Recommended Reading List
The following book list is from one I provide students for a class series I have taught in the past on The Science of Metaphysical and Oriental Philosophy. The list is arranged not alphabetically, but in a suggested reading order.
1. “The Kybalion” by Three Initiates
2. “Fourteen Lessons in Yogi Philosophy” by Yogi Ramacharaka
3. “Advanced Lessons in Yogi Philosophy” by Yogi Ramacharaka
4. “Science Of Breath,” by Yogi Ramacharaka
5. “A Brief History of Time” by Stephen W. Hawking
6. “Hands Of Light, A Guide to Healing Through the Human Energy Field” by Barbara Ann Brennan
7. “Light Emerging: The Experience of Healing Through The Human Energy Field” by Barbara Ann Brennan
8. “The Astral Body, And Other Astral Phenomena” by Arthur E. Powell
9. “The Chakras” by C. W. Leadbeater
10. “The Aura” by Geoffrey Hodson
11. “The Devachanic Plane” by C. W. Leadbeater
12. “Clairvoyance” by C. W. Leadbeater
13. “The Etheric Double” by A. E. Powell
14. “Thought Power” by Annie Besant
15. “Karma” by Annie Besant
16. “Dharma” by Annie Besant
17. “Reincarnation” by Annie Besant
18. “The Mental Body” by Arthur E. Powell
19. “The Seven Principles of Man” by Annie Besant
20. “A Study in Consciousness” by Annie Besant
21. “A Study in Karma” by Annie Besant
22. “Thought Forms” by Annie Besant
23. “Fairy Kingdom” by Geoffrey Hodson
24. “Way of the Shaman” by Michael Horner
25. “The Stanzas of Dyzan” by H. P. Blavatsky
26. “The Voice of the Silence” by H. P. Blavatsky
27. “Death and After” by Annie Besant
28. “Clairvoyant Investigations” by Geoffrey Hodson
29. “The Kingdom of the Gods” by Geoffrey Hodson
30. “The Personal Aura” by Dora van Gelder Kunz
31. “The Real World of Fairies: A First-Person Account” by Dora van Gelder Kunz
32. “Spiritual Healing” by Dora van Gelder Kunz
33. “The Chakras and the Human Energy Fields” by Dora van Gelder Kunz
34. “Invisible Helpers” by C. W. Leadbeater
35. “The Life after Death” by C. W. Leadbeater
36. “Man, Visible and Invisible” by C. W. Leadbeater “
37. “The Secret Doctrine” by H. P. Blavatsky
38. “Theosophical Glossary” by H. P. Blavatsky
39. “The Monad” by C. W. Leadbeater
40. “Thought Forms” by C. W. Leadbeater
41. “The Key to Theosophy” by H. P. Blavatsky
42. “The Etheric Body of Man” by Phoebe and Laurence Bendit
43. “The Causal Body and the Ego” by Arthur E. Powell
44. “Isis Unveiled” by H. P. Blavatsky
45. “Mystic Christianity” by Yogi Ramacharaka
46. “Science Set Free: 10 Paths to New Discovery” By Rupert Sheldrake
47. “The Art of War” by Sun Tzu
I prefer the translation by Thomas Cleary
i am a fledgling trying to get my wings in the fields of metaphysics and the occult – thank you for having this site open so that i may learn – i also appreciate the reading list, i have found one book on there that i own, so maybe i’m on the correct path – i am amazed at all there is to know!!!!!!