The bibliographies that follow are from the wikis, From Darkness to Light and New Maps of Heaven. They provide lightworkers with a reading list for enlightenment as a process and the three levels of enlightenment (the Trinity) and life after death.
FDL Bibliography
ABB: Hazrat Inayat Khan, The Art of Being and Becoming. New Lebanon: Omega.
ABD: Sri Ramana Maharshi, Advaita Bodhika Deepika, downloaded from http://www.sriramanamaharshi.org/Allpub.html, 2 Oct. 2007.
ABPM: Anandamayi Ma: The Bliss-Permeated Mother, http://www.cosmicharmony.com/Anandamayi
AC: Mata Amritanandamayi, Awaken, Children! Vallicakavu, India: Mata Amritanandamayi Mission Trust. [A new volume is published each year.]
AE: Nisdargadatta Majaraj, Awaken to the Eternal. Nisargadatta Maharaj: A Journey of Self-Discovery. Inner Directions video. N.d.
AFM: J. Krishnamurti, At the Feet of the Master. Adyar: Theosophical Publishing House, 1974; c1910.
AG: Swami Chetanananda, Avadhuta Gita. The Song of the Ever-Free. Calcutta: Advaita Ashram, 1988.
AGJC: Levi, Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ. Marina Del Rey: DeVorss, 1972; c1935.
AH: Al-Ghazzali, The Alchemy of Happiness. trans. Claud Field. Lahore: ASHRAF, 1971; c1964.
AHLW: Richard Lannoy, Anandamayi: Her Life and Wisdom. Shaftesbury, etc.: Element, 1996.
AI: William Blake, Auguries of Innocence, downloaded from http://www.theotherpages.org/poems/blake01.html, 27 October 2006.
AOA: Andrew Cohen, Autobiography of an Awakening. Corte Maeira, CA: Moksha Foundation, 1992.
AP: C.W. Leadbeater, The Astral Plane. Adyar: Theiosophical Publishing House, 1933; c1895.
APO: Edgar J. Goodspeed, trans., The Apocrypha. An American Translation. New York: Random House, 1959; c1938.
AQU, 25: Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov. Aquarius. Herald of the Golden Age. Part 1. Vol. 25 of the Complete Works. Freju: Editions Prosveta, 1981.
ARL: Andrew Cohen. An Absolute Relationship to Life. Lenox, MA: Moksha Prtess, 1997.
ASR: Swami Gambhirananda, ed., The Apostles of Sri Ramakrishna. Calcutta: Advaita Ashrama, 1989.
AT: Philostratus. The Life of Apollonius. trans. C.P. Jones. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1970.
AW: Annie Besant, The Ancient Wisdom. Adyar: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972; c1897.
AWM: Adyashanti,Awake in the Modern World. Los Gatos: Open Gate Publishing, 2004. Video.
AY: Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi. Bombay: Jaico, 1975.
BA: Sophy Burnham, A Book of Angels. Reflections on Angels Past and Present and True Stories of How They Touch Our Lives. New York: Ballantine Books, 1990.
BB: Dwight Goddard, A Buddhist Bible. Boston: Beacon Press, 1966; c1938.
BE: Anon.,A Bridge to Eternity. Sri Ramakrishna and His Monastic Order. Calcutta: Advaita Ashrama, 1986.
BG: Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood, trans., Bhagavad-Gita. The Song of God. New York and Scarborough: New American Library, 1972; c1944.
BHAK: Jacob Trapp, ed., Bhakti, Shanti: Love, Peace, A Book of Meditations. Boston, 1971.
BI: John Redtail Freesoul, Breath of the Invisible. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1986.
BL: Michel de Saint-Pierre, Bernadette and Lourdes. trans. Edward Fitzgerald. Garden City: Doubleday, 1960.
BMT: E.B. Cowell et al, trans., Buddhist Mahayana Texts. New York: Dover, 1949; c1894.
BPM: Trevor Ling, The Buddha’s Philosophy of Man. Early Indian Buddhist Dialogues. London, etc.: Dent, 1981.
BR: Richard Robinson and Willard L. Johnson, eds. The Buddhist Religion. A Historical Introduction. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1982.
BRAM: A.R. Natarajan, Bhagavan Ramana and Mother. Bangalore: Ramana Maharshi Centre for Learning, 1982.
BT: Mahathera Narada, The Buddha and His Teachings. Kandy: Buddhist Publication Society, 1973; c1964.
BTE: Anon., A Bridge to Eternity. Sri Ramakrishna and His Monastic Order. Calcutta: Advaita Ashrama, 1986.
CC: Maurice Bucke,Cosmic Consciousness. A Study in the Evolution of the Human Mind. New York: Dutton, 1969; c1901.
CFHT: Ramananda Swarnagiri, Crumbs from His Table. http://www.ramana-maharshi.org. Downloaded 10 September 2005.
CHT: Krishnamurti Foundation Trust, “Krishnamurti: The Core of His Teachings,” 1980, downloaded from http://www.katinkahesselink.net/kr/core.htm, 4 Nov. 2007.
CI: Paul Brunton and Munagala Venkataramaiah. Conscious Immortality. Conversations with Sri Ramana Maharshi. Rev. ed. 1996.
CIM: Anon., A Course in Miracles. A Text. Framingdale, NY: Foundation for Inner Peace, 1975.
CIT: Alan Cittaviveka Sumedho, Teachings from the Silent Mind. Great Gaddesden: Amaravati Publications, c1984; 1992.
CJD: Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher lsherwood, Shankara’s Crest-Jewel of Discrimination. Hollywood: Vedanta Press, 1975; c1947.
CML: Omraam Michael Aivanhov, Cosmic Moral Laws.
COA: Timothy Jones, Celebration of Angels. Nashville, etc.: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1994.
COL, 1: J. Krishnamurti, Commentaries on Living. First Series. Bombay, etc.: B.I. Publications, 1972; c1974.
COL, 2: J. Krishnamurti,Commentaries on Living. Second Series. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1967; c1958.
COL, 3: J. Krishnamurti, Commentaries on Livinq. Third Series. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1970; c1960.
CON: Alexander Eliot, “The Connoisseur’s Connoisseur,” Newsweek, November 5, 1979, 107.
CS: Suzanne Noffke, O.P., Catherine of Sienna. The Dialogue. New York and Mahwah: Paulist Press, 1980.
CSA: E.B. Pusey, trans., The Confessions of St. Augustine. London: Dent, 1934; c1909.
CSG: Isabel Cooper-Oakley, The Comte of St. Germain. The Secret of Kings. A Monograph. Milan: G. Sulli-Rao, 1912.
CT: Bhgawan Rajneesh, A Cup of Tea. Rajneeshpuram, OR: Rajneesh Foundation International, 1983.
CU: Anon., The Cloud of Unknowing trans. Clifton Wolters. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978; c1961.
CUE: Swami Rama and Swami Ajaya, Creative Use of Emotion. Honesdale, PN: Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy of the U.S.A., 1976
CW: Arthur Osborne, ed., The Collected Works of Ramana Maharshi. http://www.ramana-maharshi.org. Downloaded 10 Sept. 2005.
CWCT: Burton Watson, trans. The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu. New York and London: Columbia University Press, 1968.
CWI: Suzznne Segal, Collision with the Infinite: A Life Beyond the Personal Self. San Diego: Blue Dove Press, 1996.
