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1663 primary texts, translations and works of scholarship, each with a short guide to what it covers and who it is for.

Against HeresiesIrenaeus of Lyon Against HeresiesIrenaeus of Lyon The AlexiadAnna Komnene The AlexiadAnna Komnene Apophasis and Pseudonymity in Dionysius the AreopagiteCharles M. Stang Apophasis and Pseudonymity in Dionysius the AreopagiteCharles M. Stang Aurora (Morgenröte im Aufgang)Jacob Boehme Aurora (Morgenröte im Aufgang)Jacob Boehme BoehmeAndrew Weeks BoehmeAndrew Weeks Cover of The Cathars The CatharsMalcolm Lambert Christian Dualist Heresies in the Byzantine World, c. 650–c. 1450Janet Hamilton Christian Dualist Heresies in the Byzantine World, c. 650–c. 1450Janet Hamilton & Bernard Hamilton Cover of The Cloud of Unknowing The Cloud of UnknowingAnonymous Commentary on the Gospel of JohnOrigen Commentary on the Gospel of JohnOrigen Corpus DionysiacumBeate Regina Suchla Corpus DionysiacumBeate Regina Suchla, Günter Heil & Adolf Martin Ritter (eds.) The Corruption of AngelsMark Gregory Pegg The Corruption of AngelsMark Gregory Pegg Cover of Dark Night of the Soul Dark Night of the SoulJohn of the Cross De signatura rerum (The Signature of All Things)Jacob Boehme De signatura rerum (The Signature of All Things)Jacob Boehme Denys the AreopagiteAndrew Louth Denys the AreopagiteAndrew Louth Die gnostischen Schriften des koptischen Papyrus Berolinensis 8502Walter C. Till Die gnostischen Schriften des koptischen Papyrus Berolinensis 8502Walter C. Till Excerpts from TheodotusClement of Alexandria Excerpts from TheodotusClement of Alexandria The Facsimile Edition of the Nag Hammadi CodicesInternational Committee for the Nag Hammadi Codices The Facsimile Edition of the Nag Hammadi CodicesInternational Committee for the Nag Hammadi Codices The Formation of a Persecuting SocietyR. I. Moore The Formation of a Persecuting SocietyR. I. Moore
Agrippa and the Crisis of Renaissance ThoughtCharles G. Nauert Agrippa and the Crisis of Renaissance ThoughtCharles G. Nauert The Ancient TheologyD. P. Walker The Ancient TheologyD. P. Walker The Arabic HermesKevin van Bladel The Arabic HermesKevin van Bladel The Arabic Influences on Early Modern Occult PhilosophyLiana Saif The Arabic Influences on Early Modern Occult PhilosophyLiana Saif Cover of The Art of Memory The Art of MemoryFrances A. Yates Cause, Principle and Unity, and Essays on MagicGiordano Bruno Cause, Principle and Unity, and Essays on MagicGiordano Bruno Chaldaean Oracles and TheurgyHans Lewy Chaldaean Oracles and TheurgyHans Lewy The Chaldean OraclesRuth Majercik The Chaldean OraclesRuth Majercik Cornelius AgrippaMarc van der Poel Cornelius AgrippaMarc van der Poel Corpus Hermeticum (Budé edition, 4 vols.)A. D. Nock Corpus Hermeticum (Budé edition, 4 vols.)A. D. Nock & A.-J. Festugière Das Buch über das Geheimnis der Schöpfung von Pseudo-Apollonios von TyanaUrsula Weisser Das Buch über das Geheimnis der Schöpfung von Pseudo-Apollonios von TyanaUrsula Weisser De occulta philosophia libri tresHeinrich Cornelius Agrippa De occulta philosophia libri tresHeinrich Cornelius Agrippa De Umbris IdearumGiordano Bruno De Umbris IdearumGiordano Bruno Divination and Theurgy in NeoplatonismCrystal Addey Divination and Theurgy in NeoplatonismCrystal Addey Cover of The Egyptian Hermes The Egyptian HermesGarth Fowden Cover of The Enneads The EnneadsPlotinus Eros and Magic in the RenaissanceIoan P. Couliano Eros and Magic in the RenaissanceIoan P. Couliano Giordano Bruno and Renaissance ScienceHilary Gatti Giordano Bruno and Renaissance ScienceHilary Gatti
