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SUGESTED READING LIST / AGAMA BIBLIOGRAPHY

Here is the current Agama Yoga suggested reading list. Books having an asterisk graphic are especially recommended. The academic Sanskrit transliteration has not been used.

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YOGA



   Author:  Agrawala, V.S.
 Title:  Yoga of Perfect Sight

   Author:  Ananda, Sri.
 Title:  Yoga

   Author:  Ashokananda (Harold Brust)
 Title:  The Yoga of Mindfulness

   Author:  Aurobindo, Sri.
 Title:  Letter on Yoga

   Author:  Aurobindo, Sri.
 Title:  Light from the Gita

   Author:  Aurobindo, Sri.
 Title:  The Integral Yoga

   Author:  Bernard, Theos
 Title:  Hatha Yoga

   Author:  Brahmachari, Dhirendra
 Title:  Yogic Sukshma

   Author:  Brahmachari, Dhirendra
 Title:  Vyayama

   Author:  Brahmachari, Dhirendra
 Title:  Yogasana Vijnana
   Author:  Buddhananda Saraswati, Swami
 Title:  Mula Bandha - The Master Key

   Author:  Danielou, Alain
 Title:  Yoga - Mastering the Secrets of Matter and the Universe

   Author:  Eliade, Mircea
 Title:  Yoga, Immortality and Freedom

   Author:  Eliade, Mircea
 Title:  Patanjali and Yoga

   Translated by:  Evans-Wentz, W.Y., Lama Anagarika Govinda, Chogyam Trungpa, etc.
 Title:  Bardo Thodol (The Tibetan Book of the Dead)

   Translated by:  Evans-Wentz, W.Y.
 Title:  Tibetan Yoga and Secret Doctrines

   Author:  Evola, Julius
 Title:  The Tantric Yoga

   Author:  Evola, Julius
 Title:  The Yoga of Power

   Author:  Feuerstein, Georg
 Title:  Encyclopedic Dictionary of Yoga

   Author:  Gheranda (Yogi)
 Title:  Gheranda Samhita (translated by R.B.S. Chandra Vasu, Ma Yoga Shakti, etc.)

   Author:  Gitananda, Swami
 Title:  Lessons in Yoga

   Author:  Gosh, Shayam
 Title:  The Original Yoga

   Author:  Goswami, Shyam
 Title:  Laya Yoga

   Author:  Iyengar, B.K.S.
 Title:  Light on Yoga

   Author:  Iyengar, B.K.S.
 Title:  Light on Pranayama

   Author:  Kaivalyadhama Institute
 Title:  Yoga Kosha (Dictionary)

   Author:  Marques-Riviere, Jean
 Title:  Tantrik Yoga, Hindu and Tibetan

   Author:  Michael, Tara
 Title:  Yoga [in French]

   Author:  Mohan, A.G. (translator)
 Title:  Yoga Yajnavalkya

   Author:  Patanjali (Maharishi)
 Title:  Yoga Sutras (translated by: Bangali Baba, Swami Prabhavananda, Ramurti Mishra, etc.)

   Author:  Pott, Paul
 Title:  Yoga and Yantra

   Author:  Prasada, Rama
 Title:  Patanjali's Yoga Sutras

   Author:  Ramamurti, Sri
 Title:  Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

   Author:  Satchitananda Saraswati, Swami
 Title:  How to Succeed in Yoga

   Author:  Satyananda Saraswati, Swami
 Title:  Yoga Nidra

   Author:  Satyananda Saraswati, Swami
 Title:  A Systematic Course in the Ancient Tantric Techniques of Yoga and Kriya

   Author:  Satyananda Saraswati, Swami
 Title:  Kundalini Tantra

   Author:  Satyananda Saraswati, Swami
 Title:  Four Chapters on Freedom (Yoga Sutras)

   Author:  Satyananda Saraswati, Swami
 Title:  Asana, Pranayama, Mudra, Bandha

   Author:  Shankarananda Giri, Swami
 Title:  Bringing the Inner God to Life

   Author:  Shiva, Lord
 Title:  Shiva Samhita (translated by R.B.S. Chandra Vasu, etc.)

