVyasa
Bhakti-YogaSwami Vivekananda
Brahma-KnowledgeL.D. Barnett
Crest-Jewel of WisdomShankaracharya
GitanjaliRabindranath Tagore
Hatha Yoga PradipikaSvatmarama
Hindu MysticismSurendranath Dasgupta
How to be a YogiSwami Abhedananda
Indian IdyllsVyasa (attributed)
Jnana-YogaSwami Vivekananda
Karma-YogaSwami Vivekananda
Laws of ManuManu
Mahanirvana TantraUnknown
Raja YogaSwami Vivekananda
Rig VedaVarious Rishis
Sadhana: The Realisation of LifeRabindranath Tagore
Self-Knowledge (Atma-Jnana)Swami Abhedananda
Shakuntala and Other WritingsKālidāsa
Songs of KabirKabir
Spiritual UnfoldmentSwami Abhedananda
The Dance of ShivaAnanda K. Coomaraswamy
The Devi GitaVarious
The Doctrine and Practice of YogaSwami Mukerji
The Garuda PuranaVyasa (attributed)
The Gospel of RamakrishnaSri Ramakrishna
The MahabharataVyasa
The RamayanaValmiki (attributed)
The Yoga-Vasishtha-Maharamayana of ValmikiValmiki (attrib.)
Upanishads Part IVarious
Upanishads Part IIVarious
Vedanta-Sutras Part IBadarayana
Vishnu PuranaParashara
Yoga Sutras of PatanjaliPatanjaliBuddhism
32 texts
A Buddhist BibleDwight Goddard
Awakening of FaithAsvaghosha
Buddhism in TranslationsHenry Clarke Warren
Buddhist Mahāyāna TextsVarious (Asvaghosha; tr. Cowell, Max Müller, Takakusu)
Buddhist PsalmsShinran Shōnin
Buddhist SuttasVarious
DhammapadaVarious
Dialogues of the Buddha Part IVarious
Digha Nikaya (Long Discourses)Various
Essays in Zen BuddhismD.T. Suzuki
Gleanings in Buddha-FieldsLafcadio Hearn
Jataka TalesVarious
Lotus SutraVarious
Manual of Zen BuddhismD.T. Suzuki
Mysticism, Christian and BuddhistD.T. Suzuki
Psalms of the SistersVarious Bhikkhunis
Sutta NipataVarious
The Bodhicaryāvatāra (The Path of Light)Shantideva
The Book of TeaKakuzo Okakura
The Buddhist CatechismHenry Steel Olcott
The Diamond SutraAttributed to the Buddha
The Gateless GateMumon
The Gospel of BuddhaPaul Carus
The Heart SutraAttributed to the Buddha
The Questions of King MilindaAnonymous
The Religion of the SamuraiKaiten Nukariya
The UdanaAttributed to the Buddha
The Way to NirvanaLouis de la Vallée Poussin
Vinaya Texts, Part IVarious (Pāli canon)
Vinaya Texts, Part IIVarious (Pāli canon)
Vinaya Texts, Part IIIVarious (Pāli canon)
Zen for AmericansSōen ShakuClassical
30 texts
Apology of SocratesPlato
EthicsBaruch Spinoza
GorgiasPlato
Iamblichus' Life of PythagorasIamblichus
MenoPlato
Nicomachean EthicsAristotle
On the Nature of ThingsLucretius
ParmenidesPlato
PhaedoPlato
PhaedrusPlato
Plutarch's LivesPlutarch
Plutarch's Theosophical EssaysPlutarch
SophistPlato
StatesmanPlato
The Consolation of PhilosophyBoethius
The EnneadsPlotinus
The Golden Verses of PythagorasPythagoras
The Homeric HymnsHomer (attributed)
The Hymns of OrpheusOrpheus
The IliadHomer
The OdysseyHomer
The RepublicPlato
The Sibylline OraclesVarious
The SymposiumPlato
The World as Will and IdeaArthur Schopenhauer
TheaetetusPlato
TheogonyHesiod
Thus Spake ZarathustraFriedrich Nietzsche
TimaeusPlato
Works and DaysHesiodGnosticism
14 texts
Fragments of a Faith ForgottenG.R.S. Mead
Gospel of JudasUnknown
Gospel of MaryUnknown
Gospel of PhilipUnknownRead free
Gospel of ThomasUnknown
Gospel of TruthAttributed to Valentinus
On the Origin of the WorldUnknown
Pistis SophiaUnknown
