1. Alan Watts: The Book; Cloud Hidden--Whereabouts Unknown; The Supreme Identity; Behold the Spirit; The Way of Zen; Beyond Theology; Myth and Ritual in Christianity; This is It! (Excellent translations of Eastern Philosophy; priest, philosopher and "down to earth" intellectual; ended up living on a ferry boat in Sausalito; lecture tapes still available). 

2. Walter Lanyon: The Temple Not Made with Hands; The Laughter of God; The Smell of Fire; Thrust In the Sickle; Joy Bringer; London Notes and Lectures (Author of numerous stories, plays, operas; world lecture; Christian Based Mysticism).

3. Thomas Troward: The Creative Process In the Individual; The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science; Dore' Lectures on Mental Science; Hidden Powers; The Law and the Word. (Heavy duty theosophy by a 19th century English jurist; emphasis on reason and logic; Christian based).

4. Joel S. Goldsmith: Practicing the Presence; The Thunder of Silence; Consciousness is What I Am; The Mystical I; Beyond Words and Thought; Living Now; Realization of Oneness. (Practical mysticism; businessman turned healer).

5. Krishnamurti: The Awakening of Intelligence; Krishnamurti's Notebook; Think on These Things (3 book series); The First and Last Freedom (Indian child prodigy, educated at Oxford to lead Theosophy movement, but walked away).

6. Ram Dass (Dr. Richard Alpert): Be Here Now; Grist for the Mill; The Only Dance their Is; Journey of Awakening (Participant with Timothy Leary in the LSD experiments at Princeton; subsequently, sought and found what he was looking for on a pilgrimage to India).

7. Da Free John: Four Fundamental Questions; Compulsory Dance; Easy Death; Scientific Proof of the Existence of God Will Soon Be Announced by the White House (He was kidding with the title; American offshoot of Eastern way).

8. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (OSHO): The Mustard Seed; I Say Unto You; The Book of Secrets (Series of IV); The Grass Grows by Itself; Meditation: The Art of Ecstasy; The Orange Book (Ultimate "how to" book on meditation techniques); The Flowers Showered (Lots of 'bad press" recently; books are actually transcripts of lectures that stopped in 1981;movement bad -- he should have done what Krishnamurti did -- but don't miss the books because of it; an excellent blend of heart and head; excellent interpretation of nearly all Eastern Scripture).

7. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: Hymn of the Universe; The Prayer of the Universe; Christianity and Evolution; Let Me Explain; The Divine Milieu; The Phenomenon of Man; The Future of Man (French Catholic Priest, scientist and mystic).

8. G.I. Gurdjieff: Views from the Real World; Life is Real then, Only when I AM; Meetings with Remarkable Men; Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson; (Russian who developed and taught a "fourth" way of Enlightenment).

9 P.D.Ouspensky: The Forth Way; In Search of the Miraculous; A New Model of the Universe; Tertium Organum -- A Key to the Enigmas of the World (Russian philospher, mystic and mathematician; subsequent follower of Gurdjieff)

10. Emmett Fox: The Sermon on the Mount; Power through Constructive Thinking; Make Your Life Worthwhile; Around the Year with Emmett Fox (Blend of Scientific Christianity, Mental Science and New Thought -- Excellent interpreter of Biblical symbols, allegories and parables)

11. Ramacharaka: Series of 14 volumes to include, Science of Breath; 14 Lessons-Yoga Philosophy; Advance Course in Yoga Philosophy; Raja Yoga; Gani Yoga; Philosophies and Religions of India; Hatha Yoga; Psychic Healing; Mystic Christianity; Life Beyond Death; Bhagavad Gita; The Spirit of the Upanishads; and Practical Water Cure (Mystic Christianity is an excellent transitional piece; while Gita and Upanishads provide excellent introduction to the Vedas).

12. Paul Brunton (P.B.): The Secret Path, The Wisdom of the Over Self, Discover Yourself, The Quest for the Over Self, 16 Volumes of Notebooks transcribed into books after his death. (Successful journalist turned spiritual seeker, mystic and guru, Brunton's teachings appeal predominately to the intellect; outstanding translator of mystic and esoteric traditions into layman's language; intellectual and philosophical presentation)

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