Religion/Spirituality

An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine

John Henry Newman

An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine is a scholarly treatise by Cardinal John Henry Newman,…

The gods of Mexico

Lewis Spence

Lewis Spence’s The Gods of Mexico is a scholarly survey of the religious beliefs of the ancient Nahua…

The Temptation of St. Antony; Or, A Revelation of the Soul

Gustave Flaubert

The work is a biographical‑fictional meditation on the life of Saint Antony, the Egyptian hermit of the…

The Book of Tea

Kakuzo Okakura

The Book of Tea is a cultural essay that treats the humble leaf as a gateway to philosophy, history, and…

Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula

Walter William Skeat

Walter William Skeat’s Malay Magic offers a scholarly survey of the folklore and popular religion of the…

Advice to a Young Man upon First Going to Oxford In Ten Letters, From an Uncle to His Nephew

Edward Berens

The work is a practical guide addressed to a succession of Oxford‑bound nephews, presented as a series of ten…

The Form of Perfect Living and Other Prose Treatises

Rolle, Richard, of Hampole

The volume gathers four of Richard Rolle’s prose treatises, the most prominent being The Form of Perfect…

Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles

B. F. Cocker

The work is a theological‑historical treatise that sets out to show how divine reason and innate human…

Science and the Infinite; or, Through a Window in the Blank Wall

Sydney T. Klein

Sydney T. Klein’s Science and the Infinite; or, Through a Window in the Blank Wall is a philosophical…

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 11 of 12)

James George Frazer

James George Frazer’s third‑edition volume of The Golden Bough is a scholarly survey of comparative religion,…

The journal of George Fox, vol. 2 of 2: Being an historical account of his life, travels, sufferings, and Christian experiences.

George Fox

The work is a two‑volume historical journal that records the life, travels, sufferings and Christian…

The Kybalion A Study of The Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece

Three Initiates

The work presents itself as a concise exposition of the Hermetic teachings attributed to the legendary Hermes…

"Everyman," with other interludes, including eight miracle plays

The volume gathers a selection of English mystery and miracle‑plays that once animated the streets of…

The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion

James George Frazer

The Golden Bough is a scholarly study of religion, magic and superstition that traces a single ritual, the…

The Augsburg Confession The confession of faith, which was submitted to His Imperial Majesty Charles V at the diet of Augsburg in the year 1530

Philipp Melanchthon

The Augsburg Confession, authored by Philipp Melanchthon, is a systematic statement of Lutheran doctrine…

A Retrospect

James Hudson Taylor

A Retrospect is a first‑person narrative that traces the author’s spiritual journey from childhood skepticism…

Bushido, the Soul of Japan

Inazo Nitobe

In Bushido, the Soul of Japan Inazo Nitobe offers a concise, comparative study of the samurai’s moral code,…

The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin

John Henry Newman

The work is a series of nine discourses addressed to the Catholics of Dublin in which John Henry Newman sets…

Observations upon the Prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John

Isaac Newton

The work is a learned treatise in which Isaac Newton sets out to examine the prophetic books of Daniel and…

The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations A Comparative Research Based on a Study of the Ancient Mexican Religious, Sociological, and Calendrical Systems

Zelia Nuttall

The work is an expansive scholarly treatise by Zelia Nuttall that sets out to compare the religious,…

Spiritual Torrents

Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon

Spiritual Torrents is a devotional treatise that frames the path to divine union as a series of progressive…

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus

American Anti-Slavery Society

The Anti‑Slavery Examiner, Omnibus gathers the fiery pamphlets and speeches of the American Anti‑Slavery…

Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts

Herbert Silberer

Herbert Silberer’s work is a scholarly exploration that treats the symbols of alchemy, Rosicrucian tradition,…

Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry

Albert Pike

Albert Pike’s Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry is a doctrinal manual…