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Beyond Good and Evil confirmed Nietzsche’s position as the towering European philosopher of his age. The work dramatically rejects the tradition of Western thought with its notions of truth and God, good and evil. Nietzsche demonstrates that the Christian world is steeped in a false piety and infected with a ‘slave morality’. With wit and energy,...

The New Atlantis is a utopian novel by Sir Francis Bacon. In this work, Bacon portrayed a vision of the future of human discovery and knowledge, expressing his aspirations and ideals for humankind. The novel depicts the creation of a utopian land where “generosity and enlightenment, dignity and splendor, piety and public spirit” are the...

The Story of Philosophy is a captivating intellectual journey that explores the evolution of human thought and the enduring legacy of great thinkers throughout history. Written by the renowned author Will Durant, this monumental work provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the world’s philosophical traditions, from ancient Greece to the modern era. Through...

The Tao Te Ching, Daodejing, Dao De Jing, or Daode jing, also simply referred to as the Laozi, is a Chinese classic text. According to tradition, it was written around 6th century BC by the sage Laozi, a record-keeper at the Zhou dynasty court, by whose name the text is known in China. The text’s...

By ‘Self-Reliance’, Emerson means learning to trust ourselves and listen to our inner voice, which he defines as ‘intuition’. Conformity to social expectations is the biggest obstacle to self-reliance. We must be prepared to go against the grain of popular opinion in order to follow our intuition.

Liber AL vel Legis, commonly known as The Book of the Law, is the central sacred text of Thelema. Written by Aleister Crowley, with his wife Rose Edith Kelly who wrote two phrases into the finished manuscript, Crowley claimed it was dictated to him by a preternatural being calling himself Aiwass. The book’s three chapters...

Theosophy – A Modern Revival of Ancient Wisdom, By: Alvin Boyd Kuhn. This work deals with the great renaissance of ancient Oriental esotericism in the Western world in modern times. This book is an attempt to present a unified picture of the Theosophic movement in its larger aspects. Contents: Theosophy, An Ancient Tradition; The American...

Dr. v. Oefele states of pharmacy before the time of Hippocrates, that although the practice of medicine was not separated from pharmacy among the Greeks and Romans, there was such a separation among the ancient Egyptians, from whom the distinction was handed down to the Copts, and by them to the Arabians; and, in fact,...

The Alchepedia is an alchemical glossary or index of terms which decodes, demystifies, and reconciles some of humanity’s most ancient mythologies and arcane terminologies rising out of the collective unconscious into many of the world’s religions and spiritual philosophies. The alchemical index reveals a whole new perspective and deep meaning behind some of the most...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes, the fictional detective who solved perplexing crimes with strict rationalism. But later in life, Doyle became fascinated by mysteries that defied rational explanation. A major proponent of spiritualism, he conducted numerous paranormal investigations and in 1926 published this definitive history of the...

Embark on a journey of profound mystery and esoteric knowledge with “The Mystery of the Cathedrals” audiobook, a captivating exploration of alchemy, symbolism, and the hidden secrets encoded within the architecture of Europe’s most enigmatic cathedrals. Authored by the enigmatic figure known as Fulcanelli, this seminal work delves into the profound spiritual and philosophical teachings...

Embark on a journey of moral courage and social conscience with “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience” audiobook, a timeless manifesto penned by the celebrated American philosopher and transcendentalist, Henry David Thoreau. Narrated with passion and clarity, this audiobook brings to life Thoreau’s powerful call to individual conscience and nonviolent resistance in the face of...

Embark on a timeless journey through ancient Mesopotamia with “The Epic of Gilgamesh” audiobook, a mesmerizing rendition of one of the world’s oldest known literary works. Set against the backdrop of the flourishing city of Uruk, this epic tale follows the legendary King Gilgamesh on his quest for immortality. Listeners will be drawn into a...

A year or so before the beginning of World War I, a young woman named Lisa la Giuffria is seduced by a white magician, Cyril Grey, and persuaded into helping him in a magical battle with a black magician and his black lodge. Grey is attempting to raise the level of his force by impregnating...

Dive into the timeless wisdom of Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” with this captivating audiobook edition. Written over two millennia ago, Sun Tzu’s masterpiece continues to resonate as a profound guide to strategy, leadership, and the dynamics of conflict. Narrated with eloquence and clarity, this audiobook brings to life Sun Tzu’s profound insights, providing...

“The Comte de St. Germain: The Secret of Kings” audiobook, a captivating monograph penned by Isabel Cooper-Oakley. Narrated with intrigue and depth, this audiobook unveils the mysterious persona of the Comte de St. Germain, a figure shrouded in myth and legend, whose influence spanned the courts of Europe during the 18th century. Through meticulous research...

The History of Magic, Volume 1 – Dr. Joseph Ennemoser. Joseph Ennemoser (1787-1854) was an Tyrolean doctor and scientist, noted for his use of magnetism and hypnosis. He was a forerunner of Freud in his belief in the connection between the mind and physical health, and his interest in psychology led to investigations into the...

