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Confucianism

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Analects

ConfucianismScholarly Reconstruction

James Legge's public-domain English translation of the Confucian Analects.

Classical Chinese· Warring States / Han compilation

The Great Learning (Da Xue)

ConfucianismAccepted Scripture

The Great Learning is the shortest of the Confucian Four Books, setting out the program of self-cultivation that proceeds from the investigation of things to the ordering of family, state, and world. Legge's edition presents the brief Text attributed to Confucius with the traditional ten chapters of commentary ascribed to Zengzi.

Classical Chinese· c. 5th–3rd century BCE; Legge translation 1861

The Doctrine of the Mean (Zhong Yong)

ConfucianismAccepted Scripture

The Doctrine of the Mean is one of the Confucian Four Books, teaching the way of equilibrium and harmony: the superior person holds to the Mean, and perfect sincerity is presented as the power that joins the human order to Heaven. Legge's edition divides the classic into 33 chapters.

Classical Chinese· c. 5th–3rd century BCE; Legge translation 1861

The Shih King (Book of Poetry)

ConfucianismAccepted Scripture

The Shih King (Book of Poetry) is one of the Five Confucian Classics, containing 305 odes including ritual hymns, dynastic praise songs, and folk poetry. This selection covers the Sacrificial Odes of Shang and Kau — liturgical hymns used in royal ancestral temple worship, representing the oldest stratum of preserved Chinese sacred ritual poetry.

Classical Chinese· c. 11th–6th century BCE (original composition); Legge translation 1871

The Works of Mencius

ConfucianismAccepted Scripture

The Works of Mencius records the teachings of the Confucian philosopher Mencius: dialogues with kings and disciples on benevolent government, the innate goodness of human nature, and Heaven's mandate. Complete in Legge's seven books (fourteen chapters).

Classical Chinese· c. 4th–3rd century BCE (Mencius c. 372–289 BCE); Legge translation 1861

Folk Magic / White Magic

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Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms, and Superstitions of Ireland

Folk Magic / White MagicLegend / Oral Tradition

Lady Wilde's Irish folklore collection is indexed for charms, healing lore, fairy traditions, evil eye, seasonal rites, and folk belief.

English with Irish folklore source material· 19th-century collection; 1919 public-domain edition

The Discoverie of Witchcraft

Folk Magic / White MagicScholarly Reconstruction

Reginald Scot's early modern source is indexed for witchcraft accusations, charms, exorcisms, conjuring, familiar spirits, incubi and succubi, augury, alchemy, stage illusion, and criticism of witch trials.

Early Modern English· First published 1584; indexed from 1886 public-domain reprint

Mormonism / Latter-day Saints

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Book of Mormon

Mormonism / Latter-day SaintsModern Religious Text

A public-domain Book of Mormon text for search, comparison, and Deep Thought context.

English publication with claimed ancient source record· Published 1830 CE

Doctrine and Covenants

Mormonism / Latter-day SaintsModern Religious Text

Doctrine and Covenants sections indexed for restoration scripture, modern revelation, priesthood, covenant, Zion, temple, and eschatology comparison.

English· 19th century CE with later canonized additions

Pearl of Great Price

Mormonism / Latter-day SaintsModern Religious Text

Pearl of Great Price indexed for Moses, Abraham, Joseph Smith Matthew, Joseph Smith History, Articles of Faith, creation, premortal life, covenant, and restoration comparison.

English with claimed ancient source traditions for Moses and Abraham material· 19th century CE

Egyptian Mythology

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Book of the Dead

Egyptian MythologyAncient Myth / Comparative

Egyptian Book of the Dead material with Budge's public-domain presentation and Renouf/Naville's chapter-level public-domain translation for spell lookup.

Egyptian· New Kingdom and later recensions

Pyramid Texts

Egyptian MythologyAncient Myth / Comparative

The Pyramid Texts are indexed by section and utterance for royal afterlife, resurrection, sky ascent, offerings, protective charms, serpent spells, divine council, Osiris, Horus, Nut, Geb, ka, ba, and ritual speech.

Egyptian· Old Kingdom pyramid inscriptions, primarily Fifth-Sixth Dynasty; indexed from Mercer's public-domain English translation

The Book Am-Tuat

Egyptian MythologyAncient Myth / Comparative

Budge's public-domain English presentation of the Book Am-Tuat, organized by the twelve night divisions or hours traversed by the sun god through the Tuat.

