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• Christian theosophy

• The Ageless Wisdom Teaching: An Introduction to Humanity's Spiritual Legacy (c2006), by Benjamin Creme (PDF with commentary at share-international.org)
• Point Loma's Literary Legacy (3 volumes of articles originally published in the Theosophical Path; reprinted ca. 1961), by Henry T. Edge, ed. by Iverson L. Harris (page images at HathiTrust)
• After Death -- What? (revised electronic edition, c1998), by Leoline L. Wright (HTML at TUP)
• The Universal Mystery-Language and Its Interpretation (revised edition, 1997), by Henry T. Edge (illustrated HTML at TUP)
• Theosophy and Modern Science (2 volumes; Point Loma, CA: Theosophical university press, c1930), by G. de Purucker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, Second Series (Chicago: Theosophical Press, c1926), ed. by Curuppumullagē Jinarājadāsa, contrib. by Annie Besant (page images at HathiTrust)
• Towards Discipleship (A Series of Informal Addresses to Aspirants for Discipleship) (Chicago: Theosophical Press, c1926), by J. Krishnamurti
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• The Ancient Wisdom: An Outline of Theosophical Teachings (reprinted 1918), by Annie Besant (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Aspects of the Christ, by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• The Astral Light, by Henry T. Edge (HTML at TUP)
• The Astral Plane: Its Scenery, Inhabitants and Phenomena (London et al.: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1895), by C. W. Leadbeater (Gutenberg text and page images)
• The Astral Plane: Its Scenery, Inhabitants, and Phenomena (third edition; 1900), by C. W. Leadbeater (multiple formats at archive.org)
• At the Feet of the Master (American edition; Chicago: Rajput Press, 1911), by J. Krishnamurti, contrib. by Annie Besant (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Australia and New Zealand as the Home of a New Sub-Race: Four Lectures Delivered Under the Auspices of the Theosophical Society of Sydney in August, 1915 (Sydney: Theosophical Society in Australia, ca. 1915), by C. W. Leadbeater (page images at HathiTrust)
• Australian Lectures, 1908 (Sydney: Robertson, 1908), by Annie Besant
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Basis of Morality, by Annie Besant (Gutenberg text)
• Britain's Place in the Great Plan: Four Lectures delivered in London, June and July 1921, by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• The Causal Body and the Ego, by Arthur Edward Powell (multiple formats with commentary at theosophy.world)
• Clairvoyance (Chennai: Theosophical Pub. House, 1899), by C. W. Leadbeater (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
• The Cloud upon the Sanctuary (as published in The Unknown World in 1895), by Karl von Eckartshausen, trans. by Isabelle de Steiger (PDF with commentary at adepti.com)
• The Cloud Upon the Sanctuary (third issue, revised and enlarged, 1909), by Karl von Eckartshausen, trans. by Isabelle de Steiger, contrib. by Arthur Edward Waite (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
• Collected Writings (15 volumes, Theosophical Pub. House edition), by H. P. Blavatsky, ed. by Boris De Zirkoff, contrib. by Dara Eklund (HTML at katinkahesselink.net)
• Cosmic Consciousness: The Man-God Whom We Await, by Alexander J. McIvor-Tyndall
  • Gutenberg text
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Creating Character, by Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• The Credo of Christendom, and Other Addresses and Essays on Esoteric Christianity (London: J. M. Watkins, 1916), by Anna Bonus Kingsford and E. M. Maitland, ed. by Samuel Hopgood Hart (HTML in Brazil)
• A Cry From Afar, by Mabel Collins (HTML at theosophy-nw.org)
• Dharma: Three Lectures, by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• The Dialogues of G. de Purucker, by G. de Purucker (HTML at TUP)
• The Doctrine of the Heart, by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• Echoes from the Orient: A Broad Outline of Theosophical Doctrines, by William Quan Judge (HTML at theosociety.org)
• Emotion, Intellect and Spirituality, by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• Esoteric Christianity: or, The Lesser Mysteries (second edition; London and Varanasi: Theosophical Pub. Soc., 1905), by Annie Besant (Gutenberg text)
• Esoteric Christianity: or, The Lesser Mysteries (based on the third impression, 1914), by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• Esoteric Psychology, by Alice Bailey
  • Volume I: HTML at lucistrust.org
  • Volume II: HTML at lucistrust.org
• The Esoteric Tradition (1940 edition), by G. de Purucker (HTML at TUP)
• The Etheric Double: The Health Aura of Man, by Arthur Edward Powell (PDF at realitychange.net)
• Evolution and Occultism, by Annie Besant (HTML at blavatsky.net)
• Expanding Horizons, by James A. Long (HTML at TUP)
