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The Dhammapada: A Collection of Verses
F. Max Müller (trans.)
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The Dhammapada: A Collection of Verses
F. Max Müller (trans.)
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Foundational texts, restored.
Annotated public-domain editions reconstructing the fragmented lineage of African and esoteric thought — arranged by tradition.
Buddhist / Eastern
2 volumesNubalaEnglish
Saddharma Pundarika Sutra (The Lotus Sutra)
Trans. H. Kern
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Saddharma Pundarika Sutra (The Lotus Sutra)
Trans. H. Kern
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Chinese / Taoist / Divination
1 volumeNubalaEnglish
The I Ching: Or, Book of Changes
James Legge (trans.)
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The I Ching: Or, Book of Changes
The Sacred Books of China, Vol. 16
James Legge (trans.)
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Chinese / Taoist Philosophy
1 volumeNubalaEnglish
Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu (trans. James Legge)
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Tao Te Ching
The Classic of the Way and Its Virtue
Lao Tzu (trans. James Legge)
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Eastern Philosophy / Strategy
1 volumeNubalaEnglish
The Art of War
Sun Tzu (trans. Lionel Giles)
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The Art of War
Sun Tzu (trans. Lionel Giles)
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Egyptian / African Wisdom
1 volumeNubalaEnglish
The Instruction of Ptah-Hotep and The Instruction of Ke'Gemni
Ptah-Hotep (trans. Battiscombe Gunn)
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The Instruction of Ptah-Hotep and The Instruction of Ke'Gemni
The Oldest Books in the World
Ptah-Hotep (trans. Battiscombe Gunn)
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Egyptian / Kemetic
1 volumeNubalaEnglish
Egyptian Magic
E.A. Wallis Budge
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Egyptian Magic
E.A. Wallis Budge
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Egyptian / Masonic
1 volume
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Signs and Symbols of Primordial Man
Albert Churchward
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Egyptian / Pan-African
2 volumesNubalaEnglish
Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World, Vol. 1
Gerald Massey
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Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World, Vol. 1
Gerald Massey
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Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World, Vol. 2
Gerald Massey
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Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World, Vol. 2
Gerald Massey
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Egyptian / Pan-African / Esoteric
1 volumeNubalaEnglish
Anacalypsis: An Attempt to Draw Aside the Veil of the Saitic Isis, Vol. 1
Godfrey Higgins
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Anacalypsis: An Attempt to Draw Aside the Veil of the Saitic Isis, Vol. 1
Godfrey Higgins
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Egyptian / Sacred Text
2 volumesNubalaEnglish
Horus in the Pyramid Texts
James P. Allen (trans.)
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Horus in the Pyramid Texts
In Translation and Commentary
James P. Allen (trans.)
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Legends of the Gods: The Egyptian Texts
E.A. Wallis Budge
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Legends of the Gods: The Egyptian Texts
Including the Legend of the Book of Thoth
E.A. Wallis Budge
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Hermetic / Egyptian
3 volumes
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The Kybalion: Hermetic Philosophy Restored
A Pan-African Reading of the Seven Principles
Three Initiates; edited and introduced by Dawiyd Ali El
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Thrice-Greatest Hermes: Studies in Hellenistic Theosophy and Gnosis, Vol. 1
G.R.S. Mead
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Thrice-Greatest Hermes: Studies in Hellenistic Theosophy and Gnosis, Vol. 1
G.R.S. Mead
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Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3
G.R.S. Mead
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Thrice-Greatest Hermes, Vol. 3
G.R.S. Mead
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Hermetic / Egyptian / Esoteric
1 volumeNubalaEnglish
The Divine Pymander of Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus
Hermes Trismegistus (trans. John Everard)
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The Divine Pymander of Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus
In XVII Books — Translated Formerly out of the Arabic into Greek, and thence into Latine
Hermes Trismegistus (trans. John Everard)
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Hindu Epic / Sacred Literature
2 volumesNubalaEnglish
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa
Kisari Mohan Ganguli (trans.)
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The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa
Complete 12-Volume Translation
Kisari Mohan Ganguli (trans.)
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The Ramayana of Valmiki
Ralph T.H. Griffith (trans.)
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The Ramayana of Valmiki
Translated into English Verse
Ralph T.H. Griffith (trans.)