Egyptian· New Kingdom source tradition; Budge public-domain English volume 1905

The Book of Gates

Egyptian MythologyAncient Myth / Comparative

Budge's public-domain English presentation of the Book of Gates, organized by the fourteen Book of Gates chapters and the named gates or divisions traversed by the sun god through the Tuat.

Egyptian· New Kingdom source tradition; Budge public-domain English volume 1905

Egyptian Ideas of the Future Life

Egyptian MythologyScholarly Reconstruction

Budge's concise survey of Egyptian beliefs about the soul, judgment, resurrection, Osiris, and the life after death.

English study drawing on Egyptian sources· 1899 public-domain English study

Legends of the Gods

Egyptian MythologyAncient Myth / Comparative

A public-domain collection of Egyptian mythic narratives, including creation material, divine conflict, and Osiris-Isis-Horus traditions.

Egyptian, represented in English translation· Ancient Egyptian sources represented by a 1912 public-domain English edition

Hermeticism

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Corpus Hermeticum

HermeticismMystical / Esoteric

Corpus Hermeticum sermons and the Asclepius/Perfect Sermon indexed for Hermetic creation, Mind, Logos, soul, rebirth, divine names, daimons, fate, and ascent.

Greek and Latin Hermetic textual tradition· late antiquity, represented by Mead's 1906 public-domain English translation

The Kybalion

HermeticismMystical / Esoteric

The Kybalion is indexed as a modern Hermetic reception text for mentalism, correspondence, polarity, vibration, rhythm, causation, and gender.

English· 1912 CE; public-domain English edition

Emerald Tablet of Hermes

HermeticismMystical / Esoteric

The Emerald Tablet is indexed for above/below correspondence, one-thing creation, sun and moon symbolism, ascent and descent, subtle/gross separation, Hermetic wisdom, and the work of the Sun.

Arabic and Latin transmission; earlier source claims debated· medieval transmission drawing on earlier Hermetic/alchemical traditions

Buddhism

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Dhammapada

BuddhismAccepted Scripture

The Dhammapada is indexed across its 26 chapters and 423 verses for mind, hatred, discipline, wisdom, craving, the path, the Buddha, the arhat, rebirth, nirvana, purity, and liberation.

Pali· Early Buddhist verse material represented by an 1881 Sacred Books of the East English translation

Buddhist Suttas

BuddhismAccepted Scripture

Seven public-domain Buddhist suttas indexed for the Buddha's last days, the first sermon, the middle way, the four noble truths, monastic discipline, rebirth, Brahma-world critique, impermanence, liberation, asavas, and early Buddhist practice.

Pali· Early Buddhist sutta material represented by the 1881 Sacred Books of the East English translation

Lotus Sutra

BuddhismAccepted by Some Traditions

The Lotus Sutra is indexed for the one vehicle, bodhisattva vows, parables, Buddha-fields, many Buddhas, stupa devotion, Avalokitesvara, prophecy of Buddhahood, and Mahayana scripture practice.

Sanskrit· Mahayana composition layers commonly placed in the early centuries CE; represented by H. Kern's 1884 English translation

Buddhist Birth Stories (Jātaka Tales) — Selections

BuddhismLegend / Oral Tradition

Moral tales of the Buddha's former births from the Pali Jātaka book, in T. W. Rhys Davids's 1880 translation. Among the world's oldest collections of fables, many with parallels in Aesop and world folklore.

Pali· verses c. 4th-3rd century BCE; prose commentary c. 5th century CE

Buddhist Psalms of Shinran Shonin

BuddhismAccepted by Some Traditions

Devotional hymns by Shinran, founder of Japan's Pure Land Shin school, praising Amida Buddha and the way of salvation through faith. A cornerstone of Japanese Pure Land Buddhist piety.

Japanese· c. 1250 CE

The Gospel of Buddha

BuddhismScripture Selection

Paul Carus's 1894 arrangement of the Buddha's life and teaching in 100 numbered chapters, compiled from canonical Buddhist texts. Widely used in early Western Buddhism and endorsed by contemporary Buddhist teachers.

English (compiled from Pali and Sanskrit sources)· 1894 CE (sources c. 5th century BCE onward)

Life of Buddha (Selections)

BuddhismScripture Selection

The Buddhacarita, or Acts of the Buddha, is an early biographical poem about Gautama Buddha. This selection uses Samuel Beal's public-domain English translation from the Chinese tradition.