CWPD: Cohn Luibheid, trans., Pseudo-Dionysus, His Complete Works. New York and Mahwah: Paulist Press, 1989.
CWRM: Arthur Osborne, ed., The Collected Works of Ramana Maharshi. Tiruvannamali, 1979.
CWSJC: Kieran Kavanaugh and Otilio Rodriguez, trans. Complete Works of St. John of the Cross. Washington: Institute of Carmelite Studies, 1973.
CYV: Swami Venkatesananda, ed., The Concise Yoga Vasistha. Albany: State University of New York, 1984.
DBDWB: A. Devarajamudalliar, Day by Day with Bhagavan. Tiruvannamalai: Sri Ramanasraman, n.d. http://www.ramana-maharshi.org. Downloaded 10 Sept. 2005.
DLSE: Karlfried Grf Von Durckheim, Daily Life as Spiritual Exercise; The Way of Transformation. Trans. Ruth Lwinnek. NY, etc.: Harper & Row, 1971.
DCP: C.W Leadbeater, The Devachanic Plane or the Heaven World. Its Characteristics and Inhabitants. Adyar: Theosophical Publishing House, 1963; c1896.
DP: Juan Mascaro, trans. The Dhammapada. Harmondsworth, Penguin Books.
DPH: Hargrave Jennings, ed., The Divine Pymander of Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus. Trans. Dr. Everard. San Diego: Wizards Bookshelf, 1985.
DR: A.J. Arberry, trans., Discourses of Rumi. New York; Samuel Weiser, 1977; c1961.
DS: S.N. Goenka, The Discourse Summaries. Pondicherry: Vipashyana Vishodan Vinyas, 1987.
EB: Alistair Shearer, trans. Effortless Being. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. London, etc.: Unwin, 1982.
EC: Swami Prabhavananda, The Eternal Companion. Brahmananda. Hollywood: Vedanta Press, 1970; c1944.
ECST: Marghanita Laski, Ecstacy in Secular and Religious Experiences. Los Angeles: Tarcher, 1961.
ED: Adyashanti, Emptiness Dancing. Selected Dharma Talks of Adyashanti. Los Gatos: Open Gate Publishing, 2004.
EE: Flora Courtois, An Experience of Enlightenment. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1986.
EG: Sri Aurobindo, Essays on the Gita. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 1972.
EIS: Andrew Cohen, Enlightenment is a Secret. Larkspur, CA: Moksha Press, 1995; c1991.
ENG: John Enright, Enlightening Gestalt: Waking up from the Nightmare. Mill Valley, CA: Pro Telos, 1980.
ENS: Berandette Roberts, The Experience of No-Self. A Contemplative Journey. Boston and London: Shamballa, 1985.
EP: Elmer O’Brien, ed., The Essential Plotinus. Representative Treatises from the Enneads. Toronto: New American Library, 1964.
ESO: Annie Besant, Esoteric Christianity. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1953; c1901.
ESS: Ralph Waldo Emerson,Essays. First Series. London: Routledge and Sons, 1898; c1841.
FHGB: Bartholomew, Brother. From the Heart of a Gentle Brother. Taos, NM: High Mesa Press, 1987.
FHNH: Andrew Cohen, Freedom Has No History. Lenox: Moksha Press, 1997.
FHSA: Anon., “Introduction” to Ramana Maharshi, Five Hymns to Sri Arunachala. Sixth edition.
FMSR: Swami Prabhavananda, First Meetings with Sri Ramakrishna. Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math, 1987.
FOL: Richard Rolle, The Fire of Love. Trans. Clifton Wolters. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1981; c1972.
FVR: Sri Ramana Maharshi. Forty Verses on Reality. Trans. Arthur Osborne. Mountain Path, October 1964. Downloaded from http://www.realization.org/page/namedoc0/40_verses/40_verses_0.htm, 25 August 2005.
GATT: A. Guillaumont et al. The Gospel According to Thomas. New York and Evanston: Harper and Row, 1959.
GENT: White Eagle, The Gentle Brother. Liss, UK: White Eagle Publishing Trust, 1974, 1968.
GB: Paul Carus, The Gospel of Buddha According to Old Records. Tucson: Omen Press, 1972.
GDI: Swami Ramakrishnananda, God and Divine Incarnations. Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math, 1986.
GFB: Sri Ramana Maharshi, Gems from Bhagavan. Comp. A. Devaraja Mudaliar. Tiruvannamalai: Sri Ramanasramam, 1985.
GLWT: Swami Chetanananda, God Lived with Them. St. Louis: Vedanta Society of St. Louis, 1997.
GOCA : Gleanings from Orthodox Christian Authors and the Holy Fathers, downloaded from http://www.orthodox.net/gleanings/angels.html, 26 August 2006.
GR: S.S. Cohen, Guru Ramana. Memories and Notes. 6th edition. Tiruvannamalai: Sri Ramanasramam, 1993.
GSB: Anne Dooley, ed.,Guidance from Silver Birch. London: Spiritualist Press, 1975; c1966.
GSR: Swami Nikhilananda, trans., The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna. New York: Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center, 1978; c1942.
GSRA: Swami Nikhilananda, trans., The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna (Abridged). New York: Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center, 1980; c1942.
GVP: L.N. Redfield, trans. Golden Verses of Pythagoras. Wellingborough: 1986.
GZ: Duncan Greenlees, trans. The Gospel of Zarathushtra. Adyar: Theosophical Publishing House, 1978.
HA Thomas Byrom, trans. Heart of Awareness. A Translation of the Ashtavakra Gita. Boston and Shaftesbury: Shambala, 1990.
HF: Gregory of Tours, The History of the Franks. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1974.
HHC: Lao Tzu, Hua Hu Ching.The Unknown Teachings of Lao Tzu. trans. Brian Walker. San Francisco: Harper, 1992.
HHM: Seng Ts’an, Hsin Hsin Ming [Inscribed on the Believing Mind; also called The Mind of Absolute Trust]. http://www.selfdiscoveryportal.com/cmSengTsan.htm. Downloaded 22 Jan. 2005.
HIN: Swami Nikhilananda, Hinduism. lts Meaning for the Liberation of the Spirit. Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math, 1968.
HRG: Da Free John, ed.The Heart of the Ribhu Gita. Los Angeles: Dawn Horse Press, 1973.
HS: Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, The Holy Science. Los Angeles: Self-Realization Fellowship, 1984.
HSC: John White, ed., The Highest State of Consciousness. Garden City: Doubleday, 1972.
HSU: Frank Tobin, trans. Henry Suso. The Exemplar, with Two German Sermons. New York and Mahwah: Paulist Press, 1989.
HTKG: Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood, trans., How to Know God. The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali. New York, etc.: New American Library, 1969; c1953.
IA: Adyashanti, The Impact of Awkenening. Los Gatos: Open Gate Publishing, 2000.
IAT: Maurice Frydman, trans., I am That. Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj. ed. S.S. Dikshit. Durham, NC: Acorn Press, 1973.
IATG: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, I am the Gate. The Meaning of Initiation and Discipleship. New York, etc.: Harper Colophon, 1977; c1975.
IC: St. Teresa of Avila. Interior Castle. trans. E. Allison Peers. Garden City: Image Books, 1961.
