The Esoteric, Mystical and Occult Christianity Books

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About Esoteric tradition:





Many great world religions have both inner and outer teachings. For example, Judaism, as the outer teaching, has Kabbalah as its inner teaching. Islam as an outer teaching, has Sufism as its inner teaching. Esoteric Christianity, sometimes called Mystical Christianity, is the inner teaching of Christianity. A Mystic / Esoteric Christian is one who seeks awareness with Christ through personal experience rather than through dogma and commandments, and also acknowledges ageless wisdom teachings.

Esoteric Christianity refers to the occult study and the mystic living of the esoteric knowledge related to what adherents view as the "inner teachings" of early Christianity, seen as a Mystery religion.

Some traditions which taught secret side of Christianity:

Manicheans, Mandeans, Nazoreans, Gnostics, Bogomils, Albigens, Chatars, Knights Templar, Essenes, Freemasons, Christian Neoplatonists, Rosicrucians, Martinists, Theosophists,...


Books:


The Templar Papers - Ancient Mysteries, Secret Societies, And the Holy Grail





Much has been written about the group of 14th-century warrior monks known as the Knights Templar. Some authors, such as Dan Brown in The Da Vinci Code, portray them as folk heroes wrongly accused. Others disagree, saying the Templar story is ultimately one of greed, deception, and idolatry. Just who were the Knights Templar? And what is their legacy? In The Templar Papers, historian Oddvar Olsen has assembled a veritable Who's Who of experts to unravel the mystery. Instead of rehashing previous scholarship, this book delves into new aspects of Templar lore, such as the origins of the order an its supposed survival after 1314. The Templar Papers offers the inquisitive reader several lifetimes of research and insight. This is a distinctive and truly unique compilation that will stimulate your mind and settle the controversy.

257 pages, 5.12 MB, PDF.

http://www.4shared.com/file/128080704/80066414/The_Templar_Papers_-_Ancient_Mysteries_Secret_Societies_And_the_Holy_Grail.html

Charles Morris Addison - The Theory and Practice of Mysticism





The lectures which form the substance of this volume were written at the request of the Faculty of the Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge and were delivered there in May, 1915. They were given also, in November of the same year, at the Theological Department of the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. They were not written for publication but for intimate conferences with younger ministers and young men studying for the ministry. This will explain their familiar character.

Contents:

I. The Longing for God and Its Implications
II. The Way Toward God
III. The Meeting Point
IV. St. Francis of Assisi, Heinrich Suso and Mother Julian of Norwich
V. Modern Mysticism
VI. Practical Mysticism

238 pages, 8.13 MB, PDF. Scan.

http://www.4shared.com/file/128089065/d91caa0b/Charles_Morris_Addison_-_The_Theory_and_Practice_of_Mysticism.html

Samuel B. Slacker - Early Christianity (30-300 AD)








120 pages, 3.98 MB, PDF. Scan.

http://www.4shared.com/file/128090422/6475344a/Samuel_B_Slacker_-_Early_Christianity_30_-_300_AD.html

A. B. Sharpe - Mysticism: Its True Nature and Value





With a translation of the "Mystical Theology" of Dionysius and of the letters to Caius and Dorotheus. Contents: two ideas of mysticism; supernatural mysticism; nature of mystical experience; object of mystical knowledge; psychology of mysticism; evil; immanence and transcendence; Plotinus; heretical mystics; mysticism, philosophy and religion; Dionysius.

308 pages, 14.1 MB, PDF. Scan.

http://www.4shared.com/file/129373418/22ebe602/A_B_Sharpe_-_Mysticism_its_True_Nature_and_Value.html

Dr. E. Lehman - Mysticism in Heathendom and Christendom






312 pages, 10.5 MB, PDF. Scan.

http://www.4shared.com/file/129381552/8fc9ff75/Dr_E_Lehman_-_Mysticism_in_Heathendom_and_Christendom.html

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A.E. Waite - Azoth Or the Star in the East



Embracing the First Matter of the Magnum Opus, the Evolution of Aphrodite-Urania, the Supernatural Generation of the Son of the Sun, and the Alchemical Transfiguration of Humanity. This was an earlier book of Waite's, written when he was young and immersed in the study of alchemy. Contents: The Sublimating Principle of Alchemy; Symbolism of Israfel and Lucasta; The Agnostic Standpoint; Mysticism; Mysticism a Practical Science; Transcendental Science and Religion; Mystical Philosophy of Nature; Evolution and Mysticism; The Outward Man; Hermetic Doctrine and Development; Perfection of Humanity; Steps in the Way of Attainment; Religion of Evolution; Grounds of Spiritual Practice; The Holy Assembly; Catholic Doctrine of Theosophy and Mysticism; Five Nuptials of Ideal Being; The New Birth; The First Sublimation; Interior Sublimation; The Obscure Night; Evolution of the Interior Life.