Sanskrit, preserved through Chinese translation· c. 1st-2nd century CE Sanskrit original; Chinese translation c. 420 CE

Judaism / Hebrew Bible

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Genesis

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Genesis, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew· Reached final form c. 6th-5th century BCE

Exodus

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Exodus, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Leviticus

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Leviticus, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Numbers

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Numbers, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Deuteronomy

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Deuteronomy, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Joshua

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Joshua, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Judges

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Judges, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Ruth

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Ruth, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

1 Samuel

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

1 Samuel, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

2 Samuel

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

2 Samuel, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

1 Kings

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

1 Kings, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

2 Kings

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

2 Kings, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

1 Chronicles

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

1 Chronicles, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

2 Chronicles

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

2 Chronicles, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Ezra

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Ezra, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Nehemiah

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Nehemiah, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Esther

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Esther, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Job

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Job, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Psalms

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Psalms, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Proverbs

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Proverbs, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Ecclesiastes

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Ecclesiastes, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Song of Solomon

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Song of Solomon, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Isaiah

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Isaiah, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Jeremiah

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Jeremiah, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Lamentations

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Lamentations, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Ezekiel

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Ezekiel, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Daniel

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Daniel, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Hosea

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Hosea, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Joel

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Joel, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Amos

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Amos, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Obadiah

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Obadiah, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Jonah

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Jonah, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Micah

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Micah, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Nahum

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Nahum, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Habakkuk

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Habakkuk, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Zephaniah

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Zephaniah, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Haggai

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Haggai, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Zechariah

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Zechariah, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Malachi

Judaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted Scripture

Malachi, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic· Hebrew Bible / Old Testament

Babylonian Talmud: Tract Sabbath

Judaism / Hebrew BibleScripture Selection

Rodkinson's public-domain English Tract Sabbath is indexed by chapter, Mishna, and Gemara section for Sabbath law, rabbinic argument, transfer, labor, ritual boundaries, vows, circumcision, sacred scrolls, and daily practice.

Hebrew and Jewish Babylonian Aramaic· Mishnah/Gemara material from roughly 2nd-6th century CE; indexed from Rodkinson's 1903 public-domain English edition

Gnostic / Alternative Early Christian

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Gospel of Thomas

Gnostic / Alternative Early ChristianAlternative Early Christian

Full Gospel of Thomas translation indexed by saying for hidden knowledge, kingdom language, self-knowledge, Mary, James, ritual critique, and Gnostic Jesus comparison.

Coptic with Greek fragments· sayings tradition commonly discussed as 2nd century CE with later Coptic manuscript preservation

Pistis Sophia

Gnostic / Alternative Early ChristianAlternative Early Christian

Pistis Sophia is indexed for Sophia, the mysteries of the Light, aeons, archons, ascent, repentance, soul judgment, Mary Magdalene's questions, and Gnostic cosmology.

Coptic, likely drawing on Greek source traditions· late antique Gnostic material; represented by Mead's 1921 public-domain English edition

Gospel of Mary

Gnostic / Alternative Early ChristianAlternative Early Christian

Gospel of Mary indexed for Mary Magdalene, visionary knowledge, the soul's ascent, powers, Peter's objection, Levi's defense, and authority conflict.

Greek tradition preserved substantially in Coptic· often discussed as 2nd century CE with surviving later manuscript witnesses

Gospel of Philip

Gnostic / Alternative Early ChristianAlternative Early Christian

Gospel of Philip indexed for names, bridal chamber, baptism, Eucharist, resurrection, Mary Magdalene, wisdom, hidden union, and Valentinian sacramental language.

Coptic translation of Greek traditions· 2nd-3rd century CE material preserved in Nag Hammadi Codex II

Gospel of Truth

Gnostic / Alternative Early ChristianAlternative Early Christian

Gospel of Truth indexed for ignorance, Error, knowledge of the Father, fullness, the living book, the Word, rest, return, and Valentinian salvation language.

Coptic translation of Greek traditions· 2nd century CE material preserved in Nag Hammadi Codex I

Secret Book of James

Gnostic / Alternative Early ChristianAlternative Early Christian

Secret Book of James indexed for post-resurrection revelation, James and Peter, hidden books, being filled, the cross, prophecy, knowledge, ascent, and salvation language.

Coptic translation of Greek traditions· 2nd-3rd century CE material preserved in Nag Hammadi Codex I

Gospel of Judas

Gnostic / Alternative Early ChristianAlternative Early Christian

Gospel of Judas indexed for Judas, secret revelation, Barbelo, Saklas, stars, rulers, baptism critique, sacrifice critique, Judas's vision, and betrayal traditions.

