Bibliography of World Religions

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Bibliography of World Religions, created by friend of BatGap James Young for an Honors course at Weber State University

Hinduism

  • Vivekananda. S. Raja Yoga. Ramakrishna Vivekananda Center. l956.
  • Blavatsky, H. P.  The Secret Doctrine.  Theosophical Publishing House.
  • Blavatsky. H. P. The Key to Theosophy. Theosophical Un. Press. 1987.
  • Feuerstein. G. Textbook of Yoga. Rider and Company. l975.
  • Feuerstein, George.  Yoga: The Technology of Ecstasy.  Los Angeles.  Jeremy P. Tarcher. Inc.          1989.
  • Gopi Krishna. Kundalini—The Evolutionary Energy in Man. Shambhala. 1971.
  • Isherwood. C. Ramakrishna and His Disciples. Simon & Schuster. 1975.
  • Isherwood, Christopher, Vedanta for the Western World. The Marcel Rodd Co. l946.
  • Phillips, S. H. Aurobindo’s Philosophy of Brahman. E. J. Brill. 1986.
  • Radhakrishnan, S., & C. Moore. A Source Book in Indian Philosophy. Princeton University Press. 1957.
  • Sri Aurobindo. The Life Divine, Vols. 18 & 19 in The Collected Works. Pondicherry, India: Sri Aurobindo Ashram.
  • Yogananda, P. Autobiography of a Yogi. Self-Realization Fellowship. 1985.
  • Woodroffe, J. The Serpent Power. Ganesh. 1972.
  • Zimmer, H. Philosophies of India. Princeton University Press. 1969.
  • Eliade, Mircea, Yoga: Immortality and Freedom. Bollinger Series. Pantheon Books, Inc. 1938.
  • Hume, Robert Ernest. The Thirteen Principal Upanishads. London: Oxford University Press. 1934.
  • Wood, Ernest, Great Systems of Yoga. Philosophical Library, Inc.1954.
  • Bahm, Archie.  Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.  New Delhi.  Heinemann Publishers.  1978.
  • Bailey, Alice.  Light of the South (Yoga Sutras of Patanjali).  New York.  Lucis Press.
  • Avalon, A.  The Serpent Power: The Secrets of Tantric and Shakti Yoga.  New York.  Dover.         1974.
  • Wood, Ernest.  The Dancing Shiva.  Madras.  Ganesh Pub.
  • Godman, David.  The Teachings of Sri Ramana.  Boston.  Ankana Paperbacks
  • Hittleman’s, Richard.  Guide to Yoga Meditation.  New York.  Bantam.  1974.
  • Krishnamurti, J.  Think on These Things.  New York.  Harper & Row.  1964.
  • Krishna, Gopi.  Kundalini: The Evolutionary Energy in Man.  London.  Robinson & Watkins. 1971
  • Maharishi Yogi, Maharishi.  The Science of Being and the Art of Living: Transcendental Meditation.  New York.  Signet.  1988.
  • Muller, Max.  Six Systems of Indian Philosophy.  London.  1899.
  • Rama, Swami.  Lectures on Yoga.  Himalayan Int. Institute.  1979.
  • Satprem.  Sri Aurobindo on the Adventure of Consciousness.  New York.  Harper & Row
  • Sivananda, Swami.  The Science of Pranayama.  Divine Life Society.
  •  Spiegelberg, F.  Spiritual Practices of India.  San Francisco.  Greenwood Press.
  •  Woods, James.  The Yoga System of Patanjali.  Cambridge.  Harvard Press.  1927.

Buddhism

  • General

    • Hesse, Hermann. Siddhartha. New York: New Directions. 1951.
    • Humphreys, Christmas. England: Penguin Books.
    • Conze, Edward. Buddhism: Its Essence and Development. Harper-Collins. 1959.
    • Ross, Nancy Wilson. Buddhism: A Way of Life and Thought. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1980.
    • Goldstein, Joseph. Seeking the Heart of Wisdom: The Path of Insight Meditation.  Shambhala Pub.  1987.
    • Goleman, Daniel. The Varieties of the Meditative Experience.  New York.  P. Dutton.  1977.
    • Hanh, Thich Nhat. The Miracle of Mindfulness.    Beacon Press.  1976.
    • Kornfield, Jack. Living Buddhist Masters.  Santa, CA.  Units Press.
    • Levine, Stephen. A Gradual Awakening.  New York.    1979.
    • Warren, Henry Clark. Buddhism in Translations.  New York.    1976.
    • Buddhism in Translations.  New York.    1976.

