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Free Books
Free Buddhist Ebooks Such offerings as Cause and Effect (why some people are born good-looking, some are rich, some ugly and others poor.); How to Overcome Your Difficulties; The Key to Creating Ones Destiny, and more.
The Glastonbury Archive "Re-published books, unpublished books, archives of gifted work... published free... for freedom of understanding... for the record... for reference... for their quality of ideas and for their value to people living in our time."
Free books and audio tapes on yoga, religion and philosophy from the Divine Life Society (Hare Krishna)
FREE online book on chakras, meditation and Kundalini-Yoga by Sri Sarvabhaum Jagadguru Mahamandaleshwar Paramhans Swami Maheshwarananda
"These lectures by a widely known and beloved master contain the Yoga of reunion defined step by step as cosmology and as practice. Here is Yoga Vedanta Philosophy not an intellectual pursuit but as the lived experience of the master given as practical instruction to his students and disciples - a sort of road-map through the cosmos, through the stages and planes of our existence and consciousness, a guide for spiritual awakening to the highest realization."
Christian Classics Ethereal Library from Wheaton College. "Classic Christian books in electronic format, selected for your edification. There is enough good reading material here to last you a lifetime, if you give each work the time it deserves! All of the books on this server are believed to be in the public domain in the United States unless otherwise specified. Copy them freely for any purpose." |
Free Kundalini Yoga Lessons
FREE On-line Kundalini Yoga Course will help You Realize your True Potential!
"Shakti the Serpent bids you "Sat Nam!" and welcome to Kundalini Yoga, the mother of all yogas and the most powerful yoga known. As brought to the West in 1969 by Yogi Bhajan, it produces results 16 times faster than ordinary yoga.
"Its power comes from the Kundalini, an enormous reserve of untapped potential within each of us. It is normally depicted as a coiled or sleeping serpent, located in an area towards the base of the spine.
"By gradually awakening this serpent and employing its power, you will benefit greatly from an elevation in consciousness, promotion of physical well-being and an expansion of awareness. You will feel more relaxed and at ease with yourself. Your life will be transformed into one which is happy, healthy & harmonious.
Introduction to Kundalini Yoga
Free Online Kundalini Yoga Course
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Raising the Kundalini
Secret Fire: The Relationship Between Kundalini, Kabbalah, and Alchemy
The experiencing of the Secret Fire, as a result of the suppression of the physical body’s Vital Energy, can create condition which manifests in various forms:
-Some perceive the bright light as an angel, their Higher Self, or “Holy Guardian Angel”, others as a spiritual teacher.
-Astral projection may result, along with perception of the immediate surroundings.
-Uncontrolled physical movements may also result, typical of so-called ‘kundalini phenomena’: shaking, rapid breathing, swinging of the torso, uncontrolled giddiness, and sitting straight upright in the Pharonic position.
"When the kundalini shakti is completely `uncoiled', she recognizes that she is Shiva's `power'. Unfortunately, for the uninitiated or inexperienced person, once this shakti is `awake to itself,' it forgets the limited body-mind, and remembers Shiva. She sacrifices her limited individuality to him and obtains instant enlightenment. The problem for the uninitiated is quite simple; those who have not trained in meditation and the total transcendence of limitations, both of time and of body-mind, will at worse lose the ability to identify with the body, i.e. physical death. At best, the huge influx of kundalini will overwhelm the limited energy/immune functions of the body like millions of volts of electricity running through low voltage wire. There is a misguided conception among new age-magical circles that the "fastest" way to enlightenment is to simply awaken the kundalini shakti. What they won't tell you is what to do with the incredible amounts of energy released. Most of the people I have talked to have no idea what to do with it! Remember always, that Shiva is also the Lord of death." from Notes on Tantric Alchemy and the Purification of Mercury
Kundalini and Tantra Links
Kundalini, Breath and Immortality
Left hand
Right hand
Both hands...