Coptic translation of Greek traditions· 2nd century CE material represented by the later Coptic Codex Tchacos witness

The Secret Book of John / Apocryphon of John

Gnostic / Alternative Early ChristianAlternative Early Christian

The Secret Book of John is indexed by manuscript version for the Monad, Barbelo, Sophia's error, Yaltabaoth, archons, Adam and Eve, the soul's destiny, and the revealer's descent.

Coptic translation of Greek source traditions· 2nd century CE material represented by Coptic witnesses in Nag Hammadi Codices II, III, IV, and the Berlin Codex

Greek Mythology

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Hesiod's Theogony

Greek MythologyAncient Myth / Comparative

Full Theogony import for Chaos, Gaia, Uranus, Cronos, the Titans, Zeus, the Muses, Aphrodite, Typhon, divine succession, monster genealogies, and Olympian order.

Ancient Greek· Archaic Greek composition; 1914 public-domain English translation

Hesiod's Works and Days

Greek MythologyAncient Myth / Comparative

Works and Days is indexed for Prometheus, Pandora, the ages of humanity, Zeus, justice, labor, sacrifice, omens, divine timing, and everyday piety.

Ancient Greek· Archaic Greek composition; 1914 public-domain English translation

Homeric Hymns

Greek MythologyAncient Myth / Comparative

Andrew Lang's public-domain Homeric Hymns edition for Greek gods, mysteries, divine epithets, and myth comparison.

Ancient Greek· Archaic/Classical Greek tradition; 1899 public-domain English edition

The Odyssey

Greek MythologyAncient Myth / Comparative

Homer's Odyssey follows the hero Odysseus on his ten-year voyage home from Troy, encompassing encounters with gods, monsters, prophets, and the dead. This import covers all 24 books in Samuel Butler's public-domain 1900 prose translation, including the divine council on Olympus, Telemachus's journey, the Nekyia in Book XI, and the return to Ithaca.

Homeric Greek· c. 8th–7th century BCE

The Iliad

Greek MythologyAncient Myth / Comparative

Homer's Iliad narrates the wrath of Achilles and the Trojan War, centering on cosmic battle, divine intervention, sacrifice, and heroic fate. This import covers all 24 books in Samuel Butler's public-domain 1898 prose translation, including the quarrel of Agamemnon and Achilles, divine councils, battlefield interventions, Hector's death, and Priam's ransom.

Homeric Greek· c. 8th century BCE

The Argonautica

Greek MythologyAncient Myth / Comparative

The epic of Jason and the Argonauts: the mustering of the heroes, the voyage of the Argo through the Clashing Rocks to Colchis, Medea's love and sorcery, the winning of the golden fleece from the sleepless serpent, and the long wandering home. R. C. Seaton's 1912 prose translation, Books I-IV complete.

Ancient Greek· c. 3rd century BCE

Jainism

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Jaina Sutras Part I

JainismAccepted Scripture

Acharanga Sutra and Kalpa Sutra selections indexed for ahimsa, ascetic discipline, living beings, vows, purity, karma, rebirth, Mahavira, Tirthankaras, and monastic practice.

Prakrit· Ancient Jain canonical material represented by the 1884 Sacred Books of the East English translation

Jaina Sutras Part II

JainismAccepted Scripture

Uttaradhyayana Sutra and Sutrakritanga Sutra selections indexed for discipline, karma, liberation, vows, ascetic conduct, food, living beings, hells, doctrinal disputes, and monastic renunciation.

Prakrit· Ancient Jain canonical material represented by the 1895 Sacred Books of the East English translation

Ceremonial Magic

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Key of Solomon

Ceremonial MagicMystical / Esoteric

The Key of Solomon is indexed for Solomonic ritual magic, planetary hours, pentacles, purification, divine names, conjurations, and ceremonial tools.

Latin, French, Italian, and Hebrew magical manuscript traditions represented in English· medieval / early modern grimoire material; 1889 English edition

Lesser Key of Solomon: Goetia

Ceremonial MagicMystical / Esoteric

A public-domain Goetia edition for ceremonial magic, spirit catalogues, secret names, and ritual-language comparison.

English / Latin magical textual tradition· early modern grimoire material; 1916 public-domain edition

Shinto

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Kojiki

ShintoAncient Myth / Comparative

The Kojiki is indexed for kami, creation, Izanagi and Izanami, Amaterasu, Susa-no-wo, descent myths, divine genealogy, purification, ritual, sacred kingship, and early Japanese mythic history.

