50 Spiritual Classics. Timeless Wisdom From 50 Great Books of Inner Discovery, Enlightenment and...

359 Pages·2005·1.49 MB·English

by  Tom Butler-Bowdon

50 Spiritual Classics
First published by
Nicholas Brealey Publishing in 2005
3–5 Spafield Street
100 City Hall Plaza, Suite 501
Clerkenwell, London Boston
EC1R 4QB, UK MA 02108, USA
Tel: [phone] Tel: (888) BREALEY
Fax: + 44 (0)20 7239 0370 Fax: [phone]
http://www.nbrealey-books.com
http://www.butler-bowdon.com
© Tom Butler-Bowdon 2005
The right of Tom Butler-Bowdon to be identified as the author of this
work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and
Patents Act 1988.
ISBN 1-85788-349-7
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced,
stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any
means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording and/or
otherwise without the prior written permission of the publishers. This
book may not be lent, resold, hired out or otherwise disposed of by
way of trade in any form, binding or cover other than that in which it
is published, without the prior consent of the publishers.
Printed in Finland by WS Bookwell.
50 Spiritual Classics
Timeless wisdom from
50 great books of
inner discovery, enlightenment, and purpose
Tom Butler-Bowdon

Contents
Introduction
1 Muhammad Asad The Road to Mecca (1954)
2 St. Augustine Confessions (400)
3 Richard Bach Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970)
4 Black Elk Black Elk Speaks (1932)
5 Richard Maurice Bucke Cosmic Consciousness (1901)
6 Fritjof Capra The Tao of Physics: An Exploration of the
Parallels between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism
(1976)
7 Carlos Castaneda Journey to Ixtlan (1972)
8 G. K. Chesterton St Francis of Assisi (1922)
9 Pema Chödrön The Places That Scare You: A Guide to
Fearlessness in Difficult Times (2001)
10 Chuang Tzu The Book of Chuang Tzu (4th century)
11 Ram Dass Be Here Now (1971)
12 Epictetus Enchiridion (1st century)
13 Mohandas Gandhi An Autobiography: The Story of My
Experiments with Truth (1927)
14 Ghazzali The Alchemy of Happiness (1097)
15 Kahlil Gibran The Prophet (1923)
16 G. I. Gurdjieff Meetings with Remarkable Men (1960)
17 Dag Hammarskjöld Markings (1963)
18 Abraham Joshua Heschel The Sabbath: Its Meaning for
Modern Man (1951)
19 Hermann Hesse Siddartha (1922)
20 Aldous Huxley The Doors of Perception (1954)
21 William James The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902)
22 Carl Gustav Jung Memories, Dreams, Reflections (1955)
23 Margery Kempe The Book of Margery Kempe (1436)
24 J. Krishnamurti Think on These Things (1964)
25 C. S. Lewis The Screwtape Letters (1942)
26 Malcolm X The Autobiography of Malcolm X (1964)
27 Daniel C. Matt The Essential Kabbalah: The Heart of Jewish
Mysticism (1994)
28 W. Somerset Maugham The Razor’s Edge (1944)
29 Dan Millman The Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book that
Changes Lives (1989)
30 Michael Newton Journey of Souls: Case Studies of Life
between Lives (1994)
31 Thich Nhat Hanh The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction
to the Practice of Meditation (1975)
32 John O’Donohue Anam Cara: Spiritual Wisdom from the
Celtic World (1998)
33 Robert M. Pirsig Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
(1974)
34 James Redfield The Celestine Prophecy: An Adventure (1994)
35 Miguel Ruiz The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to
Personal Freedom (1997)
36 Helen Schucman & William Thetford A Course in Miracles
(1976)
37 Idries Shah The Way of the Sufi (1968)
38 Starhawk The Spiral Dance: A Rebirth of the Ancient Religion
of the Great Goddess (1979)
39 Shunryu Suzuki Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind: Informal Talks
on Zen Meditation and Practice (1970)
40 Emanuel Swedenborg Heaven and Hell (1758)
41 Teresa of Avila Interior Castle (1570)
42 Mother Teresa A Simple Path (1994)
43 Eckhart Tolle The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual
Enlightenment (1998)
44 Chögyam Trungpa Cutting through Spiritual Materialism
(1973)
45 Neale Donald Walsch Conversations with God: An Uncommon
Dialogue (1998)
46 Rick Warren The Purpose-Driven Life (2002)
47 Simone Weil Waiting for God (1979)
48 Ken Wilber A Theory of Everything: An Integral Vision for
Business, Politics, Science and Spirituality (2000)
49 Paramahansa Yogananda Autobiography of a Yogi (1946)
50 Gary Zukav The Seat of the Soul: An Inspiring Vision of
Humanity’s Spiritual Destiny (1990)
50 More Spiritual Classics
Chronological list of titles
Credits
Acknowledgments