Cover of Access to Western Esotericism Access to Western EsotericismAntoine Faivre The Correspondence between Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia and René DescartesLisa Shapiro The Correspondence between Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia and René DescartesLisa Shapiro De sphaera of Johannes de Sacrobosco in the Early Modern PeriodMatteo Valleriani (ed.) De sphaera of Johannes de Sacrobosco in the Early Modern PeriodMatteo Valleriani (ed.) Cover of Dictionary of Gnosis & Western Esotericism Dictionary of Gnosis & Western EsotericismWouter J. Hanegraaff DMTRick Strassman DMTRick Strassman Cover of Esotericism and the Academy Esotericism and the AcademyWouter J. Hanegraaff God and Sheikh Adi Are PerfectPhilip G. Kreyenbroek God and Sheikh Adi Are PerfectPhilip G. Kreyenbroek & Khalil Jindy Rashow Cover of The Golden Bough The Golden BoughJames George Frazer The Holy Bible (King James Version)Anonymous The Holy Bible (King James Version)Anonymous New Age Religion and Western CultureWouter J. Hanegraaff New Age Religion and Western CultureWouter J. Hanegraaff Cover of The Occult World The Occult WorldChristopher Partridge On the Usefulness of the Parts of the BodyGalen On the Usefulness of the Parts of the BodyGalen The Passions of the SoulRené Descartes The Passions of the SoulRené Descartes The Qur'anAnonymous The Qur'anAnonymous Cover of Religion and the Decline of Magic Religion and the Decline of MagicKeith Thomas The Sphere of Sacrobosco and Its CommentatorsLynn Thorndike The Sphere of Sacrobosco and Its CommentatorsLynn Thorndike Traditions of Belief in Late Byzantine DemonologyRichard P. H. Greenfield Traditions of Belief in Late Byzantine DemonologyRichard P. H. Greenfield Treatise of ManRené Descartes Treatise of ManRené Descartes
An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern EgyptiansEdward William Lane An Account of the Manners and Customs of the Modern EgyptiansEdward William Lane After the ProphetLesley Hazleton After the ProphetLesley Hazleton Al-Qushayri's Epistle on Sufismal-Qushayri Al-Qushayri's Epistle on Sufismal-Qushayri The Alchemy of Happinessal-Ghazali The Alchemy of Happinessal-Ghazali And Muhammad Is His MessengerAnnemarie Schimmel And Muhammad Is His MessengerAnnemarie Schimmel Approaching the Qur'anMichael Sells Approaching the Qur'anMichael Sells The Book of Instruction in the Elements of the Art of Astrologyal-Biruni The Book of Instruction in the Elements of the Art of Astrologyal-Biruni The Cambridge Companion to Arabic PhilosophyPeter Adamson The Cambridge Companion to Arabic PhilosophyPeter Adamson & Richard C. Taylor (eds.) The Cambridge Companion to the Qur'anJane Dammen McAuliffe (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to the Qur'anJane Dammen McAuliffe (ed.) The Formation of IslamJonathan P. Berkey The Formation of IslamJonathan P. Berkey The Formative Period of Islamic ThoughtW. Montgomery Watt The Formative Period of Islamic ThoughtW. Montgomery Watt Friends of GodJohn Renard Friends of GodJohn Renard Greek Thought, Arabic CultureDimitri Gutas Greek Thought, Arabic CultureDimitri Gutas HadithJonathan A. C. Brown HadithJonathan A. C. Brown The HajjF. E. Peters The HajjF. E. Peters A History of Islamic Legal TheoriesWael B. Hallaq A History of Islamic Legal TheoriesWael B. Hallaq A History of Islamic PhilosophyMajid Fakhry A History of Islamic PhilosophyMajid Fakhry History of Islamic PhilosophyHenry Corbin History of Islamic PhilosophyHenry Corbin
American JudaismJonathan D. Sarna American JudaismJonathan D. Sarna Amulets and Magic BowlsJoseph Naveh Amulets and Magic BowlsJoseph Naveh & Shaul Shaked Ancient IsraelRoland de Vaux Ancient IsraelRoland de Vaux Ancient Jewish MagicGideon Bohak Ancient Jewish MagicGideon Bohak The Ancient SynagogueLee I. Levine The Ancient SynagogueLee I. Levine The Art of Biblical NarrativeRobert Alter The Art of Biblical NarrativeRobert Alter The Authorised Daily Prayer BookSimeon Singer The Authorised Daily Prayer BookSimeon Singer The Bible UnearthedIsrael Finkelstein The Bible UnearthedIsrael Finkelstein & Neil Asher Silberman The Book of Beliefs and OpinionsSaadia Gaon The Book of Beliefs and OpinionsSaadia Gaon The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Jewish PhilosophyDaniel H. Frank The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Jewish PhilosophyDaniel H. Frank & Oliver Leaman The Cambridge Companion to the Talmud and Rabbinic LiteratureCharlotte Elisheva Fonrobert The Cambridge Companion to the Talmud and Rabbinic LiteratureCharlotte Elisheva Fonrobert & Martin S. Jaffee A Code of Jewish Ethics, Volume 1Joseph Telushkin A Code of Jewish Ethics, Volume 1Joseph Telushkin The Destruction of the European JewsRaul Hilberg The Destruction of the European JewsRaul Hilberg The Early History of GodMark S. Smith The Early History of GodMark S. Smith Entering Jewish PrayerReuven Hammer Entering Jewish PrayerReuven Hammer The Essential TalmudAdin Steinsaltz The Essential TalmudAdin Steinsaltz From the Maccabees to the MishnahShaye J. D. Cohen From the Maccabees to the MishnahShaye J. D. Cohen God in Search of ManAbraham Joshua Heschel God in Search of ManAbraham Joshua Heschel
Apocalypse DelayedM. James Penton Apocalypse DelayedM. James Penton The Baha'i FaithMoojan Momen The Baha'i FaithMoojan Momen Bantu Prophets in South AfricaBengt G. M. Sundkler Bantu Prophets in South AfricaBengt G. M. Sundkler By the Hand of MormonTerryl L. Givens By the Hand of MormonTerryl L. Givens Celebrity GodsBenjamin Dorman Celebrity GodsBenjamin Dorman Christian Science on TrialRennie B. Schoepflin Christian Science on TrialRennie B. Schoepflin Comprehending CultsLorne L. Dawson Comprehending CultsLorne L. Dawson Cults and New ReligionsDouglas E. Cowan and David G. Bromley Cults and New ReligionsDouglas E. Cowan and David G. Bromley The Democratization of American ChristianityNathan O. Hatch The Democratization of American ChristianityNathan O. Hatch The DisappointedRonald L. Numbers and Jonathan M. Butler The DisappointedRonald L. Numbers and Jonathan M. Butler The Divine Eye and the DiasporaJanet Alison Hoskins The Divine Eye and the DiasporaJanet Alison Hoskins Early Mormonism and the Magic World ViewD. Michael Quinn Early Mormonism and the Magic World ViewD. Michael Quinn The Elementary Forms of the New Religious LifeRoy Wallis The Elementary Forms of the New Religious LifeRoy Wallis The Emergence of Christian Science in American Religious LifeStephen Gottschalk The Emergence of Christian Science in American Religious LifeStephen Gottschalk Encyclopedic Handbook of Cults in AmericaJ. Gordon Melton Encyclopedic Handbook of Cults in AmericaJ. Gordon Melton Falun Gong and the Future of ChinaDavid Ownby Falun Gong and the Future of ChinaDavid Ownby The Future of ReligionRodney Stark and William Sims Bainbridge The Future of ReligionRodney Stark and William Sims Bainbridge God Passes ByShoghi Effendi God Passes ByShoghi Effendi
Ansichten von der Nachtseite der NaturwissenschaftGotthilf Heinrich Schubert Ansichten von der Nachtseite der NaturwissenschaftGotthilf Heinrich Schubert Authors of the ImpossibleJeffrey J. Kripal Authors of the ImpossibleJeffrey J. Kripal Between Occultism and NazismPeter Staudenmaier Between Occultism and NazismPeter Staudenmaier Beyond EnlightenmentDavid Allen Harvey Beyond EnlightenmentDavid Allen Harvey Concerning the Spiritual in ArtWassily Kandinsky Concerning the Spiritual in ArtWassily Kandinsky A Confusion of ProphetsPatrick Curry A Confusion of ProphetsPatrick Curry Contemporary EsotericismEgil Asprem and Kennet Granholm Contemporary EsotericismEgil Asprem and Kennet Granholm Das Geheimnis der RunenGuido von List Das Geheimnis der RunenGuido von List Der GolemGustav Meyrink Der GolemGustav Meyrink Die Seherin von PrevorstJustinus Kerner Die Seherin von PrevorstJustinus Kerner The Discovery of the UnconsciousHenri F. Ellenberger The Discovery of the UnconsciousHenri