Classical Japanese / Chinese-style prose· compiled 712 CE; Chamberlain English translation reprinted 1919

Shinto: The Way of the Gods

ShintoScholarly Reconstruction

Aston's public-domain Shinto study for kami, purity, ritual, mythic narrative, and Japanese religious comparison.

English study drawing on Japanese sources· 1905 CE public-domain edition discussing ancient and medieval Shinto sources

Polynesian Mythology

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Kumulipo

Polynesian MythologyLegend / Oral Tradition

Queen Liliuokalani's Kumulipo translation is indexed by era and verse for Hawaiian creation, night, sea life, land life, gods, genealogy, kapu, chiefly descent, and royal lineage comparison.

Hawaiian· Hawaiian traditional chant; 1897 public-domain English translation

Pele and Hiiaka

Polynesian MythologyLegend / Oral Tradition

Pele and Hiiaka is indexed for Hawaiian mythology, volcanic divinity, journey, chant, family conflict, and goddess traditions.

Hawaiian and English· Hawaiian oral tradition; 1915 public-domain English edition

Hawaiian Legends of Volcanoes

Polynesian MythologyLegend / Oral Tradition

Legends of the volcano goddess Pele and her house of fire — her migration to Hawaii, her clashes with Kamapuaa and the snow goddesses, and the shark, ghost, and taboo lore of Kilauea — collected and translated from the Hawaiian by W. D. Westervelt in 1916.

Hawaiian· Ancient oral tradition; collected and published 1916

Legends of Ma-ui, a Demi-God of Polynesia, and of His Mother Hina

Polynesian MythologyLegend / Oral Tradition

The cycle of the Polynesian demi-god Maui — snaring the sun, fishing up islands, lifting the sky, seeking immortality — and the legends of his mother Hina, as collected and translated by W. D. Westervelt in Honolulu in 1910.

Hawaiian (with Maori and other Polynesian variants)· Ancient oral tradition; collected and published 1910

Celtic Mythology

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Mabinogion

Celtic MythologyLegend / Oral Tradition

The Mabinogion in a public-domain English translation for Celtic myth and Arthurian comparison.

Middle Welsh· Medieval manuscripts; 19th-century English translation

Gods and Fighting Men

Celtic MythologyLegend / Oral Tradition

Lady Gregory's Gods and Fighting Men is indexed for Tuatha De Danann, Lugh, the Dagda, the Morrigu, Manannan, the Children of Lir, Finn, Oisin, Fianna, geasa, Otherworld journeys, battle, kingship, and heroic-cycle comparison.

Irish source traditions arranged in English· Irish mythic material from medieval manuscript and oral traditions; 1905 public-domain English arrangement

The Cattle-Raid of Cualnge

Celtic MythologyLegend / Oral Tradition

Faraday's Cattle-Raid of Cualnge is indexed for Medb, Ailill, Cuchulainn, Fergus, the Brown Bull, geasa, war-band honor, prophecy, single combat, heroic rage, and Irish Ulster Cycle comparison.

Old Irish· medieval Irish manuscript tradition; 1904 public-domain English translation

Cuchulain, the Hound of Ulster

Celtic MythologyLegend / Oral Tradition

Eleanor Hull's connected narrative of the whole Cuchulain saga: the hero's birth-tales and boyhood deeds, his training under the woman-warrior Scathach in Shadowland, the winning of Emer, the Cattle-Raid of Cualnge, the Morrigan, his breaking of geasa, death and vengeance. A standard public-domain gateway to the Ulster Cycle beyond the bare Tain text.

Old and Middle Irish (retold in English)· Published 1909; source tales c. 8th-12th century CE, oral tradition older

Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race (Selections)

Celtic MythologyScholarly Reconstruction

Rolleston's retelling of the Irish Mythological Cycle: the invasion myths of Partholan, Nemed, the Firbolgs, the god-race of the Tuatha De Danann and the Milesians, the battles of Moytura, the early Milesian kings, and the otherworld voyage of Maeldun. Selected chapters III, IV and VII; the Ulster, Fenian and Welsh chapters are omitted as the corpus indexes those cycles separately.

Old and Middle Irish sources (retold in English)· Published 1911; underlying invasion myths recorded c. 11th-12th century CE

Roman Mythology

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Metamorphoses, Books I-VII

Roman MythologyAncient Myth / Comparative

Ovid's Metamorphoses, Books I-VII, for Roman mythology and transformation-story comparison.

