Online
Books
This page lists online
copies/editions, mostly of: (1) Rosicrucian books; and
(2) titles
recommended in early magazines or other
publications of the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC as good reading matter.
The
online books linked are all hosted on other sites,
and may be of
editions different from those used by the original recommenders. The
concepts or ideas contained in these books are not necessarily in
agreement with the teachings of the Rosicrucian Order.
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Contents
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A
Rosicrucian Books / Magazine
- Andrea,
Raymund - The Mystic Way [1938]
- Dean,
Charles Dana - Liber 777:
The Cathedral of the Soul: 10th ed, 1937 [1.1 MB PDF]; 18th
ed, 1950 [1.4 MB PDF]
- Geheime
Figuren der Rosenkreuzer, aus dem 16ten und 17ten Jahrhundert (Secret
Symbols of the Rosicrucians of the 16th and 17th Centuries)
[In German.]
- Lewis,
H Spencer - Mansions of the Soul: The
Cosmic Conception
- Lewis,
H Spencer - Rosicrucian
Manual, 5th ed, 1932
- Lewis,
H Spencer - Rosicrucian Principles
for the Home and Business
- Lewis,
H Spencer - Rosicrucian
Questions and
Answers, With Complete History of the Rosicrucian Order: 2nd
ed, 1932, 4th ed, 1947, and 6th
ed, 1959
- Lewis, H Spencer -
A
Thousand Years of Yesterdays
- Rosicrucian Digest, March 1950
[36.4 MB PDF]
- Weed,
Joseph
J - A
Rosicrucian Speaks
For a
list of printed Rosicrucian books, click
here.
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B
Books recommended in the American Rosae Crucis 1916-7
a
Books recommended by Imperator H
Spencer Lewis
- Bass, John - The Light of Men: An
Interpretation
[Highly recommended.]
- Bucke, Richard Maurice
- Cosmic
Consciousness: A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind
[Highly recommended.]
- Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron - Zanoni
[For an audio version, click here.]
b Other books recommended
- Besly,
Kathleen M H - The Divine Art of Living [See review.]
- Bowers, Edwin F - Side-Stepping Ill Health
[See review.]
- Brady, Genevieve - The Human Form Divine:
or, The Highest Physical Expression by the Use of Spiritual and Mental
Forces
- Comings,
S H - Industrial and Vocational Education, Universal and
Self Sustaining [See review.]
- Coryn, Sidney G P - The Faith of Ancient
Egypt
- Crowell, Frank - Man--God's Masterpiece
[See review.]
- Dearborn, George Van Ness - The Influence of
Joy [See review.]
- Deming, Adèle Chester - Lyrics of Life
- Garver,
Will - Brother of the Third Degree
[See review.]
- Jordan, David Starr - Ways to Lasting Peace
[See
review.]
- King, Henry Churchill - Fundamental Questions
[See
review.]
- Larson, Christian D - Steps in Human Progress
[See review.]
- Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron - A
Strange Story
- Militz, Annie Rix - The Protecting Presence
[US access only. See review.]
- Paget, Fannie Ruthven - How I Know that the
Dead Are Alive [See review.]
- Simmonite, William Joseph - Horary
Astrology: The Key to Scientific Prediction, Being the Prognostic
Astronomer [US access only.]
- Steiner, Rudolf - Christianity as Mystical
Fact; and the Mysteries of Antiquity [Recommended by "I D
L"--see review.]
- Steiner,
Rudolf - The Submerged Continents
of Atlantis and Lemuria: Their History and Civilization; Being Chapters
From the Akashic Records [Recommended by "I D
L"--see review.]
- Sterns, Justin - Osru, A Tale of Many
Incarnations: The History of a Soul
- Turnbull, Coulson - The Life and Teachings
of Giordano Bruno, Poet, Philosopher, Martyr (1548-1600) [See
review.]
- Vescelius-Sheldon, Louise - The Soul of an
Organ [See review.]
- Yost, Casper S - Patience Worth: A Psychic
Mystery [See review.]