• Fountain-Source of Occultism (1974 edition), by G. de Purucker (HTML at TUP)
• The Four Sacred Seasons, by G. de Purucker (HTML at TUP)
• The Gods Await (1992 edition), by Katherine Augusta Westcott Tingley (HTML at TUP)
• Golden Precepts of Esotericism (1979 edition), by G. de Purucker (HTML at TUP)
• H. P. Blavatsky to the American Conventions, 1888-1891, With a Historical Perspective, by H. P. Blavatsky and Kirby Van Mater (HTML at TUP)
• Hierarchies: The Ladder of Life, by Gertrude W. Van Pelt (HTML at TUP)
• Hints on Esoteric Theosophy (2 volumes in 1, attributed to "H. X.", a pen name used by Hume; Kolkata: Printed by the Calcutta Central Press Co., 1882-1883), by Allan Octavian Hume (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hints To Young Students of Occultism (4th edition; Los Angeles: Theosophical Book co., 1915), by L. W. Rogers
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Immediate Future and Other Lectures, by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• In the Outer Court (London: Theosophical Pub. House; et al., 1895), by Annie Besant (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Inner Government of the World, by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• The Inner Life (Adyar, India, and Los Angeles: Theosophical publishing house, 1917), by C. W. Leadbeater (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Inner Life (Chicago: Theosophical Press, 1922), by C. W. Leadbeater (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Invisible Helpers (American revised edition; Chicago: Theosophical Book Concern; et al., 1915), by C. W. Leadbeater
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• An Invitation to The Secret Doctrine, by H. P. Blavatsky (HTML at TUP)
• Isis Unveiled: A Master-Key to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science and Theology, by H. P. Blavatsky
  • HTML at TUP
  • HTML at sacred-texts.com
• The Key to Theosophy, by H. P. Blavatsky
  • HTML at TUP
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Kosmic Mind (Adyar pamphlets #116; Chennai: Theosophical Pub. House, 1920), by H. P. Blavatsky (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Laws of the Higher Life, by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• Letters from the Masters of the Wisdom, 1881-1888 (Adyar et al.: Theosophical Publishing House, 1919), ed. by Curuppumullagē Jinarājadāsa, contrib. by Annie Besant (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Letters of H. P. Blavatsky to A. P. Sinnett, and Other Miscellaneous Letters, by H. P. Blavatsky, ed. by A. Trevor Barker (HTML at TUP)
• The Life After Death, and How Theosophy Unveils It, by C. W. Leadbeater (PDF at djm.cc)
• Light on the Path, by Mabel Collins (HTML at TUP)
• London Lectures of 1907, by Annie Besant
  • Gutenberg text and page images
  • HTML at anandgholap.net
• The Mahatma Letters to A. P. Sinnett From the Mahatmas M. & K. H. (based on the 1926 edition), ed. by A. Trevor Barker (HTML at TUP)
• Mahatmas and Chelas, by Leoline L. Wright (HTML at TUP)
• Man and His Bodies, by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• Man and Woman and Child, by Harold W. Percival (PDF and HTML with commentary at thewordfoundation.org)
• Man in Evolution (1977 edition), by G. de Purucker, ed. by Grace F. Knoche (HTML at TUP)
• Man: Whence, How, and Whither: A Record of Clairvoyant Investigation (originally published 1913), by Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater (illustrated HTML at anandgholap.net)
• The Masters, by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• The Masters and the Path of Occultism, by G. de Purucker (HTML at theosophy-nw.org)
• The Meaning and Method of Spiritual Life, by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• The Mental Body, by Arthur Edward Powell (PDF at golden-dawn.com)
• No Way Out: Further Dialogues with U. G., by U. G. Krishnamurti, ed. by J. S. R. L. Narayana Moorty and Antony Paul Frank Naronha (HTML at well.com)
• The Ocean of Theosophy (1893 edition), by William Quan Judge (HTML at theosophy.org)
• The Ocean of Theosophy (New York: Theosophical Publishing Co.; London: Theosophical Book Co., 1898), by William Quan Judge
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• An Outline of Theosophy (Chicago: Rajput Press, 1911), by C. W. Leadbeater (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Path of Discipleship (second edition, 1899), by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• The Pedigree of Man, by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• Popular Lectures on Theosophy (second edition; Adyar, India: Theosophist Office, 1912), by Annie Besant
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• Rhythm of Wholeness, by Dane Rudhyar (HTML at khaldea.com)
• The Riddle of Life, and How Theosophy Answers It, by Annie Besant (illustrated HTML at anandgholap.net)