IDGP: Andrew Cohen. In Defence of the Guru Principle. Lenox: Moksha Press, 1999.
IHB: Matthew Fox, Illuminations of Hildegard of Bingen. Santa Fe: Bear, 1985.
ILWL: Anne Fremantle and Christopher.In Love with Love. 100 of the Greatest Mystical Poems. New York, etc.: Paulist Press, 1978.
IWL: Mabel Collins, The Idyll of the White Lotus. Wheaton, IL: Re Quest, 1974; c1952.
JI: Carlos Castaneda, Journey to Ixtlan. The Lessons of Don Juan. New York: Pocket Books, 1972.
JGE: Sri Ramana Maharshi, Jewel Garland of Enquiry (Vichara Mani Malai). Tiruvannamalai: Sri Ramanasramam, 1996; c1977.
JOB: Robert Munroe, Journeys out of the Body. Garden City: Anchor, 1971.
JR: James A. Wiseman, John Ruusbroec. The Spiritual Espousals and Other Works. New York, etc.: Paulist Press, 1985.
KK: Muhyideen Ibn Arabi, Kernel of the Kernel. trans. Ismail Hakki Bursevi. Sherborne: Beshara, n.d.
KOL: Da Free John,The Knee of Listening. Original Edition. Clearlake, CA; Dawn Horse Press, 1984; c1973.
KOR: N.J. Dawood, trans. The Koran. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1964; c1959.
KUN: Ajit Mookerjee, Kundalini. The Arousal of the Inner Energy. Rochester, VT: Destiny Books, 1989.
KYA: Mary Lutyens, Krishnamurti: The Years of Awakening. New York: Avon, 1975.
KYF: Mary Lutyens, Krishnamurti: The Years of Fulfillment. New York: Avon, 1983.
KYW: Swami Sivananda Radha, Kundalini Yoga for the West. Spokane: Timeless Books, 1978.
LA: Philostratus, Life of Apollonius. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1970.
LAD: C.W. Leadbeater, The Life After Death and How Theosophy Unveils It. Adyar: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973; c1912.
LAS: Omraam Mikhhael Aivanhov, Love and Sexuality, Part 1. Frejus Cedex: Editions Prosveta, 1987.
LBD: Swami Abhedananda, Life Beyond Death. Calcutta: Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 1989; c1944.
LBN: Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov, The Living Book of Nature. Frejus: Editions Prosveta, 1984.
LDJB: Franz Hartman, The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme. London: Kegan, Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1891.
LE: Justin E. Abbot, The Life of Eknath. Delhi, etc.: 1983; c1927.
LF: Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov, Life Force. Frejus: Editions Prosveta, 1987.
LM: Swami Satyeswarananda Giri, Lahiri Mahasay. The Father of Kriya Yoga. San Diego: Sanskrit Classics, 1983.
LMGE: Thaddeus Golas, The Lazy Man’s Guide to Enlightenment. Palo Alto: 1975; c1971.
LO: Paul Beard. Living On. How Consciousness Continues and Evolves after Death. New York: Continuum, 1981.
LOP: Mabel Collins, channel. Light on the Path and an Essay on Karma. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1974.
LOVE: “Mary,” Love. Marina del Rey: De Vorss, n.d.
LOY: Sri Aurobindo, Letters on Yoga. Three vols. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 1971.
LSB: Silver Birch, Light from Silver Birch. Comp. Pam Riva. London: Psychic Press, 1983.
LSR: Anon.,Life of Sri Ramakrishna. Calcutta: Advaita Ashrama, 1977; c1924.
LSTA: Teresa, St., of Avila. The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila. trans. J.M. Cohen. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1957.
LTSAM: Alexander Lipski, Life and Teaching of Sri Anandamayi Ma, http://www.cosmicharmony.com/Anandamayi Ma: The Bliss Permeated Mother.htm.
LWB: David Godman, Living By the Words of Bhagavan. Tiruvannamalai: Sri Annamali Swami Ashram Trust, 1995.
LWI: Byron Katie with Stephen Mitchell. Loving What Is. Four Questions That Can Change Your Life. New York: Three Rivers Press, 2002.
LWU: Anthony Borgia, med. Life in the World Unseen. N.P.: M.A.P., 1993.
MA: Brahmachari Amritatma Chaitanya, Mata Amritanandamayi. ‘Life and Experiences of Devotees. Vallickavu: Mata Amritanandamayi, 1988.
MAS: Beinsa Douno,The Master Speaks. The Words of the Great Universal Brotherhood. LA: Sunrise Press, 1976.
MD: Anon.Matri Darshan. Nordlingen: Mangalam Verlag S. Schang,1988/94. [On Anandamoyi Ma.]
ME: R.B. Blakney, trans., Meister Eckhart. A Modern Translation. New York, etc.: Harper & Row, 1941.
MED: Marcus Aurelius, Meditations. trans Maxwell Staniforth. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972; c1964.
MEQ: Paramahansa Yogananda, Man’s Eternal Quest and Other Talks. Los Angeles: Self-Realization Fellowship, 1976.
MFAS: Robert Bolt, A Man for all Seasons in Tom Maschler, ed. New English Dramatists 6. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1963.
MG: Sri Ramana Maharshi. Maharshi’s Gospel. Books I and II. Being Answers of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi to Questions Put to Him by Devotees. Tiruvannamalai: Sri Ramanasramam,1979; c1939.
MJN: Brendan Doyle, ed., Meditations with Julian of Norwich. Santa Fe: Bear, 1983.
MLSR: Suri Nagamma, My Life at Sri Ramanasramam.
MM: Gina Cerminara, Many Mansions. New York: New American Library, 1967; c1950.
MOS: Da Free John, The Method of the Siddhas. Middletown, CA: Dawn Horse Press, 1978.
MS: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. The Mustard Seed. Discourses on the Sayings of Jesus taken from the Gospel According to Thomas. New York, etc.: Harper & Row, 1975.
MSS: Adyashanti, My Secret is Silence. Poetry and Sayings of Adyashanti. Los Gatos: Open Gate Publishing, 2003.
MT: Pseudo-Dionysius,Theologica Mystica, contained in Anon., The Cloud of Unknowing trans. Clifton Wolters. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1978; c1961.
MTHR: Adilakshmi, Mother Meera.
NAG: Sarat Chandra Chakravarty, Nagmahasaya. A Saintly Householder Disciple of Sri Ramakrishna. Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math, 1977.
NAM: Kirpal Singh, Naam or Word. Delhi: Ruhani Satsang, 1972.
NJ: Sister Vandana, Nama Japa (The Prayer of the Name). Bombay: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, 1984.
NP: Nirmala, Nothing Personal: Seeing Beyond the Illusion of a Separate Self.
NRAT: IttoenTenko-San, A New Road to Ancient Truth. trans. Marie Beuseville Byles. London: Allen and Unwin, 1969.
OE: Berthold Madhukar Thompson,The Odyssey of Enlightenment. San Rafael: Wisdom Editions, 2003.
PCWO: Franklin Merell-Wolff, Philosophy of Consciousness without an Object. Reflections on the Nature of Transcendental Consciousness. New York: Julian Press, 1973.
PFD: Ruth Lembek, A Passion for the Divine. A Record of Intimate Experiences. ed. Ida Lennard. Marina del Rey: DeVorss, 1979.