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C
Books recommended
in the Mystic Triangle 1925-9
a
Books recommended by Imperator H Spencer Lewis
- AE (George William Russell) - The Candle of
Vision
- Alington, Cyril - Elementary Christianity
- Barker, A T (ed) - The Letters of H P
Blavatsky to A P Sinnett
- Cobb, Stanwood - The Essential Mysticism
- Fillmore, Charles - Christian Healing
- French, William Leslie - The Psychology of
Handwriting [US access only.]
- Hone, William (ed) - The Apocryphal Books of
the New Testament
- Horne, Charles F (ed) - The Sacred Books and
Early Literature of the East
- Jascalevich,
Alejandro A - Three Conceptions
of Mind: Their Bearing on the Denaturalization of the Mind in History
- Joad, C E M - Introduction to Modern
Philosophy
- Klein, Sydney T - From the Watch Tower; or
Spiritual Discernment
- Larkin, Edgar L - The Matchless Altar of the
Soul
- Levi - The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the
Christ
- Lyon, William H - A Study of the Sects
- Myerson, Abraham - The Foundations of
Personality
- Norton, Thomas James - The Constitution of
the United States: Its Sources and Its Application
[The recommendation was of the 1922 edition. The book was subsequently
revised in 1940. The Internet Archive has both editions.]
- Ouspensky, P D - Tertium Organum, The Third
Canon of Thought: A Key to the Enigmas of the World
- Payot, Jules - The Education of the Will:
The Theory and Practise of Self-Culture
- Payot, Jules - Will-Power and Work
- Phillimore, Cecily Spencer-Smith - By an
Unknown Disciple
- Prince, Morton - The Unconscious: The
Fundamentals of Human Personality, Normal and Abnormal
- Straiton, E Valencia - The Celestial Ship of
the North, Volume I [581 KB PDF] [See review.]
- Tapper, Thomas - Efficiency: Its Spiritual
Source
- Trine, Ralph Waldo - This Mystical Life of
Ours
- Van der Naillen, Albert - On the Heights of
Himalay
- Van der Naillen, Albert - In the
Sanctuary: Sequel to On the Heights of Himalay
- Varendonck, J - The Evolution of the
Conscious Faculties
- Woodbridge, Frederick J E - The Realm of
Mind: An Essay in Metaphysics
For comments on a number of the
above books, see "A Talk About Books" [Oct 1928].
b Books
recommended by Grand
Master Raymund
Andrea
- Cooper-Oakley,
Isabel - The Comte de St
Germain [See article.]
- Hearn, Lafcadio - Karma [In
particular, the title story.]
- Juste,
Michael - The White Brother: An Occult Autobiography [See
article.]
- Kawaguchi,
Ekai - Three Years in Tibet
[See article.]
- Villars, Abbé N de Montfaucon de
- Comte de Gabalis [See article.]
c
Also recommended
- Hartmann,
Franz - In the Pronaos of the
Temple of Wisdom [See article.]
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D
Books recommended
in the Rosicrucian Digest
- Corelli,
Marie - The Life Everlasting: A
Reality of Romance [Also online here. See article.]
- Jefferson, Thomas - The Life and Morals of
Jesus of Nazareth (the Jefferson Bible) [Recommended by H
Spencer Lewis--see article.]
- Rilke, Rainer Maria - Auguste Rodin
[Recommended by Raymund Andrea--see article.]
- Ward, Charles A - Oracles of Nostradamus
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E
Books edited
and presented in the "Rare and Esoteric Discourses" series
The "Rare
and Esoteric Discourses" series were supplementary
studies offered by the Rosicrucian Order, AMORC, both to members and
non-members. Their object was to broaden the mind of the student
by presenting him/her with the diverse opinions of prominent writers,
thinkers, and teachers.
- Dresser, Horatio W - The Philosophy of the
Spirit [Part of this book was edited and presented in the
series "Universal Spirit"; in
particular, Chapters II-IV and pages 102-110 of Chapter V were used.]
- Eckartshausen, Karl von - The Cloud upon the
Sanctuary [Also online here. A new translation
was presented in the series
"Cloud over the Sanctuary".]
- Fiske, John - Life Everlasting
- Mead, G R S - Some Mystical Adventures
[Archive copy at archive.org.]