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Kemetic / Egyptian
3 volumes
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The Natural Genesis, Vol. 1
Gerald Massey
In production
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The Natural Genesis, Vol. 2
Gerald Massey
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A Book of the Beginnings, Vol. 1
Gerald Massey
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Masonic
1 volumeNubalaEnglish
Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
Albert Pike
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Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
Albert Pike
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Occult
1 volumeNubalaEnglish
The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses
L.W. De Laurence
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The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses
L.W. De Laurence
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Occult / Ceremonial Magic / Hindu Magic
1 volumeNubalaEnglish
The Great Book of Magical Art, Hindu Magic and East Indian Occultism
L.W. De Laurence
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The Great Book of Magical Art, Hindu Magic and East Indian Occultism
Now Combined with the Book of Secret Hindu, Ceremonial, and Talismanic Magic
L.W. De Laurence
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Occult / Masonic
1 volumeNubalaEnglish
The Lesser Key of Solomon
S.L. MacGregor Mathers / L.W. De Laurence
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The Lesser Key of Solomon
S.L. MacGregor Mathers / L.W. De Laurence
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Pan-African / Black Liberation
7 volumesNubalaEnglish
Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil
W.E.B. Du Bois
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Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil
W.E.B. Du Bois
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Frederick Douglass
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
Frederick Douglass
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My Bondage and My Freedom
Frederick Douglass
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My Bondage and My Freedom
Frederick Douglass
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Up from Slavery
Booker T. Washington
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Up from Slavery
Booker T. Washington
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Christianity, Islam and the Negro Race
Edward Wilmot Blyden
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Christianity, Islam and the Negro Race
Edward Wilmot Blyden
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Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey
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Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey
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John Brown
W.E.B. Du Bois
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John Brown
W.E.B. Du Bois
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Persian / Sufi Poetry
1 volumeNubalaEnglish
The Rubaiyyat of Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam (trans. Edward FitzGerald)
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The Rubaiyyat of Omar Khayyam
Rendered into English Verse by Edward FitzGerald
Omar Khayyam (trans. Edward FitzGerald)
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Persian / Sufi Poetry / Mysticism
1 volumeNubalaEnglish
The Mesnevi (Book I) of Mevlana Jelalu-'d-Din Muhammad er-Rumi
Jalalu'd-Din Rumi (trans. James W. Redhouse, 1881)
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The Mesnevi (Book I) of Mevlana Jelalu-'d-Din Muhammad er-Rumi
With the Acts of the Adepts
Jalalu'd-Din Rumi (trans. James W. Redhouse, 1881)
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Sufi / Eastern Mysticism
1 volumeNubalaEnglish
The Way of Illumination
Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan
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The Way of Illumination
Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan
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Sufi / Eastern Mysticism / Poetry
1 volumeNubalaEnglish
Songs of India
Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan
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Songs of India
Pir-o-Murshid Hazrat Inayat Khan
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Sufi / Islamic Mysticism
2 volumesNubalaEnglish
The Alchemy of Happiness
Al-Ghazali (trans. Claud Field)
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The Alchemy of Happiness
Al-Ghazali (trans. Claud Field)
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The Conference of the Birds
Farid ud-Din Attar
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The Conference of the Birds
Farid ud-Din Attar
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Theosophy / Western Occult
5 volumesNubalaEnglish
Isis Unveiled: A Master-Key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science and Theology
H.P. Blavatsky
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Isis Unveiled: A Master-Key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science and Theology
H.P. Blavatsky
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The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 1: Cosmogenesis
H.P. Blavatsky
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The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 1: Cosmogenesis
H.P. Blavatsky
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The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 2: Anthropogenesis
H.P. Blavatsky
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The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 2: Anthropogenesis
H.P. Blavatsky
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The Key to Theosophy
H.P. Blavatsky
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The Key to Theosophy
H.P. Blavatsky
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Esoteric Christianity: Or the Lesser Mysteries
Annie Besant
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Esoteric Christianity: Or the Lesser Mysteries
Annie Besant
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Vedanta / Eastern Philosophy
10 volumesNubalaEnglish
Raja Yoga
Swami Vivekananda
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Raja Yoga
Swami Vivekananda
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The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol. 1
Swami Vivekananda
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The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol. 1
Swami Vivekananda
In production
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The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol. 2
Swami Vivekananda
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The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol. 2
Swami Vivekananda
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The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol. 3
Swami Vivekananda
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The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol. 3
Swami Vivekananda
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The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol. 4
Swami Vivekananda
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The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol. 4
Swami Vivekananda
In production
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The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol. 5
Swami Vivekananda
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The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol. 5
Swami Vivekananda
In production
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The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol. 6
Swami Vivekananda
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The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol. 6
Swami Vivekananda
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The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol. 7
Swami Vivekananda
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The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol. 7
Swami Vivekananda
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The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol. 8
Swami Vivekananda
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The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, Vol. 8
Swami Vivekananda
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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Patanjali (trans. Charles Johnston)
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The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Patanjali (trans. Charles Johnston)
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Vedic / Hindu Philosophy
1 volumeNubalaEnglish
Amritabindu and Kaivalya Upanishad
Robert Ernest Hume (trans.)