PE: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, The Psychology of the Esoteric. ed. Ma Satya Bharti. New York, etc.: Harper & Row, 1973.
PMJ: Jane Sherwood, med. Post-Mortem Journal. London: Neville Spearman, 1964.
PN: Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now. Vancouver: Namaste Publishing, 1997.
PNS1: Bernadette Roberts, Path to No-Self. Boston and London: Shamballa, 1985.
PNS2: Bernadette Roberts, “The Path to No-Self” in Stephan Bodian, ed. Timeless Visions, Healing Voices. Freedom, CA: Crossing Press, 1991.
PP: Aldous Huxley, The Perennial Philosophy. New York, etc.: Harper and Row, 1970; c1944.
PP2 Robert Leichtman, The Psychic Perspective. Columbus: Ariel, 1978.
PPG: Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God. Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper Press, 1963.
PPR: William Blake, Poems and Prophesies. ed. Max Plowman. New York: Dutton, n.d.; c1927 [1794].
PROPH: Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet. New York: Knopf. 1970.
PSJC: Willis Barnstone, trans., The Poems of Saint John of the Cross. New York: New Directions, 1972; c1968.
PSR: Sri Sadhu Om, The Path of Sri Ramana. Vol. 1. Tiruvannamalai: Sri Ramana Kshetra, 1997.
PTS: Franklin Merrell-Wolff, Pathways Through to Space. A Personal Record of Transformation in Consciousness. New York: Julian Press, 1973.
PWTT : Gladys Wade, ed.,The Poetical Works of Thomas Trahearne. New York: Cooper Square, 1965.
PZ: G.C.C. Chang, The Practice of Zen. New York: Harper & Row, 1959.
QM: White Eagle, The Quiet Mind. Liss, England: White Eagle Trust, 1972.
RA: Arthur Osbourne, Ramana Arunachala.
RAM: Swami Budhananda,Ramprasad. The Melodious Mystic. New Delhi: Ramakrishna Mission, 1982.
RAWSH: Swami Chetanananda, ed. and trans. Ramakrishna as We Saw Him. St Louis: Vedanta Society of St. Louis, 1990.
REP: Plato, The Republic. trans. F.M. Cornford. New York and London: Oxford University Press, 1965; c1945.
RHD:Christopjer Isherwood, Ramakrishna and His Disciples. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1965; c1959.
RVW: Brahmacharini Usha, A Ramakrishna-Vedanta Wordbook. Hollywood: Vedanta Press, 1971; c1962.
SA: Brother Philip, Secret of the Andes. London: Neville Spearman, 1961.
SAO: P.G. Bowen, The Sayings of the Ancient One. London: Rider, n.d.
SBA: W. Naylor, ed. Silver Birch Anthology. London: Spiritualist Press, 1974; c1955.
SBSS: Mani Sahukar, Sai Baba: The Saint of Shirdi. Bombay: Somiay Publications, 1971.
SC: Willaim Law, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1955.
SCC: Paramahansa Yogananda, The Second Coming of Christ. Three vols. Dallas: Amrita Foundation, 1979-86.
SD: Helena P. Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine. The Synthesis of Science, Religion and Philosophy. Volume 1. Cosmogenesis. Volume II. Anthropogenesis. London: 1888.
SD(A): Helena P. Blavatsky, An Abridgement of the Secret Doctrine. Ed. Elizabeth Preston and Christmas Humphreys. Wheaton, Ill: Theosophical Publishing House, 1968.
SDB: “K.” Sat-Darshana Bhashya and Talks with Maharshi. Tiruvannamalai: Sri Ramanasramam, 1993; c1931.
SDF: Benedicta Ward, trans., The Sayings of the Desert Fathers. London and Oxford: Mowbray Books, 1981.
SE: Ramana Maharshi, Self-Enquiry. Trans. T.M.P. Mahadevan. http://www.realization.org/page/namedoc0/self/self_0.htm Downloaded 1 August 2005.
SETH: Jane Robert, Seth Speaks: The Eternal Validity of the Soul. New York, etc.: Bantam Books, 1974.
SGS: Swami Vivishananda, The Saga of a Great Soul. Glimpses into the Life and Work of Mahapurush Maharaj Swami Shivananda, a Great Disciple of Sri Ramakrishna. Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math, 1986.
SHI: Swami Prabhavananda, The Spiritual Heritage of India. Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math, 1981.
SHN: A.F. Price and Wong Mou-Lam, trans. The Diamond Sutra and the Sutra of Hui Neng. Berkeley: Shamballa, 1969.
SHOW: Julian of Norwich, Showings. trans. Edmund Colledge and James Walsh. New York, etc.: Paulist Press, 1978.
SHW: Michael J. Eastcott, The Spiritual Hierarchy of the World. Tunbridge Wells: Sundial House, 1973.
SI: Sri Ramana Maharshi,Spiritual Instruction of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi. Eighth Edition. Tiruvannamalai: Sri Ramanasramam, 1974.
SJA: Ramchandra Kesha Bhagwat, Sri Jnanadeva’s Amritanubhava with Changadeva Pasashti. Madras; Samata Books, 1985.
SK: Swami Nikhilananda, Shankara’s Self-Knowledge. Madras, 1967.
SM: Adyashanti, interview in John J. Prendergast, Peter Fenner, and Sheila Krystal, eds., The Sacred Mirror: Nondual Wisdom and Psychotherapy. as excerpted at http://www.nonduality.com/hl1967.htm, downloaded 11 March 2006.
SMSLS: M. Subbaraya Karnath, Sri Maharshi: A Short Life-Sketch. Tiruvannamalai: Sri Ramanasaramam, 1986.
SOH: Paul Ferrini, Silence of the Heart. South Deerfield, MA: Heartways Press, 1996.
SOL: Anon., Solitude. Bombay: Central Chinmaya Mission Trust, 1987.
SOY: Sri Aurobindo, The Synthesis of Yoga. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 1983.
SP: J.G. Bennett, Spiritual Psychology. Lakemont, GA: CSA Press, 1974.
SPKR : Mary Lutyens, ed. The Second Penguin Krishnamurti Reader. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1970.
SR: Paramahansa Yogananda. The Science of Religion. Los Angeles: Self-Realization Fellowship, 1982.
SRBP: Swami Smaranananda, Sri Ramakrishna. A Biography in Pictures. Calcutta: Advaita Ashrama, 1981.
SRFL: Self-Realization Fellowship Lessons. Los Angeles: Self-Realization Fellowship. [Covered many years.]
SRG: Vasistha Ganapathi, ed., Sri Ramana Gita. Tiruvannamalai: Sri Ramanashramam, 1977.
SRGM: Swami Saradananda. Sri Ramakrishna, the Great Master. Madras, Sri Ramakrishna Math, 2 vols, 1979-83.
SRPG: Anon., Sri Ramakrishna.The Power and the Glory. Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math, 1985.
SRR: G.V. Subbaramayya, Sri Ramana Reminiscences. Tiruvannamalai: Sri Ramanasramam, 1994; c1967.
SRRM: Sadhu Arunachala (A.W. Chadwick), A Sadhu’s Reminiscences of Ramana Maharshi. Tiruvannamalai: Sri Ramanasramam, 1961.
