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10 best books like Essential Sufism (James Fadiman): Master of the Jinn: A Sufi Novel, The Essential Kabbalah: The Heart of Jewish Mysticism, Mystical Dimensions of Islam, The Garden of Truth: The Vision and Promise of Sufism, Islam's Mystical Tradition, The Gnostic Bible, Buddhist Wisdom: The Diamond Sutra and The Heart Sutra, The Complete Gospels: Annotated Scholar's Version, Sufism: An Introduction To The Mystical Tradition Of Islam, Women of Sufism: A Hidden Treasure, The Sufi Book of Life: 99 Pathways of the Heart for the Modern Dervish

Master of the Jinn: A Sufi Novel
AuthorIrving Karchmar
ISBN1594577234
Here is a tale set on the Path of the Heart, a beautifully written mystical adventure wherein a modern-day Sufi Master sends seven companions on a perilous quest for the greatest treasure of the ancient world - King Solomon's ring. The legendary seal ring is said to control the Jinn, those terrifying...
The Essential Kabbalah: The Heart of Jewish Mysticism
AuthorDaniel C. Matt
ISBN0062511637
I first read this book several years ago for a course I took while working on my master’s degree. As I decided to incorporate weekly meditations in my world religion course, I wanted to revisit some of the mystical writings of each tradition I cover. This is mostly selections of Kabbalistic writings,...
Mystical Dimensions of Islam
AuthorAnnemarie Schimmel
ISBN0807812714
Mystical Dimensions of Islam presents, for the first time, a balanced historical treatment of the transnational phenomenon of Sufism—Islamic mysticism—from its beginnings through the nineteenth century. Through her sensitivity and deep understanding of the subject, Annemarie Schimmel,...
The Garden of Truth: The Vision and Promise of Sufism, Islam's Mystical Tradition
AuthorSeyyed Hossein Nasr
ISBN0060797223
The headlines are filled with the politics of Islam, but there is another side to the world's fastest-growing religion. Sufism is the poetry and mysticism of Islam. This mystical movement from the early ninth century rejects worship motivated by the desire for heavenly reward or the fear of punishment,...
The Gnostic Bible
AuthorWillis Barnstone
ISBN1590301994
Gnosticism was a wide-ranging religious movement of the first millennium CE—with earlier antecedents and later flourishings—whose adherents sought salvation through knowledge and personal religious experience. Gnostic writings offer striking perspectives on both early Christian and...
Buddhist Wisdom: The Diamond Sutra and The Heart Sutra
AuthorEdward Conze
ISBN0375726004
A landmark publication when it first appeared in 1958, Buddhist Wisdom offered Western readers a unique combination of both The Diamond Sutra -- one of the cornerstone texts of Mahayana Buddhism -- and The Heart Sutra, perhaps the most important of all Buddhist texts, in a single authoritative volume....
The Complete Gospels: Annotated Scholar's Version
AuthorRobert J. Miller
ISBN0944344496
The Complete Gospels includes all twenty of the known gospels from the early Christian era, clearly presented for the scholar, student and general reader alike. The new Scholars Version translation captures the full spirit and vitality of the original texts. This gospel picture of early traditions...
Sufism: An Introduction To The Mystical Tradition Of Islam
AuthorCarl W. Ernst
ISBN1570621802
The Sufis are as diverse as the countries in which they've flourished—from Morocco to India to China—and as varied as their distinctive forms of art, music, poetry, and dance. They are said to represent the mystical heart of Islam, yet the term Sufism is notoriously difficult to define, as it means...
Women of Sufism: A Hidden Treasure
AuthorCamille Helminski
ISBN1570629676
The luminous presence of women who follow the Sufi Way—the mystical path of Islam—is brought to life here through their sacred songs and poetry, their dreams and visions, and stories of their efforts as they witness the Truth in many realms. These writings reflect the honor and respect for the feminine...
The Sufi Book of Life: 99 Pathways of the Heart for the Modern Dervish
AuthorNeil Douglas-Klotz
ISBN0142196355
Part meditation book, part oracle, and part collection of Sufi lore, poetry, and stories, The Sufi Book of Life offers a fresh interpretation of the fundamental spiritual practice found in all ancient and modern Sufi schools—the meditations on the 99 Qualities of Unity. Unlike most books on Sufism,...
The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi
AuthorRumi
ISBN0873957245
This is the most accessible work in English on the greatest mystical poet of Islam, providing a survey of the basic Sufi and Islamic doctrines concerning God and the world, the role of man in the cosmos, the need for religion, man's ultimate becoming, the states and stations of the mystical ascent to God,...
The Sufis
AuthorIdries Shah
ISBN0385079664
Idries Shah's definitive work, The Sufis, completely overturned Western misconceptions of Sufism, revealing a great spiritual and psychological tradition encompassing many of the world's greatest thinkers: Rumi, Omar Khayyam, Ibn El-Arabi, Al-Ghazzali, Saadi, Attar, Francis of Assisi and...
The Essential Koran
AuthorThomas Cleary
ISBN0785809023
Many years ago, this was the very first book that I read as an introduction to the Qur'an. In fact, it may have been responsible for leading me to study the Qur'an in much more detail in the following ten years, so in this sense it may have achieved its aim.