Max Heindel is recognized as one of the greatest western mystics of the 20th century and he is the founder of the Rosicrucian Fellowship and author of a number of essential Rosicrucian works. First published in 1916, Heindel’s “The Rosicrucian Mysteries” is regarded as a classic work providing a guide for students to understand basic...

Manly P. Hall’s magazine The All Seeing Eye narrated in full. These 5 Volumes (1-5) span between 1923 and 1931. Some of the articles and stories span multiple issues of this Magazine – The All Seeing Eye – Modern Problems in the Light of Ancient Wisdom, and we have combined them into one issue. Or...

In 1900 Bernard Shaw completed the difficult task of drafting the Fabian’s society position in the manifest Fabianism and the Empire. The society’s progressive program advocated for socialist values, social justice and women rights. Against the background of these modern and leftist values though, the society’s position on imperialism is somehow astonishing. One of the...

Enjoy Notes on the Scientific and Religious Mysteries of Antiquity; the Gnosis and Secret Schools of the Middle Ages; Modern Rosicrucianism; and the Various Rites and Degrees of Free and Accepted Masonry. ©2022 Adultbrain Publishing (P)2022 Adultbrain Publishing https://adultbrain.ca/register/ Preface – 00:00 Chapter 1 – 2:18 Chapter 2 – 54:07 Chapter 3 –...

In 1776 Adam Weishaupt, a respected German professor of Canon Law, founded a covert revolutionary group – The Illuminati – a secret society dedicated to destroying repressive regimes and shaping a world government in terms of Liberty and Equality. These ideals surfaced with violent emphasis during the French Revolution, which many saw as the work...

The underground cult bestseller! Essays that redefine the psychogeographical nooks of autonomy. Recipes for poetic terror, anarcho -black magic, post-situ psychotropic surgery, denunciations of spiritual addictions to vapid infotainment cults – this is the bastard classic, the watermark impressed upon our minds. Where conscience informs praxis, and action infects consciousness, T.A.Z. is beginning to worm...

Written in Greek by an intellectual Roman emperor without any intention of publication, the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius offer a wide range of fascinating spiritual reflections and exercises developed as the leader struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe. Spanning from doubt and despair to conviction and exaltation, they cover such diverse topics...

I care not how humble your bookshelf may be, nor how lowly the room which it adorns. Close the door of that room behind you, shut off with it all the cares of the outer world, plunge back into the soothing company of the great dead, and then you are through the magic portal into...

Siddhartha is a novel by Hermann Hesse that deals with the spiritual journey of an Indian man named Siddhartha during the time of the Buddha.The book, Hesse’s ninth novel (1922), was written in German, in a simple, powerful, and lyrical style. It was published in the U.S. in 1951 and became influential during the 1960s....

Discover the key to the world’s esoteric traditions, and unlock some of the most fascinating and closely held secrets of myth, religion, and philosophy. Unrivaled in its beauty and completeness, this classic reference distills ancient and modern teachings of nearly 600 experts. Compelling themes range from the riddle of the Sphinx and the tenets of Pythagorean...

Written 1902 (CW 8)“As simultaneously mysticism and fact, Christianity is a breakthrough in the historical development of humanity, for which the mysteries, with the results that they brought about, form a prior evolutionary stage.” ―Rudolf Steiner During the fall and winter of 1901–02, Steiner gave a series of lectures called “Christianity as Mystical Fact” to...

Account of A Vampire. (1738). By Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d’Argens. – 00:00 Dead Persons in Hungary Who Suck The Blood Of The Living. (1746) By Antoine Augustin Calmet. – 2:24 The Vampyre. (1819). By John William Polidori. – 5:29 The Black Vampyre; A Legend of St. Domingo. (1819) By. Uriah Derick D’Arcy. – 1:02:04...

The spiritual life depends on self-recollection and detachment from the rush of life; it depends on facing frankly the thought of death; it is signalized, especially, by the identification of self with others, even of the guiltless with the guilty. Spirituality is sometimes spoken of as if it were a kind of moral luxury, a...

Hermes Mercurius Trismegistus is the founding stone of Western esotericism. Hermes is regarded as being the author of numerous philosophical and spiritual texts, including the Divine Pymander. Even though the historical existence of Hermes is not clear, he has been regarded as the master of wisdom and the initiator of the divine knowledge for centuries....

A novel with incredible prescience from late 1800’s about the perpetual corruption of the elites and out of control oppression of the working class, set in late 80’s of our time. Only if the steam could have been released before the revolution! And oh, the dangers of massive revolution. He seemed to predict computer screens...

Everybody’s Political What’s What? By George Bernard Shaw Sound interesting? The author thinks so too! Listen to Everybody’s Political What’s What? and learn about politics today! IS HUMAN NATURE INCURABLY DEPRAVED? 00:00 THE LAND QUESTION 16:49 THE BRITISH PARTY SYSTEM 1:00:20 ...