ST: Swami Ritajananda, Swami Turiyananda. Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math, 1973.
STJ: Marvin W. Meyer, The Secret Teachings of Jesus. New York; Random House, 1986.
STRM: Anon., The Spiritual Teaching of Sri Ramana Maharshi. Berkeley and London: Shambala, 1972.
SW: William H. Gilman, ed., Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson. New York and Scarborough: New American Library, 1965.
SWAM: U.S. Ramachandran, Swami Satchidananda (A Thumbnail Sketch). Andandashram: Anandashram, 1991.
SY: Paramahansa Yogananda, Sayings of Paramahansa Yogananda. Los Angeles: Self-Realization Fellowship, 1980.
TA: Maria Pia Giudici, The Angels. Spiritual and Exegetical Notes. New York: Alba House, 1993.
TALK: Sri Ramana Maharshi, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi. Three Volumes in One. Tiruvannamalai: Sri Ramanashram, 2010.
TCB: Edwin A. Burtt, ed., The Teachings of the Compassionate Buddha. New York and Toronto: New American Library, 1955.
TE: Stephen Bodian, “Adyashanti Interview: The Taboo of Enlightenment.” From http://nonduality.com/hl1892.htm, downloaded 11 March 2006.
TG: Neale Donald Walsh, Tomorrow’s God. Our Greatest Spiritual Challenge. New York, etc.: Atria Books, 2004.
TGML : Bengt Hoffman, trans.,The Theologia Germanicus of Martin Luther. New York, etc.: Paulist Press, 1980.
TGYM: W.Y. Evans-Wentz, Tibet’s Great Yogi Milarepa. A Biography from the Tibetan. London, etc.: Oxford University Press, 1951.
TLWG: Swami Chetananda, They Lived with God. Life Stories of Some Devotees of Sri Ramakrishna. St. Louis: Vedanta Society of St. Louis, 1989.
TMY: N.A. Narayana Aiyer, The Technique of Maha Yoga (Self-Enguiry). Madras: Ramanakendra, n.d.
TRM: Arthur Osborne, comp., The Teachings of Ramana Maharshi. York Beach, ME: Weiser, 1996.
TR: Sri Ramana Maharshi, Truth Revealed. Sad-Vidya. Tiruvannamalai: Sri Ramanasramam, 1982.
TSB: Silver Birch, Teachings of Silver Birch. Wisdom from the World Beyond. Ed. A.W. Austen. London: Spiritualist Press, 1962; c1938.
TSRM: Arthur Osborne,The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi. N.d., n.p.
TSY: Osho, The Sacred Yes. Initiation Talkes Between Master and Disciple. Rajneeshpuram: Ma Anand Sheela, 1983.
TSV Anon., Teachings of Swami Vivekananda. Calcutta: Advaita Ashrama, 1985.
TT: Charles W. Leadbeater, A Textbook of Theosophy. 1912. A Guetnberg Project eBook. Downloaded from http://www.gutenberg.org/files/12902/12902-8.txt, 27 October 2006.
TTT: Adyashanti,The Truest Thing. Audiotape.
TWSRM: Munagala Venkatramiah, Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi. Downloaded from http://www.ramana-maharshi.org/books.htm, 31 August 2005.
UP: Sri Aurobindo, The Upanishads. Pondicherry: Sri Aurobindo Ashram, 1985.
UPAN: Swami Prabhavananda and Frederick Manchester, trans., The Upanishads. Breath of the Eternal. New York and Scarborough: New American Library, 1957; c1948.
UPAN2: Alan Jacobs, trans. The Principal Upanishads: A Poetic Transcreation. Winchester, UK and New York: O Books, 2003.
URTL: Andrew Cohen,An Unconditional Relationship to Life. Lenox: Moksha Press.1995.
VIV: Swami Nikhilananda, trans. Vivekananda: The Yogas and Other Works. New York: Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center, 1953.
VMM: Christopher Isherwood, ed., Vedanta for Modern Man. New York: Collier Books, 1962; c1945.
VOS: Helena P. Blavatsky, The Voice of the Silence. Wheaton, etc.: Theosophical Publishing House, 1970.
VRE: William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience. A Study in Human Nature. London and Glascow: Collins, 1960.
VSR: Swami Yogeshananda, The Visions of Sri Ramakrishna. Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math, 1980.
WAI: Andrew Cohen, Who am I & How Shall I Live? Lenox: Moksha Press, 1998.
WB: Franklin Merrell-Wolff, “The Wedge of Buddhahood,” Unpublished Lecture, 17 June 1980.”
WBT: Walpole Rahula,What the Buddha Taught. New York: Grove Press, 1974
WHO: Anon., Who Am I? The Teachings of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi. Sarasota, FL: Ramana Publications, 1990.
WIE: Andrew Cohen and students. What is Enlightenment? Magazine.
WIEWS: Andrew Cohen and students. What is Enlightenment ?Website.
WIEN: John White, ed., What is Enlightenment? Los Angeles: Tarcher, 1984.
WOG: Beinsa Douno, The Wellspring of Good. Downloaded from http://www.beinsadouno.org/lib/sg.htm, accessed 21 Feb. 2005.
WOI: Hazrat Inayat Khan, Way of Illumination. Delhi, etc.: Motilal Banarsidass, 1988.
WOL: Lao Tzu, The Way of Life. The Tao Te Ching. trans. R.B. Blakney. New York, etc.: Avon, 1975.
WOPG: Timothy Conway, Women of Power and Grace. Nine Astonishing, Inspiring Luminaries of Our Time. Santa Barbara: The Wake Up Press. 1994.
WP: Joan Grant, Winged Pharaoh. New York: Avon, 1956.
WR: Maxwell Geismar, ed.,The Whitman Reader. New York: Pocket Book, 1955.
WS: Anon., The Way of the Servant. London: John M. Watkins, 1918.
WSEW: Anon., Women Saints East and West. Hollywood: Vedanta Press, 1955.
WTC: Jacob Boehme, The Way to Christ. trans. Peter Erb. New York, etc.: Paulist Press, 1978.
WWE: White Eagle, Wisdom from White Eagle. Liss: White Eagle Publishing Trust, 1983.
ZFZB: Paul Reps, comp., Zen Flesh, Zen Bones. A Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings. Doubleday: Anchor, n.d.
ZIBO: J.C. Cleary, Zibo. The Last Great Zen Master in China. Berkeley: Asian Humanities Press, 1989.
ZMHK: Hakuin, Zen Master Hakuin’s Letter in Answer to an Old Nun of the Hokke [Nichiren] Sect. The 25th day of the Eleventh Month of Enkyo 4 (C.E. 1747). Downloaded from http://nichirencoffeehouse.net/library/Hakuin.html, 2 May 2007.
ZTB: Red Pine, trans., The Zen Teachings of Bodhidharma. Port Townsend, WA, Empty Bowl, 1987.
ZTG: Jon Winokur. Zen to Go. New York: Penguin, 1988.
ZTML: Burton Watson, trans. The Zen Teachings of Master Lin-Chi [Rinzai]. A Translation of the Lin-Chi Lu. Boston and London: Shambala, 1993.
New Maps of Heaven Bibliography
Last revised: 18 September 2010
Discarnate Sources
AD: Julia [Julia T. Ames] through W.T. Stead, medium, After Death. A Personal Narrative. New York: George H. Doran, n.d.; c. 1914.