265 pages, 4.87 MB, PDF. Scan. Excellent work on spiritual alchemy.

http://www.4shared.com/file/123519266/1c4b88e7/AE_Waite_-_Azoth_Or_the_Star_in_the_East.html

Robert Eisler - Orpheus the Fisher: Comparative Studies in Orphic and Christian Cult Symbolism



Christianity is permeated with powerful symbolism! This book reveals hundreds of symbols, their origins, and meanings. Essential reading for mystics and Christians who seek a path to the roots of Christianity.

444 pages, 18.3 MB, PDF. Scan.

http://www.4shared.com/file/113624007/83431cd9/Robert_Eisler_-_Orpheus_the_Fisher.html

Max Heindel - Mysteries of the Great Operas



1921. Contents: Faust; Parsifal; Ring of the Niebelung; Tannhauser; Lohengrin.

192 pages, 14.6 MB, PDF. Scan.

http://www.4shared.com/account/file/110579314/8ce1fde5/Max_Heindel_-_Mysteries_of_the_Great_Operas.html

Max Heindel - The Rosicrucian Mysteries: An Elementary Exposition of their Secret Teachings



"The Rosicrucian Order is a legendary esoteric Order with its roots in the Western mystery tradition. This hermetic Order is viewed among earlier and many modern Rosicrucianists as a "College of Invisibles" from the inner worlds, composed of great Adepts, aiming to give assistance in humanity's spiritual development.

The "Brethren of the Rose Cross" is perceived by students of metaphysics as an important part or even the source of the hermetic-Christian tradition of the Western alchemy treatises period subsequent to the publication of Dante's The Divine Comedy in the early 14th century.

However, researchers of history and the society in general through the last centuries have assumed its origin in a group of German Protestants between 1607 and 1616 (early 17th century), when three anonymous documents were elaborated and published in Europe: Fama Fraternitatis Rosae Crucis, Confessio Fraternitatis, and Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz anno 1459. The influence of these documents, presenting the "most laudable Order" and promoting a "Universal Reformation of Mankind", was so huge that the historian Frances Yates refers to this period of the 17th century as the Rosicrucian Enlightenment. Members of subsequent organized groups which call themselves Rosicrucian, however, date the beginning of the Order to much more ancient times." (Quote from wikipedia.org)

Table of Contents:

Publisher's Preface; The Order Of Rosicrucians And The Rosicrucian Fellowship; The Problem Of Life And Its Solution; The visible And The Invisible Worlds; The Constitution Of Man; Life And Death

216 pages, 19.3 MB, PDF. Scan.

http://www.4shared.com/file/110581798/d632c24/Max_Heindel_-_The_Rosicrucian_Mysteries.html

Max Heindel - Rosicrucian Philosophy in Questions and Answers



1910. The questions contained in this book have been asked of the writer after lectures delivered by him in various cities, and, in most cases, the questions reveal a certain knowledge of the subject on the part of the inquirer. For the benefit of those who are not familiar with The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception, it may be well to give the information found in this book concerning the philosophy and the terms used.

456 pages, 41.2 MB, PDF. Scan.

http://www.4shared.com/file/110586241/5a0d109f/Max_Heindel_-_Rosicrucian_Philosophy_in_Questions_and_Answers.html

Max Heindel - Gleanings of a Mystic



1922. A series of essays on practical mysticism. The contents of this book are among the last writings of Max Heindel, the mystic. They contain some of his deepest thoughts and are the result of years of research and occult investigation. Found within this book are twenty-four lessons which were formerly sent out to students.

216 pages, 18 MB, PDF. Scan.

http://www.4shared.com/file/110577568/2e442c88/Max_Heindel_-_Gleanings_of_a_Mystic.html

Max Heindel - The Mystical Interpretation of Christmas



The principal feature of these lessons is the mystic birth and death of the great Christ Spirit, given from the viewpoint of a seer. The author received these rare gems of truth through divine illumination. The most pronounced materialist must become convinced of the divinity of man after reading this writer's revelations on the inner significance of the Christ and the principles which He proclaimed.

* Chapter I. The Cosmic Significance of Christmas
* Chapter II. Spiritual Light--The New Element and the New Substance
* Chapter III. The Annual Sacrifice of Christ
* Chapter IV. The Mystic Midnight Sun
* Chapter V. The Mission of Christ and the Festival of the Fairies
* Chapter VI. The Newborn Christ

72 pages, 7.23 MB, PDF. Scan.

http://www.4shared.com/file/110588754/d5686089/_2__Max_Heindel_-_The_Mystical_Interpretation_of_Christmas.html

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