Change!!!
He who eats
with the hand of worship
need not be depleted.
The conscious ones
capable of abandoning sleep
need not die...
they can live forever.
verse 801 of the Tirumantiram authored byTirumular, one of the 64 canonized Shaivite saints or Nayanars of the Saiva Siddhanta sect from An Introduction to the Tamil Siddhas: Their Tantric Roots, Alchemy, Poetry, and the True Nature of their Heresy Within the Context of South Indian Shaivite Society
See "Immortality"
Gurus and Masters
Call No Man Master
by Joyce Collin-Smith. "An enlightening spiritual autobiography about Joyce Collin-Smith's meetings with remarkable men. Joyce was involved with followers of Gurdjieff such as Rodney Collin, with the Maharishi, Pak Subuh, and other well-known teachers of the 1940s-1980s. A fascinating insight into the spiritual strivings of recent ancestors to today's Western spiritual movements" FREE DOWNLOAD
Wisdom: Inspirational Quotes from Seers and Saints
Rumi
Rumi Quotes
Esoteric Wisdom
The Virga Aurea - Seventy-two magical and other related alphabets.
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 ".... A shaman is a trained initiate who maintains a tradition of walking between this and other worlds (while in a state of ecstatic trance known as shamanic ecstasy shamanic flight and then acts as a bridge between the worlds...." FAQ soc.religion.shamanism
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The Foundation for Shamanic Studies
An interview with Michael Harner Shamanic Healing: We Are Not Alone
Tensegrity -- or Magical Passes "is the modernized version of some movements called magical passes developed by Indian shamans who lived in Mexico in times prior to the Spanish Conquest......
"The art of dreaming became for those shamans their most absorbing practice. In the course of that practice, they experienced unequaled states of physical prowess and well-being, and in their effort to replicate those states in their hours of vigil, they found out that they were able to repeat them following certain movements of the body. Their efforts culminated in the discovery and development of a great number of such movements, which they called magical passes.
"The magical passes of those shamans of Mexican antiquity became their most prized possession. They surrounded them with rituals and mystery and taught them only to their initiates in the midst of tremendous secrecy. This was the manner in which don Juan Matus taught them to his disciples. His disciples, being the last link of his lineage, came to the unanimous conclusion that any further secrecy about the magical passes was counter to the interest that they had in making don Juan's world available to their fellow men. They decided, therefore, to rescue the magical passes from their obscure state. They created in this fashion, Tensegrity, which is a term proper to architecture that means "the property of skeleton structures that employ continuous tension members and discontinuous compression members in such a way that each member operates with the maximum efficiency and economy." This is a most appropriate name because it is a mixture of two terms: tension and integrity; terms which connote the two driving forces of the magical passes."
Shamanism "Visions, adventures, Medicine Teachings, shamanic practices and their practical application in facing the challenges of daily life using humanity's most ancient path of psychospiritual 'technology'."
Shamanism in Siberia
Shaman, Saiva and Sufi
Animism or Thought Currents of Ancient People
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The Ark of the Covenant
 Ark of the Covenant
The Bible Codes
The Torah Codes Doron Witztum Speaks Out
Bible Codes: The Real Story A quick overview and an excellent assortment of links. "Jewish mystical tradition says that "G-d looked into the Torah and created the world." The Five Books of Moses are G-d's "blueprint" for creation."
A "Coincidence" of Numbers
The 22 Enigma along with some comments from those who've read the article.
G7 Encryption Codes
Sound Theory
James Furia's Geomusic A formula connecting geometry with sacred sites, earth measure and music theory. The Scale Of Time, invented by James Furia, based on the work of Carl Munck, his
Gematrian expert. ... Furia's Scale of Time Explained.
Astral Travel and Out of Body Experiences
Ballabanes OBE and Astral Pages Many excellent techniques for achieving OBE's, plus a discussion of problems, theories, history and actual experiences.
