The Occult Anatomy of Man
10 best books like The Occult Anatomy of Man (Manly P. Hall): Les Fleurs du Mal, Up from Slavery, The Conspiracy Against the Human Race, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Written by Himself, The Hero With a Thousand Faces, On the Shortness of Life, The Classic Slave Narratives, W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919, Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece, Power of Awareness: New Edition Incorporating Neville's Later Notes
| Author | Charles Baudelaire |
| ISBN | 0879234628 |
After reading Baudelaire, I suddenly find myself wanting to smoke cigarettes and say very cynical things while donning a trendy haircut. Plus, if I didn't read Baudelaire, how could I possibly carry on conversations with pretentious art students?
In all seriousness, though, I wish my French...
| Author | Booker T. Washington |
| ISBN | 0451527542 |
Booker T. Washington, the most recognized national leader, orator and educator, emerged from slavery in the deep south, to work for the betterment of African Americans in the post Reconstruction period.
"Up From Slavery" is an autobiography of Booker T. Washington's life and work, which...
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
His fiction is known to be some of the most terrifying in the genre of supernatural horror, but Thomas Ligotti's first nonfiction book may be even scarier. Drawing on philosophy, literature, neuroscience, and other fields of study, Ligotti takes the penetrating lens of his imagination and turns it...
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano: Written by Himself
| Author | Olaudah Equiano |
| ISBN | 0312442033 |
Widely admired for its vivid accounts of the slave trade, Olaudah Equiano's autobiography -- the first slave narrative to attract a significant readership -- reveals many aspects of the eighteenth-century Western world through the experiences of one individual. The second edition reproduces...
The Hero With a Thousand Faces
| Author | Joseph Campbell |
| ISBN | 0691017840 |
The first popular work to combine the spiritual and psychological insights of modern psychoanalysis with the archetypes of world mythology, the book creates a roadmap for navigating the frustrating path of contemporary life. Examining heroic myths in the light of modern psychology, it considers...
| Author | Seneca |
| ISBN | 0143036327 |
The Stoic writings of the philosopher Seneca offer powerful insights into the art of living, the importance of reason and morality, and continue to provide profound guidance to many through their eloquence, lucidity and timeless wisdom.
Throughout history, some books have changed the...
The Classic Slave Narratives
| Author | Henry Louis Gates Jr. |
| ISBN | 0451528247 |
The Life of Olaudah Equiano (finished January 2011)
This story at first was indeed a challenge for me. The language and words the author uses made me re-read pages a few times to understand what he was talking about. Of all the stories in this novel, this one was the most difficult as well as long....
W.E.B. Du Bois: Biography of a Race, 1868-1919
| Author | David Levering Lewis |
| ISBN | 0613630866 |
This is a biography that actually merits the “magisterial” among its blurbs, the kind of book that shows biography second only to the novel for difficulty of organization and effect. As epigraph to the first of the five volumes he would devote to the life of Henry James, Leon Edel quoted a line from...
Kybalion: A Study of the Hermetic Philosophy of Ancient Egypt and Greece
| Author | Three Initiates |
| ISBN | 0911662251 |
This stands as one of the most important books I've read about the nature of reality and the supersensible universe. As with any work intending to teach through words something that is larger and exponentially more complex than language will always require careful study. And though this book is not...
Power of Awareness: New Edition Incorporating Neville's Later Notes
| Author | Victoria Goddard Neville |
| ISBN | 0875166555 |
FIRST READING FINISHED 7/12/12: One of the best books I've ever read. REALLY good and highly recommended!
REREAD 10/28/14: Still one of my favorite books. Create a burning desire for what you want, then act as though the wish is fulfilled. Believe it to be true to manifest whatever you're looking...
