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Books on Yoga, Tantra & Eastern Mysticism

111 books — primary sources in translation, practitioners’ classics and current scholarship.

Cover of Al-Hallaj Al-HallajHerbert W. Mason 1995 Cover of The Alchemical Body: Siddha Traditions in Medieval India The Alchemical BodyDavid Gordon White 1996 Cover of Altered Traits Altered TraitsDaniel Goleman and Richard J. Davidson 2017 Cover of The Art of Living: Vipassana Meditation as Taught by S. N. Goenka The Art of LivingWilliam Hart 1987 Cover of Asana Pranayama Mudra Bandha Asana Pranayama Mudra BandhaSwami Satyananda Saraswati 1969 Cover of Awaken Healing Energy Through the Tao Awaken Healing Energy Through the TaoMantak Chia 1983 Cover of The Buddha Pill: Can Meditation Change You? The Buddha PillMiguel Farias and Catherine Wikholm 2015 Cover of The Chakras The ChakrasC. W. Leadbeater 1927 Cover of Cheng Tzu's Thirteen Treatises on T'ai Chi Ch'uan Cheng Tzu's Thirteen Treatises on T'ai Chi Ch'uanCheng Man-ch'ing Benjamin Pang Jeng Lo & Martin Inn (trans.)1985 Cover of The Conference of the Birds The Conference of the BirdsFarid ud-Din Attar Afkham Darbandi & Dick Davis (trans.)1177 Cover of Daoist Body Cultivation Daoist Body CultivationLivia Kohn Livia Kohn (ed.)2006 Cover of Deliverance from Error (al-Munqidh min al-dalal) Deliverance from Error (al-Munqidh min al-dalal)al-Ghazali 1100 Cover of The Doctrine of the Subtle Body in Western Tradition The Doctrine of the Subtle Body in Western TraditionG. R. S. Mead 1919 Cover of The Doctrine of Vibration The Doctrine of VibrationMark S. G. Dyczkowski 1987 Cover of Eastern Body, Western Mind Eastern Body, Western MindAnodea Judith 1996 Cover of The Encyclopedia of Taoism The Encyclopedia of TaoismFabrizio Pregadio (ed.) 2008 Cover of Energies of Transformation: A Guide to the Kundalini Process Energies of TransformationBonnie Greenwell 1990 The Essence of T'ai Chi Ch'uanBenjamin Pang Jeng Lo The Essence of T'ai Chi Ch'uanBenjamin Pang Jeng Lo, Martin Inn, Robert Amacker & Susan Foe 1979 Cover of The Experience of Insight The Experience of InsightJoseph Goldstein 1976 Cover of The Garland of Letters The Garland of LettersSir John Woodroffe 1922 The Gheranda SamhitaAnonymous The Gheranda SamhitaAnonymous James Mallinson (trans.)2004 Cover of The Gheranda Samhita The Gheranda SamhitaJames Mallinson James Mallinson (trans.)2004 The Gospel of Sri RamakrishnaMahendranath Gupta The Gospel of Sri RamakrishnaMahendranath Gupta Swami Nikhilananda1942 Cover of Great Clarity: Daoism and Alchemy in Early Medieval China Great ClarityFabrizio Pregadio 2006 HallajCarl W. Ernst HallajCarl W. Ernst Carl W. Ernst (trans.)2018 Cover of Hatha Yoga Pradipika Hatha Yoga PradipikaSvatmarama Swami Muktibodhananda (commentary)15th c. Cover of The Hatha Yoga Pradipika The Hatha Yoga PradipikaBrian Dana Akers Brian Dana Akers (trans.)2002 Cover of Haṭhayogapradīpikā HaṭhayogapradīpikāSvātmārāma 1450 Cover of The Heart of Buddhist Meditation The Heart of Buddhist MeditationNyanaponika Thera 1954 Cover of The Hevajra Tantra: A Critical Study The Hevajra TantraDavid L. Snellgrove David L. Snellgrove (ed. and trans.)1959 Cover of A History of Modern Yoga: Patañjali and Western Esotericism A History of Modern YogaElizabeth De Michelis 2004 Cover of Indian Esoteric Buddhism: A Social History of the Tantric Movement Indian Esoteric BuddhismRonald M. Davidson 2002 Cover of The Inner Kālacakratantra: A Buddhist Tantric View of the Individual The Inner KālacakratantraVesna A. Wallace 2001 Cover of The Integrity of the Yoga Darsana The Integrity of the Yoga DarsanaIan Whicher 1998 Introduction to Tantra SastraSir John Woodroffe Introduction to Tantra SastraSir John Woodroffe 1913 Kālacakra