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Box 1

Alternative Eastern Discplines 1968-2012

Scope and Content

Includes literature about mediatation, ufology, fortune telling, physiogamy, astrology, and cosmology that are incorporated with traditional disciplines of mediation and Buddhism. Some of the material is written in Chinese and Vietnamese.

Includes:

  1. "Gateway to Gedatsu," undated
  2. H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, A Treasury of True Buddha-Dharma, undated
  3. Chen, Hon-Ming, The Appearance of God and the Descending of the Kingdon of God- Saving Human Beings by Means of God's Space Aircrafts, 1998
  4. Đoàn Văn Thông, Phong thoy dan giai va thuc hành, 1999
  5. Đoàn Văn Thông, Những bằng chứng Ve Su Tai Sanh (the proof of rebirth), 2001
  6. Đoàn Văn Thông, The gian còn Những điều chưa biết, 2002
  7. Đoàn Văn Thông, Bí ẩn về hồn ma (the mystery of the ghost), 2001
  8. dương đình lê thứ chi/ Le Thu Chi, quỷ cốc toán mệnh, 1990
  9. Kuang, Yaopu, Xiang fa shu yao [Essentials of physiognomy], 1968
  10. Tan, Wee-Chong, "Alienation and Harmony in Human Nature," 1985
  11. Osho [Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh], Jing Xin, 1995
  12. Woo, Myung, Stop Living in this Land, Go to the Everlasting World of Happiness, Live there Forever, 2012
  13. Vu Thi Hao, "Nu' tu' o' ng," undated
  14. Vu'o'ng Ngoc Du'c, Bí ẩn của Phong thủy (Mysteries of Feng Shui), 1997
  15. "A Summary on Human Nature in Christianity and in Marxism/ Eine Zusammenfassung uber die manschliche Natur im Chritentum und im Marxismus," 1980
Box 2

Indigenous Spirituality 1944-1991

Scope and Content

Consists of writings relating to folklore, shamanism, and indigenous practices in the Americas and Madagascar.

Includes:

  1. Cohen, Alan, "The Decadence of the Shamans or Shamanism as a Key to the Secrets of Communism," 1991
  2. Lee, Larry, American Eagle; The Story of a Navajo Vietnam Veteran, 1977
  3. Montagner Melatti, Delvair, A Morada das Almas: Representações das Doenças e das Terapêuticas entre os Marúbo, 1996
  4. Moro, America and Mercedes Ramirez, La Macumba y Otros Cultos Afro-Brasileños en Montevideo, 1981
  5. Sharp, Leslie, "A Social Change, A Social Protest; The "Dancing Mania" in the Nineteenth Century Madagascar," 1985
  6. Thoby-Marcelin, Philippe, Marcelin, Pierre, Canape-Vert, 1944
  7. Wolf, Fred Alan, The Eagle's Quest, 1991
Box 2

Kabbalah

Scope and Content

Includes literature about the beliefs, practices, and meditation of Jewish mysticism.

Includes:

  1. Levi, Eliphas, "Dove Rose," 1979
  2. Levi, Eliphas, "The Elements of the Kabbalah in Ten Lessons: Letters from Eliphas Levi," 1997
  3. Scholem, Gershom, Kabbalah, 1978
  4. Scholem, Gershom, Origins of the Kabbalah,1978
Box 3

New Age-Metaphysics & Mysticism

Scope and Content

Includes works that span from the metaphysical to mysticism of New Age thought and various movements.

Includes:

  1. ed. Hutte, Shireen Mary The Lamp of Hermes; Aries Issue, 15 April- 15 May, 1971
  2. Bussel, D.J.,"Time," undated
  3. Cabarga, Leslie, Talk with Trees; A Plant Psychic's Interview with Vegetables, Flowers, and Trees, 1993
  4. Silva, Jose, Man the Healer; Learn to Heal, 1986
  5. Serpentfoot, "The story of Serpentfoot and the Bad News Gospel," 1971
  6. The Church of NNNWM, vol.1 no. 1, 1998 March
  7. Jovanovic, Radisav, "Psihomagnetizam; Kratka Zapazanja I Razmisljania o Prirodnim obelezjima medusobno Privlacnih Osoba" [Psihomagnetizam; Brief observations of natural features mutually attractive person] (croatian), 1979
  8. Wilder, Barbara, "Money is Love, Reconnecting to the Sacred Origins of Money," 1998
  9. Flowers, Sarah, Atomic Metaphysics: The Electrical principle of Man, 1947
  10. ed. Spong, John, Carole Angermeir Taylor, Claiborne Pell, "Proceedings of the Symposium on Consciousness and Survival: an interdisciplinary Inquiry into the possibility of life beyond biological death," 1987
  11. Bender, Robert, "The Cellestine [sic] Fallacy," 1996
  12. Norman, Ernest, The Voice of Venus , 1995
  13. Kline, Laura Geralyn, "My Past Lives with Melissa Lou Etheridge- Truth; "Mutatis Mutandis, Nil Desperandum," 2006
  14. Martinez, David, The Wisdom of Master How. Dialogues with a Sage of Old China, 1978
  15. Dickensen, William, "Cosmic Light," vol. 5 no.2, 1970
  16. Catala, Rafael, Letters to a Student; Preparation for the Experience (Lessons on Mysticism), 1988
  17. Seton, Julia, "Illuminati Lectures," circa 1910
  18. Kerrell, Bill and Kathy Goggin, "Basic Pyramid Experimental Guide Book," 1975
  19. Leon, Harmon, "Leon, Harmon," 1993
  20. Partridge, Samual George, "He Walked Where I Walked with the Freedom Flame," 1971
  21. Tirado-González, Federico, Árbol de la Vida: Amor Dios, Creador [tree of life: love god, creator] (spanish), 1995
  22. Mattill, A.J., "An Awesome Trinity: Charvaka, Celsus, Meslier," 1999
  23. Francie [Steiger, Frances], Reflections from an Angel's Eye, 1977
  24. Johnson, June, "Commentaries on the Application of Five Basic Spiritual Faculities, Brought through the mediumship of The Reverend Florence Becker," 2005
  25. Andreae, Johann Valentin, Johann Valentin Andreae 1586-1986: Die Manifeste der Rosenkreuzerbruderschaft; Katalog einer Austellung in der Bibiliotheca Philosophica Hermetica, Amsterdam 1986 [Johann Valentin Andreae 1586-1986 : The manifestos of the Rosicrucian Brotherhood ; Catalogue of exhibition in Bibiliotheca Philosophica Hermetica , Amsterdam 1986] (ger), 1986
  26. Dallmann, William, "The Children of Prometheus; Toward a Rational Spirituality," 1999
  27. Whitworth, Eugene, "A Wild Love Affair with Life," 1963
  28. Palmer, Ray ed., The Hidden World, no A-5, 1962
Box 4

Sexuality and Spirtuality

Scope and Content

The bulk of the literature includes gay paganism, GBLT mysticism, and sexual spirituality focused writings. Within that is a lot of fiction works surrounding GBLT erotica and thrillers. Also included, are a few feminist-focused spirituality writings.

Includes:

  1. Coming Out Pagan, vol 1 no3, vol 2 no 1, 1993
  2. Ganymede: The Newsletter of the Tayu Fellowship 1985, 1986
  3. Pagantongue #1, Spring 1995
  4. Albert, Mimi, "The Small Singer,"1975
  5. Pagantongue #4, Fall 1996
  6. Dorotez, Raji, "Renewal Ceremony; Drawing the God Down Into a Vessel so He Might Allow Worship and Grant Communion," 1998
  7. Benson, E F, Colin, 1994
  8. Dorotez, Raji, "The Scarlet Wand; a Grimoire for the Gay Male" (originally titled Magician), 1995
  9. ForFreedom, Ann, The Wise Woman, vol 14 no.1,3,4 & vol 15 no. 3, 1990,1993, 1997, 2002
  10. Mustapha, Gael, Cinderella's Croning, 1999
  11. Marchessault, Jovette Mother of The Grass [Mère des herbes], 1983 (eng)
  12. Ramer, Andrew, Two Flutes Playing; Spiritual Love/Sacred Sex; Priests of Father Earth and Mother Sky, 1985
  13. Skinner, Alice B, Rooted in Spirit, A Harvest of Women's Wisdom, 1999
  14. Weor, Samael Aun, "The Perfect Couple [The Perfect Marriage]," undated
  15. Mallet, Joris, Francoise [translated by Herma Briffault], The Witches: three tales of sorcery, 1969
  16. Tan, Cecilia ed., Tales from the Erotic Edge, 1996
  17. Wallace, Frank, "Psychuous Sex Guaranteed for Life by using the Advanced Concepts of Romantic Love," 1975
  18. Welch, Constance, with Rick Welch & Theresa Phoenix, The Lives of Constance, 1995
  19. Taylor, Steve, The Haunted Piano and Other Gya Gothic Tales, 2005
  20. Berman, Steven, Trysts; A Triskaidecollection of Queer and Weird Stories, 2001
  21. Goran, House by the Sea, 2000
  22. Selby, Dennis, Sanctity of There's no Such Thing as a Naked Sailor, 1969
  23. McCormack, Derek, Grab Bag, 2004
  24. Hartman, Keith, Gumshoe Gorilla, 2001
  25. Hartman, Keith, The Gumshoe, The Witch, & The Virtual Corpse, 1999
  26. ed. Schimel, Lawrence. Sarah Schulman, Leslea Newman, Nancy Springer, Laura Antoniou, Things Invisible to See; Gay and Lesbian Tales of Magic Realism, 1998
Box 4

Paganism and Wiccan

Scope and Content

The literature includes description of beliefs, practices, and community of Paganism and Wicca from the mid to late twentieth century.