• The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy (London: Theosophical Pub. Co.; et al., 1888), by H. P. Blavatsky (HTML at TUP)
• The Secret Doctrine: The Synthesis of Science, Religion, and Philosophy (third revised edition, 3 text volumes and an index volume; Theosophical Publishing Society; et al., 1893-1897), by H. P. Blavatsky (page images at HathiTrust)
• Selected works (with biography and other writings), by U. G. Krishnamurti (HTML at well.com)
• Selected works and commentary (with other theosophical writings), by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• The Self and Its Sheaths, by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• The Seven Principles of Man (Theosophical Manuals #1, revised and corrected edition; London et al.: Theosophical publishing society, n.d.), by Annie Besant
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• The Seven Principles of Man (revised and corrected edition, 1909), by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• Some Glimpses of Occultism, Ancient and Modern (third edition; Los Angeles: Theosophical Pub. House, 1919), by C. W. Leadbeater (page images at HathiTrust)
• Some Problems of Life, by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• Spirit in Crisis, by Henk Oosterink (HTML at theosophy-nw.org)
• The Spiritual Guidance of Mankind (London: Anthroposophical Society, c1921), by Rudolf Steiner, ed. by Harry Collison (HTML with commentary at rsarchive.org)
• Studies in Occult Philosophy, by G. de Purucker (HTML at TUP)
• The Substantial Nature of Magnetism, by H. P. Blavatsky (HTML in Brazil)
• Superhuman Men in History and Religion (second edition, 1917), by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• A Textbook of Theosophy (c1912), by C. W. Leadbeater
  • HTML at sacred-texts.com
  • Gutenberg text
• Theosophy, by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• Theosophy and the New Psychology (1904), by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• Theosophy and the Theosophical Society, by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• Theosophy: Religion and Occult Science (London: G. Redway, 1885), by Henry Steel Olcott (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Theosophy: Religion and Occult Science (new edition, revised and enlarged; London: G. Redway, 1885), by Henry Steel Olcott (page images at HathiTrust)
• Theosophy: The Path of the Mystic (1977 edition), by Katherine Augusta Westcott Tingley (HTML at TUP)
• The Voice of the Silence: Being Chosen Fragments from the "Book of Golden Precepts" (1889 edition), by H. P. Blavatsky (HTML at TUP)
• The Way of Service, by George S. Arundale (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• What is Theosophy? ("by a fellow of the Theosophical Society"; Boston: Cupples, Upham and Co., 1887), by Mrs. A. P. Sinnett (page images at HathiTrust)
• What Is Theosophy? A General View for Inquirers, by Charles J. Ryan (HTML at TUP)
• When a Man Dies, Shall He Live Again?, by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• Wind of the Spirit (1984 edition), by G. de Purucker (HTML at TUP)
• The Wine of Life (1996 edition), by Katherine Augusta Westcott Tingley (HTML at TUP)
• Archaic History of the Human Race, As Recorded in "The Secret Doctrine" by H. P. Blavatsky (second printing; Covina, CA: Theosophical University Press, 1944), by Gertrude W. Van Pelt, contrib. by H. P. Blavatsky (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Archaic History of the Human Race, As Recorded in "The Secret Doctrine" by H. P. Blavatsky (based on the second edition), by Gertrude W. Van Pelt, contrib. by H. P. Blavatsky (HTML with commentary at theosophy-nw.org)
• The Astral Body and Other Astral Phenomena, by Arthur Edward Powell (multiple formats at theosophy.world)
• The Beautiful Necessity: Seven Essays on Theosophy and Architecture (Rochester, NY: Manas Press, 1910), by Claude Fayette Bragdon (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Beautiful Necessity: Seven Essays on Theosophy and Architecture (1922), by Claude Fayette Bragdon (Gutenberg text)
• Death-- and After?, by Annie Besant (Gutenberg text)
• The Doctrine of Cycles, by Lydia Ross (HTML at TUP)
• Education as Service, by J. Krishnamurti (Gutenberg text)
• Evolution, by Henry T. Edge (HTML at TUP)
• Fundamentals of the Esoteric Philosophy (1979 edition), by G. de Purucker (HTML at TUP)
• Gems from the East: A Birthday Book of Precepts and Axioms, ed. by H. P. Blavatsky (HTML at TUP)
• Glamour: A World Problem, by Alice Bailey (HTML at lucistrust.org)
• Initiation, Human and Solar, by Alice Bailey (illustrated HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
• Isis Very Much Unveiled: Being the Story of the Great Mahatma Hoax (London: Westminster Gazette Office, ca. 1894), by Fydell Edmund Garrett
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
• Karma: The Law of Consequences, by Gertrude W. Van Pelt (HTML at TUP)