F. Ellenberger Dreams of a Spirit-SeerImmanuel Kant Dreams of a Spirit-SeerImmanuel Kant Extra-Sensory PerceptionJ. B. Rhine Extra-Sensory PerceptionJ. B. Rhine The Fourth DimensionCharles Howard Hinton The Fourth DimensionCharles Howard Hinton The Fourth Dimension and Non-Euclidean Geometry in Modern ArtLinda Dalrymple Henderson The Fourth Dimension and Non-Euclidean Geometry in Modern ArtLinda Dalrymple Henderson From India to the Planet MarsThéodore Flournoy From India to the Planet MarsThéodore Flournoy From Mesmer to FreudAdam Crabtree From Mesmer to FreudAdam Crabtree Ghost HuntersDeborah Blum Ghost HuntersDeborah Blum
AmritsarMark Tully AmritsarMark Tully & Satish Jacob The Construction of Religious BoundariesHarjot Oberoi The Construction of Religious BoundariesHarjot Oberoi Early Sikh TraditionW. H. McLeod Early Sikh TraditionW. H. McLeod The Feminine Principle in the Sikh Vision of the TranscendentNikky-Guninder Kaur Singh The Feminine Principle in the Sikh Vision of the TranscendentNikky-Guninder Kaur Singh The Guru Granth SahibPashaura Singh The Guru Granth SahibPashaura Singh Guru Nanak and the Sikh ReligionW. H. McLeod Guru Nanak and the Sikh ReligionW. H. McLeod A History of the SikhsKhushwant Singh A History of the SikhsKhushwant Singh Martyrdom in the Sikh TraditionLouis E. Fenech Martyrdom in the Sikh TraditionLouis E. Fenech The Oxford Handbook of Sikh StudiesPashaura Singh The Oxford Handbook of Sikh StudiesPashaura Singh & Louis E. Fenech (eds.) Ranjit SinghKhushwant Singh Ranjit SinghKhushwant Singh The Sikh DiasporaDarshan Singh Tatla The Sikh DiasporaDarshan Singh Tatla Sikh IdentityOpinderjit Kaur Takhar Sikh IdentityOpinderjit Kaur Takhar The Sikh ReligionMax Arthur Macauliffe The Sikh ReligionMax Arthur Macauliffe The Sikh Zafar-namah of Guru Gobind SinghLouis E. Fenech The Sikh Zafar-namah of Guru Gobind SinghLouis E. Fenech SikhismArvind-Pal Singh Mandair SikhismArvind-Pal Singh Mandair SikhismEleanor Nesbitt SikhismEleanor Nesbitt SikhismNikky-Guninder Kaur Singh SikhismNikky-Guninder Kaur Singh Sikhs in BritainGurharpal Singh Sikhs in BritainGurharpal Singh & Darshan Singh Tatla
The Avestan Hymn to MithraIlya Gershevitch The Avestan Hymn to MithraIlya Gershevitch Cosmos, Chaos and the World to ComeNorman Cohn Cosmos, Chaos and the World to ComeNorman Cohn The Dawn and Twilight of ZoroastrianismR. C. Zaehner The Dawn and Twilight of ZoroastrianismR. C. Zaehner Dualism in TransformationShaul Shaked Dualism in TransformationShaul Shaked The Gāthās of Zarathushtra and the Other Old Avestan TextsHelmut Humbach The Gāthās of Zarathushtra and the Other Old Avestan TextsHelmut Humbach The HistoriesHerodotus The HistoriesHerodotus A History of Zoroastrianism, Volume IMary Boyce A History of Zoroastrianism, Volume IMary Boyce A History of Zoroastrianism, Volume IIMary Boyce A History of Zoroastrianism, Volume IIMary Boyce The Hymns of ZarathustraJacques Duchesne-Guillemin The Hymns of ZarathustraJacques Duchesne-Guillemin Les Mages hellénisésJoseph Bidez Les Mages hellénisésJoseph Bidez & Franz Cumont Mithraic StudiesJohn R. Hinnells Mithraic StudiesJohn R. Hinnells The Mysteries of MithraFranz Cumont The Mysteries of MithraFranz Cumont The Origins of the Mithraic MysteriesDavid Ulansey The Origins of the Mithraic MysteriesDavid Ulansey The Parsis of IndiaJesse S. Palsetia The Parsis of IndiaJesse S. Palsetia A Persian OfferingFiroze M. Kotwal A Persian OfferingFiroze M. Kotwal & James W. Boyd A Persian Stronghold of ZoroastrianismMary Boyce A Persian Stronghold of ZoroastrianismMary Boyce The Religion of the Mithras Cult in the Roman EmpireRoger Beck The Religion of the Mithras Cult in the Roman EmpireRoger Beck The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the ParseesJivanji Jamshedji Modi The Religious Ceremonies and Customs of the ParseesJivanji Jamshedji Modi