The style of language is indeed quite different...
Kashf Al-Mahjub: The Revelation of the Veiled: An Early Persian Treatise on Sufism
AuthorAli bin Uthman Al-Hujwiri
ISBN0906094372
Al-Hujwīrī came from Ghazna, now in Afghanistan, then the capital of the mighty Ghaznavid Empire. He was a Sufi mystic who travelled widely in the Middle East and Transoxiana. The Kashf al-Maḥjūb was probably written in Lahore, where he is buried, not long before his death in about 1074. One of...
Journey to the Lord of Power: A Sufi Manual on Retreat
AuthorIbn Arabi
ISBN0892810181
Journey to the Lord of Power is the first English translation of Ibn 'Arabi's twelfth-century text dealing with spiritual ascent. 'Arabi, whose metaphysical teachings have had a profound influence on both the Muslim and Christian worlds, is known as one of the greatest writers of mystical love poetry...
Inner Dimensions of Islamic Worship
AuthorAbu Hamid al-Ghazali
ISBN0008603712
In this book readers are lead on a powerful and inspiring journey through the inner dimensions of a range of Islamic acts, including prayer, almsgiving, fasting and pilgrimage.

Consisting of a selection of writings by a towering figure in Islamic history, Imam al-Ghazali, this book helps...
What is Sufism?
AuthorMartin Lings
ISBN0946621411
Martin Lings provides an excellent and authoritative introduction to the mystical movement of the Sufis based on his lifelong interest in Islamic culture. His explanation derives from a profound understanding of Sufism, and extends to many aspects which are usually neglected. His illuminating...
Zen and the Birds of Appetite
AuthorThomas Merton
"Zen enriches no one," Thomas Merton provocatively writes in his opening statement to Zen and the Birds of Appetite—one of the last books to be published before his death in 1968. "There is no body to be found. The birds may come and circle for a while... but they soon go elsewhere. When they are gone,...
Orthodox Psychotherapy
AuthorHierotheos Vlachos
ISBN9607070275
الكتاب رائع جدا جدا ويقدم ليس نظرية جديدة ولكن خبرة ورؤية جديدة لمشكلة مرض النفس الانسانية
يعتمد الكاتب على كتابات الاباء الولين فى فهم النفس الانسانية...
Melchizedek & the Mystery of Fire
AuthorManly P. Hall
ISBN0893148423
Manly Palmer Hall's treatise "Melchizedek and the Mystery of Fire is a fascinating work. Formal & systematic, it won't reveal much to a casual reader.

As usual, Hall deals with & promotes inner space exploration. In the short introduction he describes the nature of the book as being...
The Lives of Man: A Guide to the Human States: Before Life, In the World, and After Death
Authorالحبيب عبد الله بن علوي الحداد الحضرمي الشافعي
ISBN1887752145
A short work about the life stages of human beings according to Islamic eschatology. It comes highly recommended by Abdul Hakim Murad and others, though it was written many hundreds of years ago for a different time and audience. Not really a “book” per se but more of a compendium of Hadith and verses...
Seven Arrows
AuthorHyemeyohsts Storm
ISBN0345329015
Seven Arrowsis weird and difficult and interesting and you should read it and I don’t say that lightly.
It comes with a load of caveats. Seven Arrows is a book about Sundance, the relgion/philosophy of the native peoples of the Great Plains of North America, told by an (alleged) Cheyenne medicine...
Return to Order: From a Frenzied Economy to an Organic Christian Society
AuthorJohn Horvat
In times of crisis, we are forced to reexamine our ways and ponder our future. It is in this framework that we need to consider our present economic plight and the charting of our path forward.
In his penetrating analysis of contemporary society, author John Horvat focuses on the present crisis with...
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