The New World Order – H.G. Wells. One of the central texts in explaining the psychopathic drive of elitists to enslave the world in a unified empire. H. G. Wells was an insider with a British group tasked with the revival of their once great empire—this time in conjunction with Venetian Black Nobility Khazar bankers...

The Pivot of Civilization, By Margaret Sanger Birth control, Mrs. Sanger claims, and claims rightly, to be a question of fundamental importance at the present time. I do not know how far one is justified in calling it the pivot or the cornerstone of a progressive civilization. These terms involve a criticism of metaphors that...

This guide offers a modern interpretation of Hermetic doctrine, distilling its teachings into seven compelling principles that can be applied to self-development in daily life. For centuries, the legendary Egyptian man-god Hermes Trismegistus – regarded as the father of astrology, alchemy, and other magical arts – inspired writers and readers of occult literature. In 1908,...

Varney the VAMPIRE!Great Grand-Father of the way we know vampires in modern writing and culture. Written in 1845-47 and still going strong after over 170 years! Featured in TV shows, books, movies, youtube video shorts, and has a long and connected history in the Marvel Comics Universe. An epic tale that was told in parts...

In Carmilla, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu created one of the great Gothic tales that has haunted readers for almost two hundred years. One of a series of stories about the vampire Countess Bathory and her companion Reides, this chilling tale tells how a young girl falls under the spell of another girl who turns out...

Wild Talents is the fourth and final nonfiction book written by paranormal author Charles Fort. In recounting a wide variety of odd phenomena, Fort largely disregards his previous teleportation theory, or at least incorporates it into his new thesis. Rather than a vague “cosmic joker”, as he postulated in his earlier books, the responsibility for these...

This book came out at the beginning of the UFO craze, seventy years ago. With continuing interest in the subject (History series Project Blue Book, Ancient Aliens, etc.), The Flying Saucers are Real is great resource for those curious about the early days of this field. This edition has been updated for modern...

Zinfaendel – The Mystic’s Path of Self-Knowledge It is sometimes said that at the heart of all spiritual traditions, we find essentially the same values of love, virtue, and altruism. However, one notion consistently resurfaces even more prominently in the discourse of the greatest mystics throughout history: self-knowledge. Far beyond a mere psychological endeavour, the...

REPORT OF MEETINGS OF SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY PANEL ON UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS CONVENED BY OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE, CIA January 14 – 18, 1953 Part I: History of Meetings of Panel – 00:00 Part II: Comments and Suggestions of Panel – 9:51 Tab A: Report of Panel – 41:20

The issue between the old regime and the new, the crux of the social problem, is entirely a question of conviction in the minds of the people as to the nature of the Universe. When they realize that the transcendent force of spirit or mind of the Cosmos is within each individual, it will be...

Lo! Welcome to the worlds of Charles Fort, chronicler of the odd, the weird, the strange, the unexpected, and the inexplicable. In words at times as beautiful as anything ever written in English, Fort reveals the marvels of an age, questions the nature of what we think we know for certain, and provides the listener...

The Secret Doctrine Volume 1 Cosmogenesis. The Secret Doctrine, the Synthesis of Science, Religion and Philosophy, a book originally published as two volumes in 1888, is Helena P. Blavatsky’s magnum opus. The first volume is named Cosmogenesis, the second Anthropogenesis. It was an influential example of the revival of interest in esoteric and occult ideas...

The Third British Empire. Sir Alfred Eckhard Zimmern (1879–1957) was an English classical scholar, historian, and political scientist writing on international relations. His book, The Third British Empire, was among the first to apply the expression “British Commonwealth” to the British Empire. He is also credited with the phrase “welfare state”, which was made popular...

The Problems of Philosophy is a 1912 book by Bertrand Russell, in which the author attempts to create a brief and accessible guide to the problems of philosophy. Focusing on problems he believes will provoke positive and constructive discussion, Russell concentrates on knowledge rather than metaphysics: If it is uncertain that external objects exist, how can...

Hints on Esoteric Theosophy #1. These letters are published with the permission of the writers, not because any of them are altogether free from errors and misconceptions, but because it is hoped that they may help to explain to all interested in the question the present position of Theosophy, and, by increasing the earnestness of...

The Secret of Plato’s Atlantis, Lord Arundell of Wardour Philosophy is the study of problems concerning matters as fundamental as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Pythagoras (c. 570–495 BC) is said to have coined the term. Philosophical methods were applied through questioning, critical discussion, rational arguments, and systematic presentations on questions like “Is...

On Youtube: The Lost Language of Symbolism, Volume 1. An Inquiry Into the Origin of Certain Letters, Words, Names, Fairy-Tales, Folklore, and Mythologies. By Harold Bayley Mining information from mythology, folklore, religious texts, and fairy tales from around the world, a foremost expert on symbols explains word origins and their meanings. The ultimate symbols are...