Ames’ family name does not appear in the book, but can be found at “William Thomas Stead,” Red Pill, http://redpill.dailygrail.com/wiki/William_Stead.
ADC: L.M. Bazett, After-Death Communications. http://www.freewebs.com/psilib/AfterDeathCmtnBazett.txt.
ADJ: William James through Jane Roberts, medium, The Afterdeath Journal of an American Philosopher: The World View of William James. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1978.
AFM: Krishnamurti, J. At the Feet of the Master. Adyar: Theosophical Publishing House, 1974; c1910.
AL: Cynthia Sandys and Rosamund Lehmann, The Awakening Letters. Jersey: Neville Spearman, 1978.
BGWHN:The Persian Gentleman, A Beginner’s Guide to What Happens Next – The Passing of Mr. Johnson. On the Happy Medium Website. Downloaded from http://www.happy-medium.co.uk/afterlife.php, 17 February 2008.
BHP: Frederic W.H. Myers through Geraldine Cummins, medium, Beyond Human Personality. Downloaded from http://www.trans4mind.com/spiritual/cummins/cummins2.html.
BI: William Thomas Stead, The Blue Island. Experiences of a New Arrival Behind the Veil. Estelle W. Stead and Pardoe Woodman, eds. London: Rider, n.d.
BOTR: Joseph Wetzl, trans., The Bridge Over the River. Communications from the Life After Death of a Young Artist Who Died in World War One. Spring Valley: Anthroposophic Press, 1974.
BR: Robert R. Leichtman through the mediumship of D. Kendrick Johnson, H.P. Blavatsky Returns. Columbus, OH: Ariel Press, 1980.
CB: L. Kelway-Bamber, ed., Claude’s Book. New York: 1919. Downloaded from http://www.spiritwritings.com/claude1.pdf, 18 Feb. 2008.
CSB: L. Kelway-Bamber, ed., Claude’s Second Book. New York: 1920.
DHND: Edward C. Randall, The Dead Have Never Died. E-book from http://survivalebooks.org/#The%20Dead%20Have%20Never%20Died.
DOA: Robert Leichtman, The Destiny of America. Atlanta: Ariel Press, 1999; c1979.
DOC: Robert Leichtman, The Dynamics of Creativity. Atlanta: Ariel Press, 1998; c1978.
DOU: Arten [once incarnated as Thaddeus, the follower of Jesus], The Disappearance of the Universe. Carlsbad: Hay House, March 2007 (12th printing); c2002.
FMABL: John Heslop through F. Heslop, medium, Further Messages Across the Border-Line. A Continuation of “Speaking Across the Border-Line.” London: Charles Taylor, n.d.
The foreword by G. Vale Owen is dated July 1921. See SABL for F. Heslop’s description of her husband, John Heslop.
FMW: Jasper Swain, From My World to Yours: A Young Man’s Account of the Afterlife. New York: Walker, 1977.
GNS: Vice Admiral W. Usborne Moore, Glimpses of the Next State. London: Watts and Co., 1911. Downloaded from http://survivalebooks.org/#The%20Voices.
GSB: Silver Birch, Guidance from Silver Birch. Ed. Ann Dooley. London: Psychic Press, 1986.
HH: Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson through Anthony Borgia, medium, Here and Hereafter. San Francisco: H.G. White, 1968 (dictated in 1957).
HT: P.I. Phillips, Here and There. More Psychic Experiences. London; Corgi Books, 1975.
ISL: Robert Leichtman, The Inner Side of Life. Columbus: Ariel Press, 1991; c1979.
ITE: Alice Gilbert, medium, Into the Everywhere. Tunbridge Wells: World Spiritual Council, 1968.
LBV: G. Vale Owen, medium, The Life Beyond the Veil. London: Thornton Butterfield, June 1920. E-book downloaded from http://www.snu.org.uk/Images/pdfs/Life%20Beyond.pdf, 21 Jan. 2008.
LBV1: G. Vale Owen, medium, The Life Beyond the Veil. Book I: The Lowlands of Heaven. New York, 1921.
LBV3: G. Vale Owen, medium, The Life Beyond the Veil. Book III: The Ministry of Heaven. New York, 1921.
LLDM: Judge David Patterson Hatch (“X”), Letters from a Living Dead Man. Elsa Barker, med. New York: Mitchell Kennerly, 1914. Ebook downloaded from http://www.earthlypursuits.com/LtrLDMan/LtrLDMan.htm, 28 August 2008.
LFM: Lesley May, med., Letters from Mother. A Family Biography in Two Worlds. Ed. Edmund Bentley. London: Psychic Press, 1964.
LFOS: Henry Thibault, Letters from the Other Side. London: 1919.
In The Spiritualists Reader, pp. 70-1, Arthur Conan Doyle identifies “Philemon” as Archdeacon Wilberforce.
LHH: Fred Rafferty, ed., Charlotte E. Dresser, medium, Life Here and Hereafter. Author’s edition. Downloaded from http://www.harvestfields.ca/ebook/02/001/00.htm, 2 Feb. 2008.
LIWU: Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson through Anthony Borgia, medium, Life in the World Unseen. M.A.P., 1993.
LLDM: Elsa Barker, medium, Letters from a Living Dead Man . Mitchell Kennerly, 1914.
LSB: Silver Birch, Light from Silver Birch. Comp. Pam Riva. London: Psychic Press, 1983.
LW: Helen Greaves, medium, Living Waters. Sudbury, Suffolk: Neville Spearman, 1978.
MA: Joy Snell, The Ministry of Angels. Secaucus: Citadel Press, 1977; c1959.
This book sets forth what one woman has learned the the Ministry of Angels on earth, and of life in other spheres of existence beyond this world.
It has been written because angels have told her that rare psychic powers have been bestowed on her, and she has been permitted to see what is hidden from the vast majority of mankind until after death, that she might tell others something of what has been revealed to her.
MALIWU: Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson through Anthony Borgia, medium, More About Life in the World Unseen. San Francisco: H.G. White, 1956; c1968.
MM: Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding, Many Mansions. (London, etc.: Rider and Co., n.d.
MST: Stainton Moses, More Spirit Teachings. Electronically published by Meilach.com. http://www.meilach.com/spiritual/books/morest/mspteach.htm
MSTSW: Stainton Moses, More Spirit Teachings. Spirit Writings. Electronically published by Meilach.com. http://www.meilach.com/spiritual/books/morest/mst02.htm
MSTTT: Stainton Moses, More Spirit Teachings. Trance Teachings. Electronically published by Meilach.com. http://www.meilach.com/spiritual/books/morest/mst01.htm
MTMAH: Matthew Ward, Matthew, Tell Me About Heaven. A Firsthand Description of the Afterlife. Camas, WA: Matthew Books, 2009; c2001.
MTR: Robert Leichtman, M.D., Mark Twain Returns. Columbus: Ariel Press, 1982.
NTR: Carl Japikse through medium Robert Leichtman. Nikola Tesla Returns. Columbus: Ariel Press, 1980.
OD: Theon Wright, The Open Door, through George Wright, medium. New York: Day, 1970; c1900.
PD: Private Thomas Dowding in Wellesley Tudor Pole, medium, Private Dowding. The Personal Story of a Soldier Killed in Battle. London: Neville Spearman, 1966; c1917.