   Author:  Sivananda Saraswati, Swami
 Title:  Mind, Its Mysteries and Control

   Author:  Sivananda Saraswati, Swami
 Title:  Yogic Therapy

   Author:  Sivananda Saraswati, Swami
 Title:  Kundalini Yoga

   Author:  Sivananda Saraswati, Swami
 Title:  Practice of Yoga

   Author:  Sivananda Saraswati, Swami
 Title:  Yoga Asanas

   Author:  Sivananda Saraswati, Swami
 Title:  The Science of Pranayama

   Author:  Sivananda Saraswati, Swami
 Title:  Tantra Yoga, Nada Yoga and Kriya Yoga

   Author:  Slater, Wallace
 Title:  Simplified Raja Yoga

   Author:  Svatmarama (Yogi)
 Title:  Hatha Yoga Pradipika (translators: Swami Satyananda and Swami Muktibodhananda, Pancham Sinh, Tara Michael [in French] etc.)

   Author:  Andre Van Lysebeth
 Title:  Yoga Self-Taught

   Author:  Andre Van Lysebeth
 Title:  The Practice of Pranayama

   Author:  Vishnudevananda, Swami
 Title:  The Complete Illustrated Book of Yoga

   Author:  Vishnudevananda, Swami
 Title:  Meditation and Mantras

   Author:  Vivekananda, Swami
 Title:  Jnana Yoga

   Author:  Vivekananda, Swami
 Title:  Raja Yoga

   Author:  Vivekananda, Swami
 Title:  Bhakti Yoga

   Author:  Vivekananda, Swami
 Title:  Karma Yoga

   Author:  Vyasa
 Title:  Bhagavad Gita (translated by: Sir Edwin Arnold, Franklin Edgerton, Sri Aurobindo, J.A.B. Van Buitenen, Sri Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Swami Prabhavananda, R.C. Zaehner, Barbara Stoler Miller, etc.)

   Author:  Yogananda, Paramahamsa
 Title:  Autobiography of a Yogi

   Author:  Yogananda, Paramahamsa
 Title:  The Bhagavad Gita
ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE



   Author:  Anderson, Dr. Richard
 Title:  Cleanse and Purify Thyself

   Author:  Armstrong, J.W.
 Title:  The Water of Life: A Treatise on Urine-Therapy

   Author:  Atreya
 Title:  Ayurvedic Healing for Women

   Author:  Bakhru, H.K.
 Title:  Foods that Heal

   Author:  Bakhru, H.K.
 Title:  Herbs that Heal

   Author:  Bakhru, H.K.
 Title:  Home Remedies for Common Ailments

   Author:  Bartnett, Dr. Beatrice
 Title:  Urine-Therapy: It May Save Your Life

   Author:  Budge, E.A.W.
 Title:  The Syriac Book of Medicine

   Author:  Charaka
 Title:  Charaka Samhita

   Author:  Christy, Martha M.
 Title:  Your Own Perfect Medicine

   Author:  Chopra, Deepak
 Title:  Perfect Health

   Author:  Clark, Hulda Reghr
 Title:  The Cure for All Diseases

   Author:  Clark, Hulda Reghr
 Title:  The Cure for All Cancers

   Author:  Clark, Hulda Reghr
 Title:  The Cure for HIV and AIDS

   Author:  Dash, Bhagawan
 Title:  Tibetan Medicine

   Author:  Dash, Bhagawan
 Title:  Materia Medica Indo-Tibetana

   Author:  DOnden, Yeshi (translator)
 Title:  The Ambrosia Heart Tantra

   Author:  Frawley, David
 Title:  The Yoga of Herbs

   Author:  Frawley, David
 Title:  Yoga and Ayurveda

   Author:  Gray, Robert
 Title:  The Colon Health Handbook

   Author:  Harita
 Title:  Harita Samhita

   Author:  Jaggi
 Title:  Yogic and Tantric Medicine

   Author:  Karp, Reba Ann
 Title:  Edgar Cayce Encyclopedia of Healing

   Author:  Kulvinskas, Viktoras
 Title:  Surviving into the 21st Century

   Author:  Lad, Vasant
 Title:  Ayurveda, the Science of Self-Healing

   Authors:  Morningstar, Amadea and Desai, Urmila
 Title:  The Ayurvedic Cookbook

   Author:  Ohsawa, George (Nyoiti Sakurazawa)
 Title:  The Macrobiotic Zen

   Author:  Payne, Buryl
 Title:  Magnetic Healing

   Author:  Sairam, T.V.
 Title:  Home Remedies

   Author:  Satyananda, Swami
 Title:  Amaroli

   Author:  Sivananda, Swami
 Title:  Home Remedies

   Author:  Sushruta
 Title:  Sushruta Samhita

   Author:  Thakkur, Chandrashekhar
 Title:  Introduction to Ayurveda
BIOGRAPHIES



   Author:  Allione, Tsultrim
 Title:  Women of Wisdom

   Author:  Chang, Garma C.C. (translator)
 Title:  The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa

   Author:  Douglas, Nik
 Title:  Karmapa, the Black Hat Lama of Tibet

   Author:  Dowman, Keith (translator)
 Title:  Masters of Mahamudra

   Author:  Dowman, Keith (translator)
 Title:  The Divine Madman

   Author:  Evans-Wentz, W.Y. (translator)
 Title:  Milarepa, Tibet's Great Yogi

   Author:  Evans-Wentz, W.Y. (translator)
 Title:  The Tibetan Book of the Great Liberation

   Author:  Guenther, H.V. (translator)
 Title:  The Life of Marpa, the Translator

   Author:  Heruka, T. (translator)
 Title:  The Life and Teachings of Naropa

   Author:  Purani, A.B.
 Title:  The Life of Sri Aurobindo

   Author:  Romain, Rolland
 Title:  The Life of Ramakrishna

   Author:  Saradananda, Swami
 Title:  Sri Ramakrishna, the Great Master (translated by Swami Jagadananda)

   Author:  Singh, Sadhu Sundar
 Title:  In Search of the Peace

   Author:  Snellgrove, David (translator)
 Title:  Four Lamas of Dolpo

   Author:  Spalding, Baird T.
 Title:  Life and Teaching of the Masters of the East

   Author:  Tweedie, Irina
 Title:  Daughter of Fire

   Author:  Yeshe, Tsogyal
 Title:  Sky Dancer (translated by Keith Dowman)
TANTRA



   Author:  Agehananda, Bharati
 Title:  The Tantric Tradition

   Author:  Avalon, Arthur (a.k.a. Sir John Woodroffe) (translator)
 Title:  Mahanirvana Tantra (The Great Liberation)

   Author:  Avalon, Arthur (a.k.a. Sir John Woodroffe) (translator)
 Title:  Introduction to Tantra Shastra

   Author:  Avalon, Arthur (a.k.a. Sir John Woodroffe) (translator)
 Title:  The Garland of Letters

   Author:  Avalon, Arthur (a.k.a. Sir John Woodroffe) (translator)
 Title:  The Serpent Power

   Author:  Avalon, Arthur (a.k.a. Sir John Woodroffe) (translator)
 Title:  Shakti and Shakta

   Author:  Bhattacharya, N.N.
 Title:  History of the Tantric Religion

   Author:  Chang, Jolan
 Title:  The Tao of the Art of Love

   Author:  Chattopadhyaya, Sudhakar
 Title:  Reflections on the Tantras

   Author:  Chia, Mantak
 Title:  Cultivating Male Sexual Energy

   Author:  Chia, Mantak
 Title:  Cultivating Female Sexual Energy

   Author:  Douglas, Nik
 Title:  Sexual Secrets

   Author:  Douglas, Nik
 Title:  Tantra Yoga

   Author:  Evola, Julius
 Title:  The Metaphysics of Sex

   Author:  Feuerstein, Georg
 Title:  Tantra - The Path of Ecstasy

   Author:  Feuga, Pierre
 Title:  Tantrisme - Doctrine, Practique, Art, Rituel (in French)

   Author:  Gupta, Sanjukta
 Title:  Lakshmi Tantra

   Author:  Harish, Johari
 Title:  Chakras, Energy Centres of Transformation

   Author:  Hutin, Serge
 Title:  Les Secrets du Tantrisme (in French)

   Author:  Kaviraj, Gopinath
 Title:  System of Chakras, According to Gorakshanatha