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Amritabindu and Kaivalya Upanishad
Translated from the Sanskrit with an Outline of the Philosophy of the Upanishads
Robert Ernest Hume (trans.)
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Vedic / Hindu Sacred Text
5 volumesNubalaEnglish
The Hymns of the Rig Veda
Ralph T.H. Griffith (trans.)
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The Hymns of the Rig Veda
A Complete English Translation
Ralph T.H. Griffith (trans.)
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Hymns of the Sama Veda
Ralph T.H. Griffith (trans.)
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Hymns of the Sama Veda
Ralph T.H. Griffith (trans.)
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The Texts of the White Yajur Veda (Vajasaneyi Sanhita)
Ralph T.H. Griffith (trans.)
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The Texts of the White Yajur Veda (Vajasaneyi Sanhita)
Ralph T.H. Griffith (trans.)
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Atharva Veda Samhita
William Dwight Whitney / Charles Rockwell Lanman (trans.)
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Atharva Veda Samhita
Translated with a Critical and Exegetical Commentary
William Dwight Whitney / Charles Rockwell Lanman (trans.)
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The Song Celestial (Bhagavad Gita)
Sir Edwin Arnold (trans.)
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The Song Celestial (Bhagavad Gita)
A Poem from the Mahabharata
Sir Edwin Arnold (trans.)
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West African / Pan-African
3 volumes
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History of the Yorubas
Rev. Samuel Johnson
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The Tshi-Speaking Peoples of the Gold Coast of West Africa
A.B. Ellis
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The Tshi-Speaking Peoples of the Gold Coast of West Africa
A.B. Ellis
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The Ewe-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa
A.B. Ellis
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The Ewe-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa
A.B. Ellis
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West African / Pan-African / Yoruba Religion
2 volumes
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The Yoruba-Speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast of West Africa
Their Religion, Manners, Customs, Laws, Language, Etc.
A.B. Ellis
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At the Back of the Black Man's Mind
Notes on the Kingly Office in West Africa
R.E. Dennett
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West African / Yoruba Religion
1 volumeNubalaEnglish
Nigerian Studies
R.E. Dennett
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Nigerian Studies
Or the Religious and Political System of the Yoruba
R.E. Dennett
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Western Occult / Hermetic
1 volumeNubalaEnglish
The Secret Teachings of All Ages
Manly P. Hall
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The Secret Teachings of All Ages
Manly P. Hall
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Yogi / Eastern Philosophy
1 volumeNubalaEnglish
A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga
Yogi Ramacharaka
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A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga
Yogi Ramacharaka
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Yogi / Eastern Philosophy / Occult
2 volumesNubalaEnglish
The Hindu-Yogi Science of Breath
Yogi Ramacharaka
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The Hindu-Yogi Science of Breath
A Complete Manual of the Oriental Breathing Philosophy of Physical, Mental, Psychic and Spiritual Development
Yogi Ramacharaka
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Advanced Course in Yogi Philosophy and Oriental Occultism
Yogi Ramacharaka
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Advanced Course in Yogi Philosophy and Oriental Occultism
Yogi Ramacharaka
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Yogi / Eastern Spirituality
1 volumeNubalaEnglish
Autobiography of a Yogi
Paramahansa Yogananda
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Autobiography of a Yogi
Paramahansa Yogananda
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The Randolph ArchiveEnter the Randolph Archive
Paschal Beverly Randolph
October 8, 1825 — July 29, 1875
A trailblazing African-American author, medical doctor, spiritualist, and occultist who profoundly shaped 19th-century Western esotericism. Randolph is widely recognized for establishing the earliest known Rosicrucian order in the United States and for introducing the foundational principles of sexual magic to North America.
Early Life and Challenges
Born in the notorious Five Points slum of New York City, Randolph was orphaned at a young age and spent his youth as an itinerant sailor. Primarily self-educated, he overcame immense poverty and rampant racial discrimination. Over the course of his life, he vacillated between complex feelings about his mixed racial ancestry and actively advocating for Black rights — helping to recruit Black soldiers during the Civil War, and teaching for the Freedmen's Bureau.
Literary and Esoteric Career
Randolph was a highly prolific writer, publishing close to 50 works between 1850 and 1875. His writings blended autobiography, philosophy, fiction, and esoteric teachings. Unlike the passive spiritualist mediums of his era, Randolph pioneered "occultism" — the active, conscious pursuit of inner vision and personal spiritual realization.
His philosophy was deeply informed by his travels across Europe, Egypt, and the Middle East. His most enduring legacy comes from his theories on the White Magick of Love, which asserted that mutual sexual climax could be harnessed as a gateway to cosmic consciousness. He codified these ideas into secret societies, most notably the Brotherhood of Eulis.