Religion/Spirituality

The American Missionary — Volume 42, No. 03, March, 1888

Various

The American Missionary, Volume 42, No. 03, March 1888, is a periodical issued by the American Missionary…

The Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 4 (1794-1796): The Age of Reason

Thomas Paine

The fourth volume of Thomas Paine’s collected writings presents the second part of his controversial work The…

Ingersollia Gems of Thought from the Lectures, Speeches, and Conversations of Col. Robert G. Ingersoll, Representative of His Opinions and Beliefs

Robert Green Ingersoll

The volume presents a curated selection of the opinions and beliefs of Colonel Robert G.

The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites

Dudley Wright

The work is a scholarly examination of the Eleusinian Mysteries, presented as the first English‑language…

Bible Atlas: A Manual of Biblical Geography and History

Jesse Lyman Hurlbut

This work is a scholarly guide that pairs biblical narrative with the physical terrain from which those…

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 06 of 12)

James George Frazer

The work is a scholarly survey of myth, ritual and belief, beginning with an extended meditation on the…

The Catholic World, Vol. 11, April, 1870 to September, 1870

Various

The Catholic World, Vol. 11 (April – September 1870) is a periodical collection that presents a sustained…

The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyam

The volume presents the Sufi‑inspired verses of Omar Khayyam, a Persian polymath whose life is sketched in a…

Sumerian Hymns from Cuneiform Texts in the British Museum

The work is a scholarly monograph that presents a careful transliteration, translation, and commentary on…

The Magic and Science of Jewels and Stones

Isidore Kozminsky

The book presents itself as a scholarly synthesis of modern mineral science and the ancient occult traditions…

Miscellanies

Ralph Waldo Emerson

This volume brings together a varied collection of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s public speeches, addresses, and…

Church History, Volume 1 (of 3)

J. H. Kurtz

This work is a scholarly textbook of church history, originally issued in German in 1849 and now offered in…

Journal 02, 1850-September 15, 1851 The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume 08 (of 20)

Henry David Thoreau

This volume gathers the entries Henry David Thoreau kept between September 1850 and September 1851, the…

Superstition in all ages

Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'

The work is a polemical treatise by the 18th‑century French curate Jean Meslier, presented as his “Testament”…

The New Jerusalem

G. K. Chesterton

The New Jerusalem is a sprawling, notebook‑style essay in which G. K.

The Destiny of the Soul: A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life

William Rounseville Alger

William Rounseville Alger’s The Destiny of the Soul offers a sweeping, scholarly survey of how Christian…

The Kingdom of God is Within You; What is Art?

Leo Tolstoy

The work is a two‑part essay collection by Leo Tolstoy, in which the first treatise develops his…

An Outline of Occult Science

Rudolf Steiner

An Outline of Occult Science is a philosophical treatise that seeks to demonstrate, despite contemporary…

Ten Years' Captivity in the Mahdi's Camp 1882-1892

Ohrwalder, Josef; Wingate, F. R. (Francis Reginald), Sir

The work is a first‑hand account of Father Josef Ohrwalder’s ten‑year imprisonment among the followers of the…

Selections from the writings of ‘Abdu'l-Bahá

ʻAbdu'l-Bahá

This volume is a collection of letters, responses, and discourses penned by ʻAbdu'l‑Bahá, the central figure…

Seekers after God

F. W. Farrar

The work is a scholarly biography of the Roman philosopher‑statesman Seneca, written by F. W. Farrar.

John G. Paton, missionary to the New Hebrides, volume 1 (of 3): An autobiography edited by his brother

John Gibson Paton

John G. Paton’s “Missionary to the New Hebrides” is an autobiographical account of a 19th‑century Scottish…

The Christ: A Critical Review and Analysis of the Evidences of His Existence

John E. Remsburg

The work is a polemical study that treats the New‑Testament figure of Christ as a myth rather than a…

The Soul of the Indian: An Interpretation

Charles A. Eastman

Charles A. Eastman’s The Soul of the Indian offers a personal, ethnographic portrait of pre‑contact Native…