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The continued study of scripture and of sacred and spiritual texts is an important aspect of Essenic life. Below are some suggestions and resources for expanding your own Essenic library or scriptorium. This list is by no means complete and is intended as a basis only. If you would like to suggest a book please email us at: booklist@thenazareneway.com
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Transcendental Wisdom and Teachings |
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali* ~Alice A. Bailey
Awake in the Cosmic Dream ~Paramahansa Yogananda
The Tao Te Ching* ~Lao Tzu
The Essential Kabbalah ~Daniel C. Matt
The Major Writings of Nichiren Daishonin
Fundamentals of Tibetan Buddhism ~Rebecca M. Novick
Autobiography of a Yogi ~Paramahansa Yogananda
The Dhammapada* ~Mahina Palihawadana
How to talk to God ~Paramahansa Yogananda
The Bhagavad Gita ~A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Modern Essene Living |
The Essene Book of Days* ~Danaan Parry
Voluntary Simplicity ~Duane Elgin
Miracle of Fasting ~The Health Science
Essene Book of Meditations and Blessings ~Danaan Parry
Diet For Transcendence ~Steve Rosen
Vegan: The New Ethics of Eating ~Eric Marcus
Nature's First Law: The Raw-Food Diet ~David Wolfe
Talking with Nature ~Michael J. Roads
Behaving as if the God in all Life Mattered ~Machaelle Wright
The Sevenfold Peace ~Gabriel Cousens
Diet for a New America* ~John Robbins
Edible Wild Plants of North America ~Elias & Dykeman
The Higher Taste ~A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
The Yoga of Herbs ~Frawley & Lad
Shimshai, I Sense Your Presence *Essene based spiritual music
Historical Reference |
The Contemporaries of Jesus ~Gunter Stemberger
The Prophet of the Dead Sea Scrolls ~Upton Clary Ewing
Philo of Alexandria ~Western Spirituality Collection
The Gnostic Gospels ~Elaine Pagels
The Lost Years of Jesus Revealed ~Dr. Charles F. Potter
Unearthing the Lost Words of Jesus ~Dart & Riegert
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Earth, Environment and Animal Awareness |
- The Secret Life of Plants* ~Tompkins and Bird
- The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight ~Thom Hartmann
- Mother Earth Spirituality ~Ed McGaa
- Animal Liberation ~Peter Singer
- Sacred Earth ~Arthur Verslus
- The End of Nature ~Bill Mckibben
- Green Psychology ~Ralph Metzner, Ph.D.
- The Food Revolution* ~John Robbins
- Animal Experimentation, Harvest of Shame ~Moneim A. Fadali
- Prisoned Chickens Poisoned Eggs ~Karen Davis
- The Slaughter of Terrified Beasts ~J.R. Hyland
The Church of Rome |
The Dark Side of Christian History* ~Helen Ellerbe
Paul and the Invention of Christianity ~Hyam Maccoby
The Secret Archives of the Vatican ~Maria Luisa Ambrosini
Why Christianity Must Change or Die* ~John Shelby Sponge
The Bad Popes ~E.R. Chamberlin
The Malleus Maleficarum ~Kramer & Sprenger
The Last Pope ~John Hogue
Stealing Jesus ~Bruce Bawer
Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism ~John Shelby Sponge
Book Lists and Links |
Gospel of the Holy Twelve *source/publisher
Health Research rare and unusual books
International Biogenic Society source/Szekely books
Shimshai, I Sense Your Presence *Essene based spiritual music
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