“On Monday, 12th March 1917, I was walking by the sea when I felt the presence of someone. … Suudenly I said to myself, ‘It is a soldier. He has been killed in battle and wants to communicate!’ That evening I happened to call upon a lady who possesses some degree of clairvoyant power. I had forgotten about the soldier until she described a man dressed in khaki, sitting in a chair near me. … She said he was mature, wore a small moustache, and seemed somewhat sad. Not a very intelligent character apparently, but an honest one. … I came home and sat down at my writing table. …
“The messages I received in this manner from ‘Thomas Dowding,’ recluse, schoolmaster, soldier, are down exactly as they reached me.” (Wellesley Tudor Pole, PD, 11.)
PMJ: T.E. Lawrence through Jane Sherwood, medium, Post-Mortem Journal. Communications from T.E. Lawrence. London: Spearman, 1964.
“In the early days of my work three communicators used my pen and of these ‘Scott’ was one. … Scott’s contributions were always recognizable for their vivid and tonic qualities and sometimes for the unconscious arrogance with which they were presented. …
“The riddle of ‘Scott’s’ identity [was] not difficult to guess. He is Colonel T.E. Lawrence. He first wrote for me in 1938 and from the beginning he used his own name. But as soon as any question of publication arise he demanded of me a promise to respect his anonymity. This promise I gave. …
“In process of time this reaction [to his own fame] decreased in power and almost disappeared as though he had at last become indifferent to his fame. In Post-Mortem Journal he has taken very little trouble to conceal his identity and I think we may conclude that it is no longer a matter of concern to him.” (Jane Sherwood, medium, PMJ, 10-2.)
POG: Robert Leichtman, Priests of God. Atlanta, GA: Ariel Press, 1997; c1980.
PP: Robert Leichtman, The Psychic Perspective. Columbia: Ariel press, 1978.
PSB: Silver Birch, Philosophy of Silver Birch. London: Spiritualist Press, 1975; c1969.
PTS: Philip Gilbert through Alice Gilbert, medium. Philip in the Spheres. London: Psychic Book Club, n.d.
PTW: Philip Gilbert through Alice Gilbert, medium, Philip in Two Worlds. London: Andrew Dakers, 1948.
RR: Robert Liechtman, M.D., Rembrandt Returns. Columbus: Ariel Press, 1981.
RTI: Frederic W.H. Myers through Geraldine Cummins, medium. The Road to Immortality. Being a description of the after-life purporting to be communicated by the late F. W. H. Myers . Located at http://www.trans4mind.com/spiritual/cummins/cummins1.html.
SABL: John Heslop through F. Heslop, medium, Speaking Across the Border-Line. Being Letters from a Husband in Spirit Life to His Wife on Earth. London: Charles Taylor, 9th ed., n.d.
“John, from whom these letters came, was a Scotsman and gloried in his nationality. Extremely reticent in the expression of his deeper feelings, he was a very Highlander in his genial nature and filled with love and hospitality.
“His character was a combination of strength and tenderness, string in rectitude and every manly virtue, but tender and understanding toward the weaknesses of others. He had a well-balanced brain, clear, excellent judgment, and keen artistic perceptions. But the bias of his mind was toward the practical rather than the poetical, while for mysticism and all occult matters he had no toleration.
“A keen sportsman, he reveled in the beauty of river and loch. Few men ever won more affection from other men than did he and, when he passed, they told me with one voice that he was the most loveable man they had ever known.” (F. Heslop, SABL, xix.)
SBA: Silver Birch Anthology. Ed. Wm. Naylor. London: Spiritualist Press, 1974; c1955.
SBAN: Silver Birch, Silver Birch Anthology. Located at http://www.the-synergy.com/silverb/contensb.html.
SBOS: Silver Birch, Silver Birch’s Own Story. Located at http://www.angelfire.com/ok/SilverBirch/SB.html.
SBS: Geraldine Cummins, Swan on a Black Sea. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1965.
SBSP: Silver Birch, Silver Birch Speaks. Ed. Sylvia Barbanell. London: Spiritualist Press, 1980; c1949.
SBT: Silver Birch, Silver Birch’s Teachings. Located at http:/www.angelfire.com/ok/SilverBirch/Tcon.html.
SOLR: Robert R. Leichtman, M.D. through medium D. Kendrick Johnson, Sir Oliver Lodge Returns. Columbus: Ariel Press, 1979.
SR: Robert R. Leichtman, M.D., through medium D. Kendrick Johnson, Shakespeare Returns. Columbus: Ariel Press, 1978.
SRE: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Spiritualist’s Reader. London: Psychic Book Club, 1955; c1924.
ST: “Imperator” (Malachi) speaking through Stainton Moses. Spirit Teachings. London: Spiritualist Press, n.d. (Prior to 1883.)
From an e-mail with Dr. Mike Timns, March 15, 2008: “[Stainton] Moses continually asked for the earthly identifications of Imperator and the others. Imperator initially refused, informing Moses that revealing their earthly names would result in casting additional doubt on the validity of the messages.
“However, Imperator later revealed their names, advising Moses that they should not be mentioned in the book he would write. It was not until after Moses’s death that the identities were made public by A. W. Trethewy in a book, The Controls of Stainton Moses. Imperator was Malachias, the Old Testament prophet. Rector was Hippolytus and Doctor was Athenodorus. Imperator took directions from Preceptor, who was Elijah. Preceptor, in turn, communed directly with Jesus. Other communicators in the band of 49 included Daniel, Ezekiel, John the Baptist, Solon, Plato, Aristotle, Seneca, Plotinus, Alexander Achillini, Al-Ghazzali, Kabbila, Chom, Said, Roophal, and Magus.” (Mike Tymn to Brother Anonymous, E-mail, 15 March 2008.)
SWSL: Charlotte E. Dresser, medium, and Fred Rafferty, editor, Spirit World and Spirit Life. Los Angeles: Rafferty, 1922.
Mary has a lot of good, hard sense. Trust her and go ahead. (Professor William James to Charlotte Dresser of circle leader Mary Bosworth in SWSL, 241.)
I sent out messengers, and, though it has been a long search, I have found you in a circle who are well beloved by those of higher spheres. Mary is a safe teacher and friend. Dee is your dearest friend and a lovely spirit. Trust them. The others I cannot see so well; but all are fine, and I am grateful that you, my friend, are cared for so wisely. (Unnamed friend of Charlotte Dresser’s, SWSL, 183.)
Then Sis [Charlotte Dresser] asked [her sister and spirit group coleader] Dee to tell her how Mary looked.
“Mary has dark eyes and is taller than I am. We are not alike in looks, but are alike in perceptions, tastes, and desires. We have different work, and each has different interests; yet we are closely related. Can you understand?” (Dee of Mary in SWSL, 50.)
TIH: Harry Homewood, medium, Thavis is Here. New York: Fawcett, 1978.
“‘Thavis’ is his Other Side name, Apparently all souls who work with humans adopt names by which they identify themselves…. Thavis lived in France during the eighteenth century and, he told me, he had lived here [on Earth] in a previous incarnation. He was a journalist of sorts and a politician in his last [i.e., the French] life here.” (Harry Homewood, TIH, 26.)