and the Tibetan CalendarEdward Henning Kālacakra and the Tibetan CalendarEdward Henning 2007 Cover of The Kālacakratantra: The Chapter on the Individual together with the Vimalaprabhā The KālacakratantraVesna A. Wallace Vesna A. Wallace2004 Cover of The Kalachakra Tantra: Rite of Initiation The Kalachakra TantraTenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and Jeffrey Hopkins Jeffrey Hopkins1985 Cover of Karma Yoga Karma YogaSwami Vivekananda 1896 Cover of Kashmir Shaivism: The Secret Supreme Kashmir ShaivismSwami Lakshmanjoo 1985 The Khecarividya of AdinathaJames Mallinson The Khecarividya of AdinathaJames Mallinson 2007 Cover of Kiss of the Yoginī: Tantric Sex in its South Asian Contexts Kiss of the YoginīDavid Gordon White 2003 Cover of The Kundalini Experience The Kundalini ExperienceLee Sannella 1987 Cover of Kundalini Tantra Kundalini TantraSwami Satyananda Saraswati 1984 Cover of Kundalini: The Energy of the Depths KundaliniLilian Silburn Jacques Gontier (trans.)1988 Cover of Kundalini: The Evolutionary Energy in Man KundaliniGopi Krishna 1967 Cover of Layayoga: An Advanced Method of Concentration LayayogaShyam Sundar Goswami 1980 Cover of Light on Pranayama Light on PranayamaB. K. S. Iyengar 1981 Cover of Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Light on the Yoga Sutras of PatanjaliB. K. S. Iyengar 1993 Lost T'ai-chi Classics from the Late Ch'ing DynastyDouglas Wile Lost T'ai-chi Classics from the Late Ch'ing DynastyDouglas Wile 1996 Cover of The Masnavi, Book One The Masnavi, Book OneJalal al-Din Rumi Jawid Mojaddedi (trans.)13th c. Cover of Muslim Saints and Mystics Muslim Saints and MysticsFarid al-Din Attar A. J. Arberry (trans.)1966 The Mysterious KundaliniVasant G. Rele The Mysterious KundaliniVasant G. Rele 1927 Cover of Mystical Dimensions of Islam Mystical Dimensions of IslamAnnemarie Schimmel 1975 Cover of Nature's Finer Forces Nature's Finer ForcesRama Prasad 1890 Cover of The Passion of al-Hallaj: Mystic and Martyr of Islam The Passion of al-HallajLouis Massignon 1982 Cover of Principles of Tantra Principles of TantraArthur Avalon 1914 Cover of The Psychology of Kundalini Yoga The Psychology of Kundalini YogaC. G. Jung Sonu Shamdasani (ed.)1996 Cover of Qigong Fever: Body, Science and Utopia in China Qigong FeverDavid A. Palmer 2007 Cover of The Radiance Sutras The Radiance SutrasLorin Roche 2014 Cover of Rainbow Body: A History of the Western Chakra System from Blavatsky to Brennan Rainbow BodyKurt Leland 2016 Cover of Raja Yoga Raja YogaSwami Vivekananda 1896 Cover of The Ramakrishna Mission: The Making of a Modern Hindu Movement The Ramakrishna MissionGwilym Beckerlegge 2000 Cover of Religion and the Subtle Body in Asia and the West: Between Mind and Body Religion and the Subtle Body in Asia and the WestGeoffrey Samuel and Jay Johnston (eds.) 2013 Cover of Roots of Yoga Roots of YogaJames Mallinson & Mark Singleton 2017 Cover of Rumi: Past and Present, East and West RumiFranklin D. Lewis 2000 Satan's Tragedy and RedemptionPeter J. Awn Satan's Tragedy and RedemptionPeter J. Awn 1983 Cover of Satipatthana: The Direct Path to Realization SatipatthanaAnalayo 2003 Cover of Science and Civilisation in China, vol. 5, part 5: Spagyrical Discovery and Invention: Physiological Alchemy Science and Civilisation in China, vol. 5, part 5Joseph Needham & Lu Gwei-Djen 1983 Cover of The Secret of the Golden Flower The Secret of the Golden FlowerThomas Cleary Thomas Cleary (trans.)1991 Cover of The Secret of the Golden Flower: A Chinese Book of Life The Secret of the Golden FlowerRichard Wilhelm Cary F. Baynes (English trans.)1931 Cover of The Serpent Power The Serpent PowerArthur Avalon (Sir John Woodroffe) 1919 Cover of Shakti and Shakta Shakti and ShaktaSir John