Latin· 1st century CE; public-domain English edition

Metamorphoses, Books VIII-XV

Roman MythologyAncient Myth / Comparative

The second half of Ovid's Metamorphoses for Roman mythology, transformation, apotheosis, and flood-story comparison.

Latin· 1st century CE; public-domain English edition

Aeneid

Roman MythologyAncient Myth / Comparative

Dryden's public-domain Aeneid for Roman epic, descent to the underworld, fate, gods, empire, and hero comparison.

Latin· 1st century BCE; public-domain English verse edition

The Golden Asse

Roman MythologyAncient Myth / Comparative

Apuleius' Metamorphoses: Lucius, dabbling in Thessalian witchcraft, is transformed into an ass and passes through the hands of robbers, priests and magistrates until the goddess Isis restores him and he is initiated into her mysteries. Contains the celebrated inset myth of Cupid and Psyche. William Adlington's 1566 English translation, complete in 48 chapters.

Latin· c. 160 CE

Norse Mythology

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Poetic Edda

Norse MythologyAncient Myth / Comparative

Henry Adams Bellows's public-domain English translation of the Poetic Edda.

Old Norse· Medieval manuscripts preserving older mythic material

Prose Edda

Norse MythologyAncient Myth / Comparative

A public-domain Prose Edda edition for Norse creation, Ragnarok, gods, giants, and skaldic myth comparison.

Old Norse· 13th century CE; 1901 public-domain English edition

The Story of the Volsungs (Volsunga Saga)

Norse MythologyLegend / Oral Tradition

The Old Norse prose saga of the Volsung clan: Odin's descendant Sigi through Sigmund and Sigurd the dragon-slayer, the cursed gold of Andvari, Brynhild, and the fall of the Giukings. Translated by William Morris and Eirikr Magnusson (1888); the translators' appendix of Poetic Edda excerpts is omitted here because the Poetic Edda is indexed separately.

Old Norse· c. 13th century CE (written); underlying legends much older

The Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus (Selections)

Norse MythologyLegend / Oral Tradition

The legendary books of Saxo's Gesta Danorum, a euhemerized treasury of Norse myth and heroic legend: Hadding's dealings with Odin, the death of Balder at Hother's hand, Amleth (the source of Hamlet), Thorkill's voyages to the giant Geirrod and Utgarda-Loki, and Ragnar Lodbrok. This selection covers Books I-IV, VIII and IX of Oliver Elton's 1894 translation.

Latin· c. 1185-1216 CE

Mesoamerican Mythology

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Popol Vuh

Mesoamerican MythologyAncient Myth / Comparative

A public-domain Popol Vuh edition for creation, flood, hero-twin, and underworld comparison.

K'iche'· Precolonial oral/textual tradition recorded in colonial-era manuscript; public-domain English edition

Rig Veda Americanus: Sacred Songs of the Ancient Mexicans

Mesoamerican MythologyAncient Myth / Comparative

Twenty ancient Nahuatl hymns to the Aztec gods, recorded in the sixteenth century by Sahagun and translated with commentary by Daniel G. Brinton in 1890. Among the very few surviving liturgical texts of pre-conquest Mexico.

Classical Nahuatl· Pre-1519 oral hymns, recorded c. 1547-1585 CE

The Annals of the Cakchiquels

Mesoamerican MythologyLegend / Oral Tradition

The native chronicle of the Kaqchikel Maya of Guatemala: creation and migration legends from Tulan, tribal history, and annals continuing into the Spanish period. Translated by Daniel G. Brinton in 1885 as volume VI of his Library of Aboriginal American Literature.

Kaqchikel (Cakchiquel Maya)· c. 1571-1604 CE, recording much older oral tradition

Islam

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Quran

IslamAccepted Scripture

The Quran indexed for search, comparison, source-language review, and Deep Thought context using Rodwell English, George Sale English, and Tanzil Uthmani Arabic versions.

Arabic· 7th century CE

The Table-Talk of Muhammad

IslamScripture Selection

The Table-Talk of Muhammad is indexed from the public-domain 1882 edition for prophetic sayings on mercy, prayer, charity, fasting, work, judgment, household ethics, government, death, destiny, and resurrection.

