I have read many of the books of the great and pagan religions, and HPB's works (incl. the posthumous Secret Doctrine vol. 3) except for the article volumes and summary books; I just finished Voice of The Silence
Vedas translated by Griffith (reference and reading select hymns and info,)
Hermetica: The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius translated by Copenhaver (I just started; the Hermetica itself is only 92 pages,)
Zohar 5 vol. translation by Sperling & Simon (I started vol. 3,)
Essene Gospel of Peace books 1 - 4 by Szekely, a supposed translation (have read book 1,)
Laws by Plato (my last work of his to read,)
Gospel of The Holy Twelve by Ouseley, a supposed translation (have read and skimmed most,)
Clementine Homilies (Clement was a disciple of a Nazarean Apostle, I read and skimmed most)
The Nag Hammadi Library edited by Robinson (have read Q Gospel,)
The Perfection of Wisdom in 8000 Lines (have read the 8000 lines, not the summary poem,)
Song of The Volsungs And Nibelungs translated by Morris,
The Causal Body And The Ego by Powell (have read the previous books and the beginning and skimmed most,)
Tibetan Book of The Dead translated by Gyurme Dorje (1st complete translation, I just got into it and read sections)
Complete Golden Dawn System of Magic by Israel Regardie (more as a reference, but I am reading a bit)
The Serpent Power by Woodroffe (using more as a reference,)
Astanga Yoga by Lino Miele (with Jois' supervision, I am using in-depth as reference)
T'ai Chi Ch'uan by Cheng Mang-ch'ing (using more as reference,)
Light on Pranayama by Iyengar (more as reference,)
the last 1/2 or 1/3 of the DK & AAB books (more as reference,)
The Science of Meditation by Saraydarian (have read much and skimmed most)


After the listed books I only have to read in the great religions Sanatana Dharma (some,) Buddhist (besides Dhammapada & Itivuttaka, Perfection of Wisdom-based Sutras, Lotus Sutra) Jaina, Mazdaist, Amenite, more Quabala & Gnostic & Sufi, Cloud of Unknowing, Sikh, Jain, Ayyavazhi texts, and in the pagan religions Hesiod's Theogony (a page or so) & a good Greek myths translation & neo-Platonism, an account of Slavic mythology, the Irish mythological cycle, the Eddas, as well as much non-European stuff. I also must read Anthroposophy, Agni Yoga, Wisdom Impressions, magical texts including Golden Dawn texts closer and Rosicrucianism, perhaps Fourth Way texts. I must also read the texts of Whitehead & Russel, Euclid, Newton, Einstein, and Witten.

--Bro. David

Has anyone read Arthur Powell's The Solar System? I have read his books about the ethereal, astral, mental, and have skimmed the one about the causal, but I wonder what the next book gets into. All except for it are at http://www.theosophical.ca/ in 'online documents,' and they are relatively short easy to understand books, though not so short that a printed version would not be better. I recommend them whether you have read Isis Unveiled and The Secret Doctrine; Powell's are easier but still interesting; especially the old covers with pictures of the principles are interesting.

I finished Voice of The Silence a few weeks ago: it is quite good. A few weeks ago I got into The Nag Hammadi Library and a few days ago The Tibetan Book of The Dead. They are quite interesting.

David,

Which Tibetan Book of the Dead version did you read?

I am reading the new only complete translation by Gyurme Dorje, et al.

I changed other items on my list: added Clementine Homilies, Astanga Yoga (both I read most of a few years ago but often use the latter as a reference,) the main Golden Dawn book (which I had been reading since Summer,) Hermetica (a short corpus I just started reading.)