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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. We're trying to find copyright-free online versions of these books - check the downloads section to get electronic copies. Jump to the following section: Yoga , Alternative Medicine , Biographies ,Tantra, Occultism , Astrology , Parapsychology & Science, Other Oriental Sources, Mysteries & Metaphysics, Spiritual Literature, Various
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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 | |