TIND: Betty Bethards, medium, There is No Death. Novato, CA: Inner Light Foundation, 1976; c1975.
Betty Bethards, founder of the Inner Light Foundation, is a meditation teacher, mystic, and psychic channel. At several different sessions an associated asked Betty questions about death. Betty was in a state of light trance, which allowed answers to come through her from the other side or the next dimension of existence.
TOL: Helen Graves, Testimony of Light. London: Churches Fellowship for Psychical & Spiritual Studies, 1975; c1969.
TR: Grace Rosher, medium. The Travellers’ Return. London: Psychic Press, 1968.
TS: Geraldine Cummins, They Survive. Evidence of Life Beyond the Grave from Scripts of Geraldine Cummins. Comp. E.B. Gibbes. London, etc.: Ride and Co., n.d.
TSB: Silver Birch, Teachings of Silver Birch. Wisdom from the World Beyond. Ed. A.W. Austen. London: Spiritualist Press, 1962; c1938.
VS: Helena Blavatsky, The Voice of the Silence. Being Chosen Fragments from the “Book of the Golden Precepts.” Theosophical University Press Online Edition. Downloaded from http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/voice/voice.htm, 28 Jan. 2008.
WASTAK: Mike Timns, “What the Advanced Spirits Told Allan Kardec,” Gaia Community, 30 Jan. 2008. Downloaded from http://metgat.gaia.com/blog/2008/1/what_the_advanced_spirits_told_allan_kardec, 20 Feb. 2008.
WB: Arthur Ford through Ruth Montgomery, medium. A World Beyond. New York: Fawcett Crest, 1971.
WE: White Eagle, “White Eagle,” at Meilach.com, http://www.meilach.com/spiritual/whiteeagle/whiteeagle.html.
WOB: Ruth Mattson Taylor, ed., Witness from Beyond. New Cosmic Concepts on Death and Survival from the Late A.D. Mattson, S.T.D., through the Clairvoyant Margaret Flavell Tweddell. Portland, ME: Foreword Books, 1975.
WS: “William Stead,” Red Pill, downloaded from http://redpill.dailygrail.com/wiki/William_Stead, 3 Feb. 2008.
WSL: Franchezzo (A. Farnese), A Wanderer in the Spirit Lands. (1896) downloaded from http://www.sacred-texts.com/eso/wsl/index.htm.
WSMB: “William Stainton Moses Biography,” reproduced from Gordon Melton, “William Stainton Moses.” Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology, 5th ed. 2001.
WW: Myrna Loy to Tatyana Tanika in “A Wave to Another Wave,” Tanika’s Books Newsletter, March 2008, downloaded from http://www.tanika.com/.
Incarnate Sources
AP: Charles W. Leadbeater, The Astral Plane. Adyar, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1973; c1895.
AW: Annie Besant, The Ancient Wisdom. An Outline of Theosophical Teachings. Adyar: Theosophical Publishing House, 1972; c1897.
AY: Yogananda, Paramanhansa. Autobiography of a Yogi. Bombay: Jaico, 1975.
BB: Benjamin Walker, Beyond the Body. The Human Double and the Astral Planes. London, etc.: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1974.
BG: Prabhavananda, Swami and Christopher Isherwood, trans., Bhagavad-Gita. The Song of God. New York and Scarborough: New American Library, 1972; c1944.
BIT: Geoffrey Farthing, Basic Ideas of Theosopy. Blavatsky Study bCenter. Online edition copyrighted 2003. Downloaded from http://www.blavatskyarchives.com/2scope.htm, 22 Feb. 2008.)
CJD: Prabhavananda, Swami and Christopher lsherwood, Shankara’s Crest-Jewel of Discrimination. Hollywood: Vedanta Press, 1975; c1947.
CLP: Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater, Commentary on Light on the Path. Adyar: Theosophical Pubishing House, 1926. First edition.
CWPD: Luibheid, Cohn, trans., Pseudo-Dionysus, His Complete Works. New York and Mahwah: Paulist Press, 1989.
DA: Annie Besant, Death – and After? Theosophical Manual No. 3. Project Gutenberg Ebook 18266. No pagination.
DDNPU: Elsie R. Sechrist, Death Does Not Part Us. New York: St. Martins Paperbacks, 1992; c1971.
DP: Charles W. Leadbeater, The Devachanic Plane or the Heaven World. Its Characteristics and Inhabitants. Adyar: Theosophical Publishing House, 1971; 1896.
ESO: Besant, Annie. Esoteric Christianity. Wheaton, IL: Theosophical Publishing House, 1953; c1901.
FMSR: Prabhavananda, Swami. First Meetings with Sri Ramakrishna. Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math, 1987
GSR: Nikhilananda, Swami, trans., The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna. New York: Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center, 1978; c1942.
HF: Gregory of Tours, The History of the Franks. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1974.
HS: Yukteswar Giri, Swami Sri, The Holy Science. Los Angeles: Self-Realization Fellowship, 1984.
HSU: Tobin, Frank, trans. Henry Suso. The Exemplar, with Two German Sermons. New York and Mahwah: Paulist Press, 1989.
IH: Charles W. Leadbeater, Invisible Helpers. American Revised Edition, 1915. Downloaded from http://www.anandgholap.net/Invisible_Helpers-CWL.htm, 28 Jan. 2008.
JGE: Ramana, Sri, Maharshi, Jewel Garland of Enquiry (Vichara Mani Malai). Tiruvannamalai: Sri Ramanasramam, 1996; c1977.
KTT: Helena Blavatsky, Key to Theosophy. Theosophical Press, 1889. Downloaded from http://www.theosociety.org/pasadena/key/key-hp.htm, 22 Feb. 3008.
FMSR: Prabhavananda, Swami. First Meetings with Sri Ramakrishna. Madras: Sri Ramakrishna Math, 1987
LO: Paul Beard, Living On. How Consciousness Continues and Evolves After Death. New York: Continuum, 1981.
MHB: Annie Besant, Man and His Bodies. Hollywood: Theosophical Publishing House, 1918.
MM: Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding, Many Mansions. London, etc.: Rider and Co., n.d.
MON: Charles W. Leadbeater, The Monad and Other Essays Upon the Higher Consciousness. Adyar: Theosophical Publishing House, 1929.
NR: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The New Revelation. February 1919. Taken from the Gutenberg Project Etext. No pagination.
RVW: Usha, Brahmacharini. A Ramakrishna-Vedanta Wordbook. Hollywood: Vedanta Press, 1971; c1962.
SC: Doris Heather Buckley, Spirit Communication. New York: Award Books, 1967.
SDF: Ward, Benedicta, trans., The Sayings of the Desert Fathers. London and Oxford: Mowbray Books, 1981.
SE: Ramana Maharshi, Self-Enquiry. Trans. T.M.P. Mahadevan. http://www.realization.org/page/namedoc0/self/self_0.htm Downloaded 1 August 2005.
TT: Charles Leadbeater, A Textbook of Theosophy at http://www.anandgholap.net/Textbook_Of_Theosophy-CWL.htm
TLWG: Chetananda, Swami. They Lived with God. Life Stories of Some Devotees of Sri Ramakrishna. St. Louis: Vedanta Society of St. Louis, 1989.
WAI? Andrew Cohen, Who am I? & How Shall I Live? Lenox: Moksha Press, 1998.