Includes:

  1. Amber K, Pagan Spirit Journal #2, 1983
  2. Amber K, "How to Organize a Coven, or Magical Study Group," 1983
  3. Brix, Hans, Studier I Nordisk Runemagi: Runemester-kunsten upplandske runestene rokstenen nogle nordiske runetekster [Studies in Nordic Rune Magic : Rune Master - art upplandske rune stones Rök Runestone some Nordic rune texts] (dan), 1928
  4. Butler, E. M., Ritual Magic, 1949
  5. McCabe, Joseph, "New Light on Witchcraft," 1926
  6. Temple of the Golden Calf, "Why Paganism?," 1975
  7. The Staff of Merlin's Magic Market, Procter & Gamble and the Black Arts: fact or fiction, 1986
  8. Rose, Donna, "Moon: Magical Secrets. A modern spellbook," 1994
Box 5

Occultism/Theosophy

Scope and Content

Includes literature regarding Occultism, Theosophy, and forms of Divination

Includes:

  1. Aegyptus, The Micro-Cosmic Mystery, 1932
  2. Bachchan, H.R., W.B. Yeats and Occultism, 1974
  3. Besant, Annie, La Vie Occulte de l'Homme [Occult Life of Man], 1914
  4. Besant, Annie, When A Man Dies, Shall He Live Again?, 1916
  5. Crowley, Aleister, "Absinthe, The Green Goddess," 1995
  6. Fortune, Dion, Dion Fortune's Glastonbury (Avalon of the Heart), 1989
  7. DeBoer, Annie M. L., The Philosophy of the Novitiate, 1920
  8. Hodson, Geoffrey, The Brotherhood of Angels and of Men, 1960
  9. Harter, Jim, "Images of Darkness and Light; A Surrealist Apocalypse," 1988
  10. Moecke, Max, "Hellesh-Wunder [Hellish wonder](ger), 1930
  11. Moecke, Max, "Auch du Kannst Hellsehen! Lehrgang II" [Also Can you clairvoyance ! course II](ger), 1930
  12. Moecke, Max, "Wie ich Hellseher wurde" [As I was clairvoyant] (ger), 1930
  13. Paracelso, Las Plantas Magicas, Botanica oculta, undated
Box 5

Divination

Scope and Content

Whereas the original purpose of tarot cards was for playing games, the tarot themed literature included align with divination. Also included are fortune telling instructions and experiences.

Includes:

  1. Bullins, Ed, "To Raise the Dead and Foretell the Future," 1970
  2. Izaguirre, Hector, El tarot de los Orishas, 2000
  3. James, Gloria, The Prophetess; the Nightmare Curse of Gloria James, 1986
  4. Markum, Leo, "What You Should Know About Fortune Telling," undated
  5. Markum, Leo, "What You Should Know About Palmistry," undated
  6. Williamson, Hugh Ross, A Wicked Pack of Cards, 1965
Box 5

Fear, superstition, and witch hunts

Scope and Content

Includes literature surrounding how superstition and alternative beliefs spark persecution and fear.

Includes:

  1. Clifford, William, An Introduction to African Criminology, 1974
  2. Hill, Frances, Such Men are Dangerous, The Fanatics of 1692 and 2004, 2004
  3. Werstein, Irving, The Plotters; The New York Conspiracy of 1741, 1967
Box 5

Supernatural and Mysterious Phenomena Literature

Scope and Content

Includes poetry, fiction, and non-fiction works.

Includes

  1. Kutty, N G, Beastly Killings, 1991
  2. ed. Rutherford, Brett, Shirley Poweel, Barbara Holland, Claudia Dobkins, May Eve: A Festival of Supernatural Poetry, 1975
  3. Chance, George, The Ghost, Super-Detective, vol 1 no 2, Spring 1940
  4. Picano, Felice, Smart as the Devil, 1976
  5. Picano, Felice, To the Seventh Power, 1989
  6. Winsor, Laura Ellen, I Lived in Two Worlds; The Diary of Ruth Allen, 1991