Lucid Dreaming
Varieties of Lucid Dreaming Experience
Lucid Dreaming: Pschophysiological Studies of Conciousness during REM Sleep
Tibetan Dream Yoga Meets Western Power Napping An experiment investigating sleep posture and nasal laterality (an ancient Yogic technique for influencing states of mind), combined with the extraordinarily powerful napping technique of inducing lucid dreams.
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Spiritual Resources
The Monroe Institute programs encourage the evolution and growth of human consciousness through personal exploration of profound states of expanded awareness.
Institute of Noetic Sciences a nonprofit membership organization that conducts and sponsors research into the workings and powers of the mind, including perceptions, beliefs, attention, intention, and intuition.
Esalen "Esalen was founded in 1962 as an educational center devoted to the exploration of unrealized human capacities. It soon became known for its blend of East/West philosophies, its experiential/didactic workshops, the steady influx of philosophers, psychologists, artists, and religious thinkers, and its breathtaking grounds blessed with natural hot springs."
Kientalerhof: Centre for Wellbeing and Creativity Switzerland
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What's the Sound of One Hand Clapping? "A model to bridge the gap between the precision of the cardboard engineer and the philosophy of the Zen Monk. Through the crank and the cam the cardboard engineer can stroll through the garden of enlightenment and dip a toe in the pool of infinity.
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Audio Presentations
Audio Archives of the Laura Lee Show. A truly AWESOME collection from Laura Lee's Radio Show! Encompasses every conceivable spiritual, new age, etc. theory. A MUST HEAR! |
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Daily Zen
Simple Meditation Technique helps relieve everyday stress.
Historical Scriptures
Scrolls From the Dead Sea: The Ancient Library of Qumran and Modern Scholarship (Library of Congress exhibition) brings before the American people a selection from the scrolls which have been the subject of intense public interest. Over the years questions have be en raised about the scrolls' authenticity, about the people who hid them away, about the period in which they lived, about the secrets the scrolls reveal, and about the intentions of the scrolls' custodians in restricting access
Orion Center for the Dead Sea Scrolls
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Biblioteca Arcana Theory, History, Rituals, Divination, Hymns, Poetry, etc.
The Alchemy Web Site and Virtual Library Over 90 megabytes online of information on alchemy in all its facets. Divided into over 1300 sections and providing tens of thousands of pages of text, over 2000 images, over 200 complete alchemical texts, extensive bibliographical material on the printed books and manuscripts, numerous articles, introductory and general reference material on alchemy.
The Asian Classics Input Project over 200 previously unreleased titles from the classics of traditional Asian philosophy in the Tibetan language.
Tibetan Studies WWW Virtual Library
Discovery and Preservations of Ancient Tibetan Texts
Sacred and Religious Texts
An amazing Assortment including:
Bible
Confucian Texts
Dead Sea Scrolls
Divrei Torah
Christian Fathers
Ethiopian Texts
The Egyptian Book of the Dead
Gnostic Texts
Hindu Texts
Islamic Texts
1st and 2nd Books of Jeu
Mormon Texts
Nag Hammadi Texts
Old Testament Apocrypha
Old Testament Pseudepigrapha
Pistis Sophia
New Testament Apocryphal Acts
New Testament Apocryphal Apocalypse
New Testament Apocryphal Gospels
Taoist Texts
Sepher Yetzirah
Sikh Texts
Urantia Book
Zen Texts
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Living the Spiritual Life
Becoming a Monk
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Transcendent Experiences
The Archives of Scientist's Transcendent Experiences A safe place for scientist's to anonymously report experiences that intrigued them and/or were emotionally important to them, but which they could not tell to their colleagues or friends for fear of rejection or ridicule
Spirit Media
WisdomNetwork ".... is the leading, global media resource of information, entertainment, communications and transaction services to the growing, worldwide community interested in health and wellness, improved personal growth, heightened spirituality and life purpose, global issues, human potential and self discovery...."