   Author:  Kinsley, David
 Title:  The Ten Mahavidyas

   Author:  Kraig, Donald Michael
 Title:  Modern Sex Magick

   Author:  Mallik
 Title:  Siddha Siddhanta Paddhati and Other Works of the Nath Yogis

   Author:  Mookerje, Ajit
 Title:  The Tantric Way

   Author:  Pandit Rajmani Tigunait
 Title:  Shakti, the Power in Tantra

   Author:  Rai, Ram Kumar
 Title:  Kularnava Tantra

   Author:  Rajneesh, Osho
 Title:  Tantra, Spirituality and Sex

   Author:  Rajneesh, Osho
 Title:  Tantra, the Supreme Understanding

   Author:  Rajneesh, Osho
 Title:  The Tantra Vision

   Author:  Rajneesh, Osho
 Title:  From Sex to Superconsciousness

   Author:  Randolph, P.B.
 Title:  Magia Sexualis

   Author:  Dawson, Philip
 Title:  Tantra, the Indian Cult of Ecstasy

   Author:  Shridharananda, Swami
 Title:  Kama Tantra

   Author:  Sinha, Indra
 Title:  Tantra

   Author:  Shriram Sharma, Pandit
 Title:  Spiritual Science of Sex Element

   Author:  Snellgrove, David L. (translator)
 Title:  Hevajra Tantra
OCCULTISM



   Author:  Agrippa, Henry C.
 Title:  On Occult Philosophy

   Author:  Fulcanelli
 Title:  The Mystery of Cathedrals

   Author:  Leadbeatter, C.W.
 Title:  The Chakras

   Author:  Leadbeatter, C.W.
 Title:  Thought-Forms

   Author:  Leadbeatter, C.W.
 Title:  The Science of Sacraments

   Author:  Leadbeatter, C.W.
 Title:  Man, Visible and Invisible

   Author:  Papus (d'Encausse, Phillipe)
 Title:  Elementary Treatise on Occult Sciences

   Author:  Rampa, Lobsang T.
 Title:  The Secrets of the Aura

   Author:  Powell, Arthur
 Title:  The Etheric Double

   Author:  Powell, Arthur
 Title:  The Astral Body

   Author:  Powell, Arthur
 Title:  The Mental Body

   Author:  Powell, Arthur
 Title:  The Causal Body

   Author:  Steiner, Rudolf
 Title:  Occult Science

   Author:  Trois Inities
 Title:  Le Kybalion (in French)
ASTROLOGY



   Author:  Goodman, Linda
 Title:  Sun Signs

   Author:  Goodman, Linda
 Title:  Love Signs

   Author:  Heindel, Max
 Title:  The Message of the Stars

   Author:  Ostrander, Sheila and Schroeder, Lynn
 Title:  Astrological Birth Control

   Author:  Ptolemys
 Title:  Tetrabyblos (trad. J. Ashmand)

   Author:  Raman, B.V. (translator)
 Title:  Prasna Tantra (Horary Astrology)

   Author:  Sakoian, Frances and Acker, Louis
 Title:  The Astrologer's Handbook
PARAPSYCHOLOGY & SCIENCE



   Author:  Burr, Harold Saxton and Ravitz, Leonard
 Title:  Blueprints for Immortality

   Author:  Capra, Fritjoff
 Title:  The Tao of Physics

   Author:  Caycedo, Alfonso
 Title:  The India of the Yogis

   Author:  Hill, Napoleon
 Title:  The Master Key to Riches

   Author:  King, Serge
 Title:  The Pyramid Energy Handbook

   Author:  Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth
 Title:  On Death and Dying

   Author:  Mermet (Abbe)
 Title:  The Use of the Radiesthesic Pendulum

   Author:  Monroe, Robert
 Title:  Journeys out of the Body

   Author:  Moody, Raymond
 Title:  Life after Life

   Author:  Murphy, Joseph
 Title:  The Power of Your Subconscious Mind

   Author:  Ostrander, Sheila and Schroeder, Lynn
 Title:  Psychic Research behind the Iron Curtain

   Author:  Reich, Wilhelm
 Title:  The Discovery of the Orgone

   Author:  Reich, Wilhelm