Arabic source tradition rendered through English· Hadith traditions compiled from early Islamic transmission; 1882 public-domain English selection

Some Religious and Moral Teachings of Al-Ghazzali

IslamMystical / Esoteric

Al-Ghazzali's religious and moral teachings are indexed for the nature of humanity, heart, spirit, nafs, freedom, responsibility, knowledge, worship, and Sufi moral discipline.

Arabic source tradition rendered through English· 11th-12th century Islamic source material; 1921 public-domain English rendering

The Confessions of Al Ghazzali

IslamMystical / Esoteric

The Confessions of Al Ghazzali is indexed for the search for truth, theology, philosophy, inspiration, certainty, prophecy, Sufi knowledge, and the limits of scholastic argument.

Arabic· 11th-12th century Islamic source material; 1909 public-domain English translation

The Mystics of Islam

IslamScholarly Reconstruction

Nicholson's Mystics of Islam is indexed for the Sufi path, repentance, illumination, ecstasy, gnosis, divine love, saints, miracles, and union with Reality.

English study drawing on Arabic and Persian Sufi sources· 1914 public-domain study of Islamic mysticism

The Mesnevi, Book One

IslamMystical / Esoteric

Rumi's Mesnevi Book One is indexed for the reed-flute proem, love, soul, discipline, parable, divine mercy, prophecy, spiritual poverty, and Sufi teaching stories.

Persian· 13th century Persian Sufi poem; 1881 public-domain English translation

The Gulistan of Sa'di (Selections)

IslamMystical / Esoteric

Sa'di's Rose Garden is a 13th-century collection of moral tales, maxims, and Sufi-influenced wisdom. This selection indexes the public-domain English text preserved by Project Gutenberg.

Persian· 1258 CE

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (FitzGerald)

IslamMystical / Esoteric

The quatrains of the Persian astronomer-poet Omar Khayyam in Edward FitzGerald's famous English rendering, given here in both the First (1859) and Fifth (1889) editions. Long read both as skeptical carpe-diem poetry and, by Sufi-inclined readers, as mystical allegory.

Persian· Quatrains c. 1100-1200 CE; FitzGerald's versions 1859-1889

Hinduism

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Rig Veda

HinduismAccepted Scripture

The Rig Veda is indexed hymn by hymn and verse by verse for Agni, Indra, Soma, Varuna, Mitra, dawn, sacrifice, cosmic order, creation, waters, afterlife, and Vedic comparison.

Vedic Sanskrit· 2nd millennium BCE Sanskrit hymn material represented by an 1896 public-domain English translation

Bhagavad Gita

HinduismAccepted Scripture

The Bhagavad Gita is indexed across all 18 chapters for Krishna's counsel to Arjuna, dharma, yoga, action, knowledge, devotion, the deathless self, rebirth, renunciation, divine manifestation, and liberation.

Sanskrit· Gita composition commonly discussed across the late BCE to early CE period; represented by an 1885 English verse translation

Upanishads Selections

HinduismAccepted Scripture

Public-domain Upanishads selections for search, comparison, and Deep Thought context.

Sanskrit· 1st millennium BCE, represented in a public-domain anthology

Upanishads

HinduismAccepted Scripture

Principal public-domain Upanishads indexed for Atman, Brahman, Om, death, rebirth, liberation, meditation, sacrifice, teacher-disciple dialogues, and Vedanta comparison.

Sanskrit· 1st millennium BCE Sanskrit material represented by 1879/1884/1900 Sacred Books of the East English volumes

Ramayana

HinduismAccepted by Some Traditions

The Ramayana is indexed by book, canto, and stanza block for Rama, Sita, exile, dharma, divine kingship, sacrifice, forest asceticism, Hanuman, Ravana, Lanka, cosmic battle, and avatar comparison.

Sanskrit· Ancient Sanskrit epic layers represented by Griffith's 1870-1874 public-domain English verse translation

Mahabharata

HinduismAccepted by Some Traditions

The Mahabharata is indexed by book, parva section, and paragraph for Pandavas, Kauravas, Krishna, dharma, kingship, exile, Draupadi, Kurukshetra war, afterlife, ascetic instruction, sacrifice, and Hindu epic comparison.

Sanskrit· Ancient Sanskrit epic layers represented by Ganguli's 1883-1896 public-domain English prose translation

Vedanta-Sutras with Sankara's Commentary — Selections

HinduismAccepted Scripture

The aphorisms of the Brahma Sutras (Adhyayas I-II) with the opening of Adi Sankara's Advaita commentary on each, from George Thibaut's 1890 translation (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 34).