  • Zen Buddhism in Japan and China

    • R. H. Zen and Zen Classics. Vol 1-5. Hokuseido Press. l970.
    • Ross, Nancy Wilson. Three Ways of Asian Wisdom.  Simon and Schuster. l966
    • Ross, Nancy Wilson. Three Ways of Asian Wisdom. Simon and Schuster. 1966.
    • Linssen, Robert. Living Zen. Grove Press, l960.
    • Linssen, Robert. Zen: The Art of Life. Pyramid. l969.
    • Suzuki, D. T. Studies in Zen. Dell Publishing. l955.
    • Merton, Thomas. Mystics and Zen Masters. Delta Books. l969.
    • Watts, Alan. The Way of Zen. Vintage Books. l957.
    • Watts, Alan. The Spirit of Zen.  Wisdom of the East Series.
    • Koestler, A. The Lotus and the Robot. Hutchinson. 1960.
    • Kornfield, J. Intensive insight meditation: A phenomenological study. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, II:41-58.
    • Suzuki, D. T. Zen and Japanese Culture. Princeton University Press. 1965.
    • Suzuki, D. T. The Training of Zen Buddhist Monks. University Books. 1965.
    • Ross, Nancy Wilson. The World of Zen. Vintage Books. 1960.
    • Kapleau, Philip, The Three Pillars of Zen. New York: Harper & Row. 1966.
    • Blofeld, John.  The Zen Teaching of Huang Po on the Transmission of Mind.  New York.           Press.  1958.
    • Durckheim, Karlfried Graf. The Way of Transformation.  Daily Life as Spiritual Exercise. London.  Unwin Paperbacks.
    • Durckhem, Karlfried Graf. Zen and US.  New York.  Penguin Books.
    • Von Durckeim, Karlfried Graf. Hana: Vital Center of Man.    1964.
    • Matthiessen, Peter. Nine-Headed Dragon River.    Shambhala Pub.
    • Mountain, Mariah. The Zen Environment.  The Impact of Zen Meditation.  New York.  Bantam Books.
    • Van de Wetering, Janwillem. The Empty Mirror: Experiences in a Japanese Zen Monastery.    Houghton Mifflin Co.  1975.

  • Tibetan Buddhism

    • Blofield, John. Gateway to Wisdom. Shambhala. l980.
    • Trungpa, C. Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism. Shambhala. l973.
    • David-Neel, A. Magic and Mystery in Tibet. University Books. 1956.
    • David-Neal, Alexandra.  Initiations and Initiates in Tibet.  New York.    1993
    • Govinda, Lama. The Way of the White Clouds. Hutchinson. 1966.
    • Evans-Wentz, W.Y. Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrine.  New York.  Oxford Un Press.
    • Evans-Wentz, W. Y., The Tibetan Book of the Dead. London: Oxford University Press. 1951.
    • Evans-Wentz, W. Y. The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation. London: Oxford University Press. 1954.
    • Anderson, Walt. Open Secrets: A Western Guide to Tibetan Buddhism. Viking. 1979.
    • Blofeld, John.  Tantra Mysticism of Tibet.  New York.    1970.
    • Bernbaum, Edwin. The Way to Shambhala: A Search for the Mythical Kingdom Beyond the   Himalayas.  New York.    1980.
    • Lama, The Dalai. Freedom in Exile: An Autobiography.  San Francisco.  Harper San Francisco.
    • Lama, The Dalai. Sleeping, Dreaming and Dying.    Wisdom Pub.  1997.
    • Govinda, Lama. Foundations of Tibetan Buddhism.    Samuel Weiser Co.  1974.
    • Govinda, Lama. Foundations of Tibetan Buddhism.  Weiser.  1974.
    • Trungpa, Chogyam. Shambhala: The Scared Path of the Warrior.    Shambhala Pub.
    • Trungpa, Chogyam. Cutting Through Spirited Materialism.    Shambhala.  1973.
    • Rinpoche, Sogyal. The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying.  Harper Collins.  1992