Woodroffe 1918 The Shiva SamhitaAnonymous The Shiva SamhitaAnonymous James Mallinson (trans.)15th c. Cover of Sir John Woodroffe, Tantra and Bengal: "An Indian Soul in a European Body?" Sir John Woodroffe, Tantra and BengalKathleen Taylor 2001 Cover of The Six Yogas of Naropa: Tsongkhapa's Commentary The Six Yogas of NaropaGlenn H. Mullin Glenn H. Mullin (trans.)2005 Cover of Spiritual Emergency: When Personal Transformation Becomes a Crisis Spiritual EmergencyStanislav Grof & Christina Grof (eds.) 1989 Cover of The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn al-Arabi's Metaphysics of Imagination The Sufi Path of KnowledgeWilliam C. Chittick 1989 Cover of The Sufis The SufisIdries Shah 1964 Cover of Sufism: A Short Introduction SufismWilliam C. Chittick 2000 Cover of Sufism: The Formative Period SufismAhmet T. Karamustafa 2007 Swami VivekanandaNarasingha P. Sil Swami VivekanandaNarasingha P. Sil 1997 The Taijiquan ClassicsBarbara Davis The Taijiquan ClassicsBarbara Davis 2004 Cover of Taking the Kalachakra Initiation Taking the Kalachakra InitiationAlexander Berzin 1997 Cover of Tantra Illuminated Tantra IlluminatedChristopher D. Wallis 2012 Cover of Tantra in Practice Tantra in PracticeDavid Gordon White (ed.) 2000 Cover of Tantra of the Great Liberation (Mahanirvana Tantra) Tantra of the Great Liberation (Mahanirvana Tantra)Arthur Avalon 1913 Cover of Tantra: The Path of Ecstasy TantraGeorg Feuerstein 1998 Cover of Tantrāloka TantrālokaAbhinavagupta 1000 Cover of The Tantric Body: The Secret Tradition of Hindu Religion The Tantric BodyGavin Flood 2006 Cover of Tao Te Ching Tao Te ChingLaozi D. C. Lau (trans.)c. 4th c. BCE Cover of Taoism and Self Knowledge: The Chart for the Cultivation of Perfection (Xiuzhen tu) Taoism and Self KnowledgeCatherine Despeux Jonathan Pettit (trans.)2019 Cover of Taoism: Growth of a Religion TaoismIsabelle Robinet 1997 Taoist YogaLu K'uan Yü (Charles Luk) Taoist YogaLu K'uan Yü (Charles Luk) 1970 Cover of The Tibetan Book of the Dead The Tibetan Book of the DeadPadmasambhava (attrib.) Gyurme Dorje, Graham Coleman & Thupten Jinpa (eds.)2005 Cover of The Triadic Heart of Śiva The Triadic Heart of ŚivaPaul Eduardo Muller-Ortega 1989 Cover of Tsongkhapa's Six Yogas of Naropa Tsongkhapa's Six Yogas of NaropaTsongkhapa Glenn H. Mullin (trans.)1996 Understanding Reality (Wuzhen pian)Zhang Boduan Understanding Reality (Wuzhen pian)Zhang Boduan Thomas Cleary (trans.)1987 Vijnana BhairavaSwami Lakshmanjoo Vijnana BhairavaSwami Lakshmanjoo 2002 Cover of Vijñānabhairava or Divine Consciousness Vijñānabhairava or Divine ConsciousnessJaideva Singh Jaideva Singh (trans.)1979 Cover of Vivekananda: A Biography VivekanandaSwami Nikhilananda 1953 Cover of The Wheel of Time: Kalachakra in Context The Wheel of TimeGeshe Lhundub Sopa, Roger Jackson and John Newman 1985 Cover of Wheels of Life: A User's Guide to the Chakra System Wheels of LifeAnodea Judith 1987 Cover of Words of Ecstasy in Sufism Words of Ecstasy in SufismCarl W. Ernst 1985 Cover of The World's Parliament of Religions: The East/West Encounter, Chicago, 1893 The World's Parliament of ReligionsRichard Hughes Seager 1995 Cover of Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture Practice Yoga BodyMark Singleton 2010 Cover of The Yoga Sutra of Patanjali: A Biography The Yoga Sutra of PatanjaliDavid Gordon White 2014 Cover of The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali The Yoga Sutras of PatanjaliPatanjali Edwin F. Bryant (trans.)c. 400 CE Cover of The Yoga-System of Patañjali The Yoga-System of PatañjaliJames Haughton Woods 1914 Cover of Yoga: Immortality and Freedom YogaMircea Eliade Willard R. Trask (trans.)1958 Zen Flesh, Zen BonesPaul Reps Zen Flesh, Zen BonesPaul Reps & Nyogen Senzaki 1957