The Gnostics and Their RemainsCharles William King
The Hymn of JesusUnknown
The Sayings Gospel QUnknown
The Secret Book of JohnUnknown
The Sophia of Jesus ChristUnknown
Thunder, Perfect MindUnknownIslam
13 texts
Bird ParliamentFarid ud-Din Attar
Kashf al-Mahjub: The Revelation of the VeiledAli ibn Uthman al-Hujwiri
Masnavi of RumiJalaluddin Rumi
Mishkat Al-AnwarAl-Ghazzali
Poems from the Divan of HafizHafiz
The Alchemy of HappinessAl-Ghazzali
The Bustan of SadiSadi
The Enclosed Garden of the TruthHakim Sanai
The Gulistan (Rose Garden)Sa’di of Shiraz
The Mystics of IslamReynold A. Nicholson
The QuranVarious
The Secret Rose GardenShabistari
The Secrets of the SelfMuhammad IqbalEgyptian
10 texts
Egyptian Book of the DeadVarious
Egyptian Ideas of the Future LifeE.A. Wallis Budge
Egyptian MagicE.A. Wallis Budge
Egyptian Myth and LegendDonald A. Mackenzie
Egyptian Mythology and Egyptian ChristianitySamuel Sharpe
Legends of the Gods: The Egyptian TextsVarious (Egyptian); Plutarch
The Burden of IsisJames Teackle Dennis
The Pyramid TextsVarious Pharaohs
The Wisdom of Ptah-HotepPtah-Hotep
Tutankhamen: Amenism, Atenism and Egyptian MonotheismE.A. Wallis BudgeTheosophy
10 texts
An Outline of Occult ScienceRudolf Steiner
ClairvoyanceC.W. Leadbeater
Esoteric Christianity, or the Lesser MysteriesAnnie Besant
Isis UnveiledH.P. Blavatsky
Light on the PathMabel Collins
The Astral Plane: Its Scenery, Inhabitants, and PhenomenaCharles W. Leadbeater
The Book of DzyanH. P. Blavatsky (compiler/translator)
The Inner LifeCharles W. Leadbeater
The Secret DoctrineH. P. Blavatsky
Theosophy: An Introduction to the Supersensible KnowledgeRudolf SteinerStoicism
9 texts
Discourses of EpictetusEpictetus
MeditationsMarcus Aurelius
Moral Letters to LuciliusLucius Annaeus Seneca
On BenefitsLucius Annaeus Seneca
On Duties (De Officiis)Marcus Tullius Cicero
On Friendship and Scipio's DreamMarcus Tullius Cicero
On Old AgeMarcus Tullius Cicero
The Dialogues of SenecaLucius Annaeus Seneca
The EnchiridionEpictetusTaoism
8 texts
Confucianism
7 texts
Esoteric
7 texts
Comte de GabalisAbbé N. de Montfaucon de Villars
Cosmic ConsciousnessRichard Maurice Bucke
Knowledge of the Higher WorldsRudolf Steiner
Morals and DogmaAlbert Pike
Tertium Organum: The Third Canon of ThoughtP. D. Ouspensky
The Chaldaean Oracles of ZoroasterAnonymous
The Secret Teachings of All AgesManly P. HallJudaism
7 texts
Mysticism
7 texts
Civilisation: Its Cause and CureEdward Carpenter
Creative EvolutionHenri Bergson
Leaves of GrassWalt Whitman
Practical MysticismEvelyn Underhill
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, and the SongsWilliam Blake
The Prophet, with The Madman and The ForerunnerKahlil Gibran
The Varieties of Religious ExperienceWilliam JamesHermeticism
6 texts
Ancient Near East
3 texts
Sufism
3 texts
Transcendentalism
3 texts
Astrology
2 texts
Native American
2 texts
Pacific
2 texts
Rosicrucianism
2 texts
Shinto
2 texts
Swedenborg
2 texts
African
1 texts
Alchemy
1 texts
Jainism
1 texts
Latter-day Saints
1 texts
Mesoamerican
1 texts
Mythology
1 texts
Paganism
1 texts
Sikhism
1 texts
Tibetan Buddhism
1 texts
Western Mysteries
1 texts
Zoroastrianism
1 texts
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