Taoism

  • Blofeld, J. The Secret and Sublime. Dutton. 1973.
  • Blofeld, J. Taoism: The Quest for Immortality. Unwin. 1979.
  • Jung, Carl G., and Wilhelm, Richard, The Secret of the Golden Flower. New York: Harcourt Brace & Company. 1938.
  • Blofeld, John. Gateway to Wisdom: Taoist and Buddhist Contemplative, and Healing Yogas. Shambhala. 1980.
  • Blofeld, John. Taoism: The Quest for Immortality.    Unwin Paperbacks.  1979.
  • Blofeld, John. Beyond the Gods.
  • Cleary, Thomas. The Secret of the Golden Flower.  New York.  Harper Collins.
  • Dau, Pens Ming. The Wandering Taoist.  New York.  Harper & Row.  1989
  • Fung, Yu-Lan. Chuang Tzu.  New York.  Paragon Books.
  • Tzu, Lao. Translated by D.C. Lai. Tao T. Ching.  Penguin Classics.  Harmonds Worth.

Judaism

  • Armstrong, Karen. A History of God. New York: Ballantine Books. 1993.
  • Potok, Chaim. The Promise. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1967.
  • Potok, Chaim. The Wanderings.

Islam

  • Corbin, H. The Man of Light in Iranian Sufism. Shambhala. 1978.
  • Schuon, F. Understanding Islam. Harcourt Brace. 1972.
  • Dawood, N. J. The Koran. Baltimore: Penguin. 1991.
  • Shah, Idries. The Way of the Sufi. New York: E. P. Dutton. 1969.
  • The Kabir Book: Forty-Four of the Ecstatic Poems of Kabir. Versions by Robert Bly. New York: Beacon Press. 1977.

Christianity

  • Robinson, James. The Nag Hammadi Library. Harper San Francisco. l978.
  • Peers, Allison. The Interior Castle (Saint Teresa of Avila). Image Books. l961.
  • Attwater, D. & H. Thurston, eds. Butler’s Lives of the Saints. Christian Classics. 1981.
  • Biot, R. The Enigma of the Stigmata. Hawthorn. 1962.
  • Carty, C. M. Who is Theresa Neumann? Tan Books. 1974.
  • Cranston, R. The Miracle of Lourdes. Doubleday. 1988.
  • Kavanaugh, K., trans. St Teresa of Avila. Book of Her Life. Institute of Carmelite Studies. 1976.]
  • Lewis, C. S. Macmillan. 1970.
  • Saint John of the Cross. The Complete Works of John of the Cross. Vols. 1-3. P. Silverio de Santa Teresa & E. A. Peers. Newman Press.
  • Swedenborg, E. Heaven & Hell. Swedenborg Foundation. 1960.
  • Swedenborg, E. The Spiritual Diary. Vols. 1-5. Swedenborg Society. 1962.
  • Saint Teresa of Avila. The Collected Works. Trans. K Kavanaugh. Institute of Carmelite Studies.
  • Saint Teresa of Avila. The Interior Castle. Translated and edited by E. Allison Peers. Image Books. 1961.
  • Teilhard de Chardin. The Phenomenon of Man. Harper. 1959.
  • Toynbee, Arnold. Christianity Among the Religions of the World. Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1957.
  • Pagels, Elaine. The Gnostic Gospels. Random House. 1988.
  • Singer, June. A Gnostic Book of Hours: Keys to Inner Wisdom. Harper San Francisco. 1992.
  • Singer, June. Seeing Through the Visible World: Jung, Gnosis, and Chaos. Harper San Francisco. 1991.
  • Robinson, James M. ed. The Nag Hammadi Library in English. New York: Harper and Row. 1977.
  • Kung, Hans. Interpretation of Jesus, His Life and Message. Doubleday. 1984.
  • Schweitzer, Albert. The Quest for the Historical Jesus. New York: Macmillan. 1964.
  • Fox, Matthew. Meditations with Meister Eckhart. Bear & Co. l983.
  • The Letters of Abelard and Heloise. Translated by Betty Radice. New York: Penguin Classics. 1974.
  • Meditations with Hildegard of Bingen. Versions by Gabriele Uhlein. Sanat Fe: Bear & Co. 1983.
  • Meditations with Julian of Norwich. Edited by Brendal Doyle. Santa Fe: Bear & Co. l983.
  • Needleman, Jacob. Lost Christianity. New York: Element Books, 1993.
  • Green, Julien. God’s Fool: The Life and Times of Frances of Assisi. San Francisco.  Harper &            1987.
  • Kazantzakis, Nikos. The Last Temptation of Christ. New York.  Simon & Schuster.
  • Merton, Thomas. The Wisdom of the Desert. New York.  New Direction.

