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Selections from the Poetry of the Afghans by H. G. Raverty Anthology of later Sufi poets from Afghanistan, many translated directly from rare manuscripts. "It must be remembered, that these poems are the effusions of men who never enjoyed any of what we call the luxuries of life;...

The Mesnevi and the Acts of the Adepts tr. by James W. Redhouse The Mesnevi (usually known as the Mesneviyi, or Holy Mesnevi) of Mevlana (our Lord) Jelalu-d'-Din, Muhammed, er-Rumi, Book the First: Trubner's Oriental Series In spite of the fact that the Persian Sufi master Rumi has achieved...

Salaman and Absal by Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami, Translated by Edward Fitzgerald A mystical Sufi allegory by the renowned Persian poet, Jami. This is a translation of an allegorical Sufi poem by the Persian Sufi poet Jami. Nur ad-Din Abd ar-Rahman Jami, (b. 1441 d. 1492), lived in...

Jaina Sutras, Part I by Hermann Jacobi Part One of the Hermann Jacobi translation of the Jaina Sutras. This volume includes the Akaranga and Kalpa Sutras, two of the most important Jain sacred texts. The Akaranga Sutra outlines rules for Jain monks. Most notably it describes steps which...

Keep A True Lent by Charles Fillmore The New Thought Movement or New Thought is a loosely allied group of organizations, authors, philosophers, and individuals who share a set of metaphysical beliefs concerning healing, life force, Creative Visualization, and personal power. The New Thought...

The Mahabharata, Book 12: Santi Parva Kisari Mohan Ganguli, tr. Om! Having bowed down to Narayana, and Nara the foremost of male beings, and the goddess Saraswati also, must the word Jaya be uttered. It is of immense importance to the culture of the Indian subcontinent, and is a major...

The Atharva-Veda translated by Maurice Bloomfield When Agni, having entered the waters, burned, where the (gods) who uphold the order (of the universe) rendered homage (to Agni), there, they say, is thy origin on high: do thou feel for us, and spare us, O takman! The present volume of...

Collection Of Australia There is a landslide of 19th and early 20th Century books and articles about American and African indigenous traditions, many treating the subject with sensitivity and great depth. Only a few Australian works from this period are available, and most of them are pretty...

Babylonian Talmud Book 2 (Vols. III and IV) Translated by Michael L. Rodkinson This Tract, virtually the third of the Sabbath series, treats of subjects similar to those discussed in the first two. The main point of. difference is, that most of the laws laid down in the preceding two volumes...

Babylonian Talmud (Book 4 Volumes VII. and VIII) Translated by Michael L. Rodkinson This volume contains three tracts, in order to maintain some uniformity in the size of the volumes, 1 whereas in former issues one subject required three volumes and another one volume, while in two instances...

Sports and Pastimes of the People of England by Joseph Strutt This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's preservation reformatting program. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates...

The Legends of the Jews (Volume III: From the Exodus to the Death of Moses) by Louis Ginzberg Forty years in the wilderness transformed Hebrew slaves into the Jewish people. In the long wandering to the promised land, much happened that the Bible did not record. Volume Three collects the legends...

The Native Tribes of Central Australia by Baldwin Spencer and F.J. Gillen This massive anthropological study of the central Australian tribes is one of the primary sources for information on these cultures. Based on first-hand scholarly study just prior to the twentieth century, Spencer and...

THE STORY OF EGIL SKALLAGRIMSSON: Translated by REV. W. C. GREEN, "Egill Skallagrímsson (910-c.990) was a Viking skald and the great anti-hero of Icelandic literature. Several accounts tell of him slaughtering as many as 20 or more armed men singlehandedly and even dispatching a feared...