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F
Other Books of Interest
a
Baconian Studies
- Pott, Mrs Henry - Francis Bacon and His
Secret Society
- Spedding, James, Robert Leslie Ellis, and
Douglas Denon Heath (ed) - The Works of Francis Bacon
- Wigston, William Francis C - Bacon,
Shakespeare and the Rosicrucians
b
Biographies
- Harry, Gérard - Man's Miracle: The Story of
Helen Keller and her European Sisters
- Merejkowski, Dmitri - The Romance of
Leonardo da Vinci
- Wilcox,
Ella Wheeler - The Worlds and I
c Buddhism
- Carus, Paul - The Dharma, or The Religion of
Enlightenment: an Exposition of Buddhism
- Carus, Paul (ed) - The Gospel of Buddha
d
Fiction
- Bellamy, Edward - Looking Backward: 2000-1887
- Butler, Samuel - The Way of All Flesh
- Corelli, Marie - A Romance of Two Worlds
- Corelli, Marie - Ardath: The Story of a Dead
Self
- Ebers,
Georg - Uarda: A Romance of Ancient Egypt
- Haggard, H Rider - Wisdom's Daughter
- Mundy, Talbot - Om: The Secret of Ahbor
Valley
- Munthe, Axel - The Story of San Michele
e
Hermeticism
- Maier, Michael - Atalanta Fugiens
[Also online is a translation of Maier's epigrams by H M E de Jong (1.4 MB PDF).]
f
History
- Breasted, James Henry - A History of Egypt,
from the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest
- Wells, H G - The Outline of History, Being a
Plain History of Life and Mankind
g
Martinism
- Online Books by Louis Claude de Saint-Martin
- Waite,
Arthur Edward - The Life of Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, the Unknown
Philosopher, and the Substance of his Transcendental Doctrine
h
Philosophy
- Cushman, Herbert Ernest - A Beginner's
History of Philosophy
- Mayor, Joseph B - A Sketch of Ancient
Philosophy from Thales to Cicero
- Rogers, Arthur Kenyon - A Student's History
of Philosophy
- Russell, Bertrand - History of Western
Philosophy
i
Poetry
- Gibran, Kahlil - The Prophet [For
an audio version, click here.]
- Nicholson, D H S and A H E Lee (ed) - The
Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse
- Whitman, Walt - Leaves of Grass
- Wilcox, Ella Wheeler - Poems of Power
- Wilcox, Ella Wheeler - Poetical Works of
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
j
Various
- à Kempis, Thomas - The Imitation of Christ
- Agni
Yoga books
- Bibb, Benjamin O and Joseph J Weed - Amazing
Secrets of Psychic Healing
- Bragdon, Claude - A Primer of Higher Space
(The Fourth Dimension)
- Budge,
E A Wallis (transl) - The Egyptian
Book of the Dead
- Flammarion, Camille - The Unknown
- Hartmann, Franz - With the Adepts: An
Adventure Among the Rosicrucians
- Hubbard, Elbert - Little Journeys to the
Homes of the Great
- Hubbard, Elbert - A Message to Garcia
- Hubbard, Elbert - Scrap Book
- James, William - The Principles of Psychology
- Jayne, Walter Addison - The Healing Gods of
Ancient Civilizations
- Johnson, Samuel - Oriental Religions and
their Relation to Universal Religion
- Kalisch, Isidor (transl) - Sepher Yezirah
[1877]
- Phylos the Thibetan (Frederick S Oliver) - A
Dweller on Two Planets: or, The Dividing of the Way
- Ramacharaka, Yogi - The Hindu-Yogi Science
of Breath [Also online here.]
- Reynolds, Joseph William - The Mystery of
Miracles: A Scientific and Philosophical Investigation
- Roerich,
Nicholas - Altai-Himalaya; Flame in Chalice; Heart of Asia; Realm of
Light; Shambhala; and other books
- Three Initiates - The Kybalion
- Unto
Thee I Grant the Economy of Life
[Some editions of this book were published under the title, The Economy of Human Life.]
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"Read
not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor
to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are
to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and
digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to
be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with
diligence and attention."
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Francis Bacon
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