The New Physics and Religion

  • Talbot, Michael. The Holographic Universe. Harper Perennial. l991.
  • LeShan, L. The Medium, the Mystic, and the Physicist.
  • Bohm, David. Wholeness and the Implicate Order.    Ark.  1988.
  • Capra, Fritjof. The Tao of Physics.  Berkley: Shambala.
  • Zukav, Gary. The Dancing Wu Li Masters: an Overview of the New Physics.  New York. Bantam. 1979.
  • Talbot, Michael. Mysticism and the New Physics.

Mind/Body Works, Healing, and Religions

  • Kabat-Zinn, Jon. Wherever You Go There You Are. Hyperion, l994.
  • Chopra, Deepak. Quantum Healing: Exploring the Frontiers of Mind/Body Medicine.  Bantam Books, l990.
  • Murphy, Michael. The Future of the Body: Explorations Into The Further Evolution of Human Nature.
  • Brooks, C. V. Sensory Awareness. Viking. 1974
  • Brown, D. “The Stages of Mindfulness Meditation” in K. Wilber, J. Engler, & D. Brown (eds.), Transformations of Consciousness. Shambhala, New Science Library. 1986.
  • Green, C. Out of the Body Experiences. Ballantine. 1968.
  • Jackson, I. Yoga and the Athlete. World Publication. 1975.
  • Langley, S. P. The fire-walk ceremony in Tahiti. Nature, (May)). 1901.
  • Laski, M. Tarcher. 1990
  • Lorimer, D. Survival? Body, Mind & Death in the Light of Psychic Experience. Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1984.
  • Mead, G. R. S. The Doctrine of the Subtle Body in Western Tradition. Theosophical Publishing House, Quest Book. 1967.
  • Morse, M. & P. Jerry. Closer to the Light: Learning from the Near-Death Experiences of Children. Ivy Books (Ballantine). 1990.
  • Grof, C. Full Catastrophe-living: Using the Wisdom of your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness. Delacorte. 1990.
  • F. The Inward Arc: Healing and Wholeness in Psychotherapy and Spirituality. Shambhala. 1986.
  • Moody, R. The Light Beyond. Bantam. 1988.
  • Thondup, Tulku. The Healing Power of Mind.   Shambhala.  1996.
  • Moyers, Bill. Healing and the Mind.   1993.
  • Kabat-Zinn, Jon. Wherever You Go There You Are.  Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life.  New York.    1994.
  • Levine, Stephen. Who Dies? An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying. New York.    1982

Psychology and Religions

  • Tart, Charles. Transpersonal Psychologies. Harper & Row. l975.
  • Coles, Robert. The Spiritual Life of Children. Houghton Mifflin. l990.
  • Moore, Thomas. The Care of the Soul. Harper Collins. l992.
  • Grof, S. Realms of the Human Unconscious. Viking. 1975.
  • Hillman, J. Revisioning Psychology. Harper Colophon. 1975.
  • James, W. The Varieties of Religious Experience. Random House. 1902.
  • Jung, C. G. Memories, Dreams, and Reflections. R. & C. Winston. Pantheon. 1961.
  • Jung, C. G. Modern Man in Search of a Soul. New York: Harcourt Brace & Co. 1933.
  • Maslow, A. Religions, Values and Peak-Experiences. Ohio State University Press. 1964.
  • Tart, C. T. Transpersonal Psychologies. Harper& Row. 1975.
  • Tart, C. T. “Mindfulness, spiritual seeking, and psychotherapy. The Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 23:29-52. 1991.
  • Van Dusen, W. The Natural Depth in Man. Harper & Row. 1972.
  • Walsh, R. N. “Meditation research: An introduction and review. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, II:161-74.
  • Maslow, A. The Farther Reaches of Human Nature. Viking. 1971.
  • Wulff, D. Psychology of Religion: Classic and Contemporary Views. John Wiley Pub. 1991.
  • Benoit, Hubert. The Supreme Doctrine: Psychological Studies in Zen Thought. Pantheon Books, Inc. 1955.
  • Fromm, Erich, Suzuki, D. T., and Martino, Richard de. Zen Buddhism and Psychoanalysis. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1960.
  • Breaux, Charles. Journey into Consciousness: The Chakras, Tantra & Jungian Psychology.  Nicolas-Hays Inc.  1989.
  • Jung, Carl. Psychology and the East. Princeton, NJ.  Princeton on Press.