Pagan Sites
Witch's Voice: Pagan Sites on the Web
The Internet Book of Shadows Various pagan writings and rituals
Aradia: The Gospel of the Witches
The Gardnerian Book of Shadows See also The History of Wicca in England
The Key of Solomon "....This is probably the best known mediaeval magical textbook (grimoire). Although the author was traditionally the biblical King Solomon, it was probably written in the 13th Century A.D. ..."
Enochian Rituals See also Enochian Dictionary and An Essay on Enochian Pronunciation
The Philosophy of Thelema ".... many.... written by the occultist Aleister Crowley who founded the organization A.'. A.'. (Argentium Astrum -- the Silver Star) as well as others by members of the OTO (Ordo Templi Orientis -- Order of the Eastern Temple) (founded by Theodor Reuss in 1917). These two organizations work together to promote Thelema...."
The Veil of Isis or Mysteries of the Druids
Ravenbok: The Raven Kindred Ritual Book
Classical Paganism Greek and Roman Mythology
Sacred Texts of Northern Europe
Spiritually-Based Intentional Communities
The Findhorn Foundation, "located in the northeast of Scotland, is at the heart of the UK’s largest intentional community based on spiritual values. It is also a major centre of adult education where new ways of living that are appropriate for the world of today and tomorrow are developed through experimentation, practice and demonstration. It is a place where the ordinary becomes magical through living, working and learning together."
A List of Existing and Forming Intentional Communities with a Web Presence There a many dozens of communities all over the world listed here, many of whom have a spiritual foundation. This site also has an excellent FAQ entitled What's True about Intentional Communities: Dispelling the Myths
The Federation of Egalitarian Communities "is a network of communal groups spread across North America. We range in size and emphasis from small agricultural homesteads to village-like communities similar to the Israeli kibbutzim."
A Webring with Links to Intentional Communities
Ecovillages and Sustainable Lifestyles
The Global Ecovillage Network (GEN) is a grassroots non-profit organization that links together ecovillages and related projects around the world. GEN promotes and supports models of sustainable living globally, in order to inspire and encourage the creation of more viable lifestyles on this Earth.
Heart Connections
The Heartlink The HeartLink is a truth biofeedback tool, one can recognize when one really connects truthfully with ones own emotions through coherence of the Golden Mean. It helps us see the shades of our emotions between love and strife, light and darkness. When one talks and feels a deep connection with oneself and loves oneself and/or another person truly, it portrays the honest emotions of what one is saying and when one is talking or thinking and feeling another person. It is a Remarkable psychological tool, one can ask the person to talk about themselves or another person and guide them if it is really true, or if he is really connected with what he is saying. The HeartLink will show a certain level of coherence, as much as he can attain in those moments
Heartbeat2000: Dedicated to the Beauty & Power of the Compassionate Heart Touching and Being Touched - By the Macro and the Micro; This is one nice definition of Unity, Ascension, Self-Realization, Nirvana, Samadhi and an Idealized Multi-Dimensional Holographic Fractal. It also defines omnipresence and non-locality.
Spirit-based Distance Learning
agabaga.com provides direct access to a phenomenal store of explanatory knowledge about this world.
"The Internet, as the most democratic invention of our time, generates the possibility for people around the world to communicate with each other without applying for visas, paying airfares, being away from family and work or creating inconvenient health conditions due to traveling. Applying the web’s newest technologies, agabaga.com offers individuals an opportunity to communicate from the privacy of their homes with the world’s independent thinkers. Students are able to receive lectures, take courses and speak to teachers person-to-person by using their PCs. agabaga's software is user-friendly and does not require any special knowledge."
Naropa University None of the classes require on campus attendance; you may attend class from anywhere in the world with the proper computer hardware, software and Internet access. Check the Technical Requirements at the online campus for more details.
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Isle of Avalon Knowledge Bank
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