• The Lives of Alcyone (1924), by Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater (PDF files at AnandGholap.net)
• Man: Fragments of a Forgotten History (third edition; London: Reeves and Turner, 1893), by Mohini M. Chatterji and Laura C. Holloway (page images at HathiTrust)
• Messages to Conventions, and Other Writings on the Policies, Work and Purposes of the T. S., by G. de Purucker (HTML at TUP)
• The Mystery-Schools, by Grace F. Knoche (HTML at TUP)
• Psychic Powers, by Helen Savage (HTML at TUP)
• Reincarnation: A Lecture (Harrogate: Theosophical Publishing Committee, 1903), by C. W. Leadbeater (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reincarnation: A Study in Human Evolution (London: Theosophical Pub. Soc., 1910), by Théophile Pascal, trans. by Fred Rothwell (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Rounds and Races (electronic edition, modified slightly from 1940 edition), by Gertrude W. Van Pelt (illustrated HTML at TUP)
• Secret Doctrine Commentary: Transactions of the Blavatsky Lodge of the Theosophical Society, by Theosophical Society Blavatsky Lodge (HTML at TUP)
• Servers of the Divine Plan: The Destiny of Ages is Nigh (second edition, 1999 (RTF); third edition, 2004 (Google); with other material) (multiple formats at thenewcall.org and Google)
• The Seven Principles of Man: An Ancient Basis for a New Psychology, by Leoline L. Wright (HTML at TUP)
• Some Occult Experiences (Adyar, India, et al.: Theosophical Publishing House, 1913), by Johan van Manen and C. W. Leadbeater
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
  • earlier magazine version; HTML in Russia
• The Spirit World Unmasked: Illustrated Investigations into the Phenomena of Spiritualism and Theosophy (Chicago: Laird and Lee, c1902), by Henry Ridgely Evans (page images at HathiTrust)
• Study in Consciousness: A Contribution to the Science of Psychology (second edition, 1915), by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• Thought Power: Its Control and Culture, by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• Thoughts on "At the Feet of the Master", by George S. Arundale (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• Traces of a Hidden Tradition in Masonry and Mediaeval Mysticism: Five Essays (1900), by Isabel Cooper-Oakley (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Vegetarianism in the Light of Theosophy, by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• Why I Became a Theosophist (New York: "The Path" Office, 1890), by Annie Besant (page images at HathiTrust)
• Yoga and Yoga Discipline: A Theosophical Interpretation, by Charles J. Ryan (HTML at TUP)
• The Zoroastrian and Some Other Ancient Systems (Bombay: Indian Printing Press, 1886), by Dhunjeebhoy Jamsetjee Medhora, contrib. by Thomas Stanley
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• The Esoteric Philosophy on Dreams (originally published 1889; reprinted Covina, CA: Theosophical University Press, 1943), by H. P. Blavatsky (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• After Death -- What? (Theosophical Manual #5; Point Loma, CA: Theosophical University Press, 1939), by Leoline L. Wright (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Brotherhood of Religions, by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• Jacob Boehme: His Life and Teaching, or, Studies in Theosophy (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1885), by H. Martensen, trans. by Thomas Rhys Evans (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Letters on Occult Meditation (ca. 1922), by Alice Bailey (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Letters That Have Helped Me, by William Quan Judge (HTML at TUP)
• Man Visible and Invisible: Examples of Different Types of Men As Seen by Means of Trained Clairvoyance (New York: J. Lane, 1903), by C. W. Leadbeater
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• Man Visible and Invisible: Examples of Different Types of Men As Seen by Means of Trained Clairvoyance (second and revised edition; London: Theosophical Pub. Soc., 1920), by C. W. Leadbeater
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• The Masks of Odin: Wisdom of the Ancient Norse, by Elsa Brita Titchenell (HTML at abacus-es.com)
• Problems of National and International Politics (New York: Theosophical Association of New York, c1922), by B. P. Wadia
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Theosophical Light on the Christian Bible, by Henry T. Edge (HTML at theosophy-nw.org)
• H. P. Blavatsky and the SPR: An Examination of the Hodgson Report of 1885, by Vernon Harrison (HTML at TUP)
• H. P. Blavatsky and the Theosophical Movement (1975 edition), by Charles J. Ryan, ed. by Grace F. Knoche (illustrated HTML at TUP)
• The Hidden Side of Christian Festivals (Los Angeles et al.: St. Alban Press, 1920), by C. W. Leadbeater
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

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