Martial Arts and Religions

  • Chow, D. Kung Fu: Philosophy and Technique. 1977.
  • Kiew Kit, Wong. The Art of Chi Kung.   Element Books.  1993.
  • Koichi, Tohei. Aikido in Daily Life.    1966.
  • Westbrook, A. Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere.    Charles Tuttle.

Art and Religion

  • Herrigel, E. Zen in the Art of Archery. Vintage Books (Random House). 1971.
  • Levy, Mark. Technicians of Ecstasy: Shamanism and the Modern Artist. Bramble Books. 1993.
  • Franck, Frederick. The Zen of Seeing and The Awakened Eye. Vintage Books (Random House). 1979.
  • Blyth, R. H. Haiku (in 4 volumes). Tokyo, Hokuseido Press, 1950.
  • Blyth, R. H. Zen in English Literature and Oriental Classics. Tokyo: Hokuseido Press, 1942.
  • Zimmer, Heinrich. The Art of Indian Asia. Bollingen Series. Pantheon Books. 1955.

Mythology and Religion

  • Larsen, Stephen. The Mythic Imagination. Bantam Books. l990
  • Campbell, Joseph. The Masks of God. (4 volumes) New York: Viking Press. 1962.
  • Campbell, Joseph.  The Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Metaphor as Myth and Religion.  New   Harper & Row.  1986.

Native Religions

  • Eliade, M. Shamanism. Princeton University Press, Bollingen Series. 1964.
  • Eliade, M.  Shamanism: Archaic Technique of Ecstasy.    Routledge & Kegah.  1970.
  • Neihardt, J. Black Elk Speaks. Pocket Books, Simon & Schuster. 1972.
  • Castaneda, Carlo. Tales of Power. New York: Simon and Schuster, l974.
  • Castaneda, Carlos. Journey to Ixtlan. New York: Simon and Schuster, Inc., 1972.
  • Castaneda, Carlos. The Teachings of Don Juan.  New York.  Simon Schuster.
  • Piggott, Stuart. The Druids. London: Penguin. 1979.
  • Nance, John. The Gentle Tasaday. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1975.
  • Sutton. Dreaming, the Art of Aboriginal Australia.  New York.  George Braziller Pub.  1988

General Philosophy and Religion

  • Huxley, A. The Perennial Philosophy. Harper Colophon Books. 1970.
  • Johnson, R. Watcher on the Hills: A Study of Some Mystical Experiences of Ordinary People. Harper. 1959.
  • Otto, R. Mysticism East & West. Macmillan. 960.
  • Podmore, F. From Mesmer to Christian Science. University Books. 1963.
  • Rahner, K. Experiencing the Spirit: Source of Theology. In Theological Investigations. Vol. 16. Seabury Press.
  • Robinson, E. The Original Vision: A Study of the Religious Experience of Childhood. Religious Experience Research Unit, Oxford University.
  • Satya Prakash Singh, Sri Aurobindo and Whitehead on the Nature of God. Vigyan Prakashan. 1972.
  • Underhill, E. Mysticism. Dutton. 1961.
  • Metzner, R. Opening to Inner Light. 1986.
  • Smith, H. The World’s Religions. Harper. 1991.
  • Smith, H. Beyond the Postmodern Mind. Quest. 1939.
  • Stace, W. Mysticism and Philosophy. Tarcher. 1987.
  • Welwood, J. Journey of the Heart. HarperCollins. 1990.
  • Neumann, Erich. The Great Mother: An Analysis of the Archetype. New York: Bollingen Series, Pantheon Books, Inc., 1955.
  • Tillich, Paul. The Future of Religion. Harper and Row. 1966.
  • Barrett, William. Death of the Soul: From Descartes to the Computer. New York: Doubleday Pub. 1986.
  • Thompson, William Irwin. The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light. New York: St. Martin’s Press. 1981.
  • Huxley, Aldous. The Perennial Philosophy
  • Johnson, Willard. Riding the Ox Home: A History of Meditation from Shamanism to Science. Boston.  Beacon Press.  1987
  • Moody, Raymond. Life After Life.   Bantam Books.  1988.
  • Moody, Raymond. The Light Beyond.   1989. N
  • Needleman, Jacob. The New Religions.
  • Stevens, Dr. Ian. Twenty Cases of Suggestive Reincarnation. Charlottesville, VA.  Un Press of Virginia.  1974
  • Thompson, William Irwin. Passages about Earth. New York. Harper & Row.  1974.
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