Sanskrit· sutras c. 200 BCE-200 CE; commentary c. 8th century CE

Vishnu Purana — Selections (Books I & VI)

HinduismAccepted Scripture

Selections from the Vishnu Purana: Book I on the creation of the universe from Vishnu, and Book VI on the degenerate Kali age and the dissolution of the world. Prose translation by Manmatha Nath Dutt (1894), based on H. H. Wilson.

Sanskrit· c. 300-500 CE (drawing on older material)

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

HinduismAccepted Scripture

The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are aphorisms that systematize classical yoga philosophy and practice. This import uses Charles Johnston's public-domain 1912 English translation and commentary.

Sanskrit· c. 4th-2nd century BCE

Kabbalah

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Sefer Yetzirah

KabbalahMystical / Esoteric

Sefer Yetzirah is indexed for the thirty-two paths of wisdom, sefirot, Hebrew letters, creation by speech, elemental correspondences, zodiacal signs, planets, and Abrahamic covenant imagery.

Hebrew· late antique / early medieval Hebrew mystical tradition; represented by Westcott's 1887 English edition

The Kabbalah: Its Doctrines, Development, and Literature

KabbalahScholarly Reconstruction

Ginsburg's public-domain study is indexed for sefirot, divine names, creation, angels, soul, and Kabbalistic reception history.

English study drawing on Hebrew and Aramaic sources· 1863 essay; 1920 public-domain edition

Sikhism

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Sikh Sacred Writings: Guru Nanak Selections

SikhismScripture Selection

Public-domain Guru Nanak selections including Twelve Months, Japji, Asa Ki War, Rahiras, Sohila, Guru Nanak hymns, and additional sloks for Sikhism search, comparison, and Deep Thought context.

Gurmukhi / Punjabi / Sant Bhasha and related languages in the Sikh scriptural tradition· 15th-16th century Sikh sacred writings represented by the 1909 English translation

Sikh Sacred Writings: Guru Angad, Guru Amar Das, and Guru Ram Das Selections

SikhismScripture Selection

Public-domain selections for Guru Angad, Guru Amar Das, and Guru Ram Das, including life narratives, sloks, hymns, Anand, Sadd, Lawan, and raga-based compositions for Sikhism search, comparison, and Deep Thought context.

Gurmukhi / Punjabi / Sant Bhasha and related languages in the Sikh scriptural tradition· 16th-century Sikh sacred writings represented by the 1909 English translation

Taoism

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Tao Te Ching

TaoismAccepted Scripture

The Tao Te Ching is indexed across all 81 chapters for Tao, nameless origin, non-action, sage rule, water, reversal, simplicity, power, heaven and earth, and the Way's relation to governance and inner life.

Classical Chinese· Classical Chinese composition traditionally associated with Laozi; represented by an 1891 English translation

Zhuangzi

TaoismScholarly Reconstruction

Herbert A. Giles's public-domain Zhuangzi translation for Taoist, mystical, ethical, and paradox comparison.

Classical Chinese· Warring States / Han compilation; 1889 public-domain English edition

Taoist Teachings from the Book of Lieh Tzu

TaoismAccepted Scripture

The Book of Lieh Tzu is the third great Taoist classic beside the Tao Te Ching and Zhuangzi: parables and anecdotes on the Tao, cosmogony, dreams and reality, destiny, and effortless skill. Giles's 1912 selection covers seven of the eight books, omitting the hedonist Yang Chu book as un-Taoist.

Classical Chinese· core material c. 3rd century BCE, received text c. 4th century CE; Giles translation 1912

Theosophy / New Thought

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The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 1

Theosophy / New ThoughtMystical / Esoteric

Volume 1 of Blavatsky's Secret Doctrine for Theosophy, cosmogenesis, esoteric comparison, and modern occult reception.

English· 1888 CE; 1893 public-domain edition

The Edinburgh Lectures on Mental Science

Theosophy / New ThoughtMystical / Esoteric

Troward's Edinburgh Lectures are indexed for New Thought, Mental Science, spirit and matter, subjective mind, intuition, healing, will, body, soul, and spirit.

English· 1904 CE; public-domain English edition

Nuggets of the New Thought

Theosophy / New ThoughtMystical / Esoteric

Atkinson's Nuggets of the New Thought is indexed for I AM language, law of attraction, mental pictures, faith, success, fear, worry, healing thought, and early New Thought practice.

English· 1902 CE; public-domain English edition

As a Man Thinketh

Theosophy / New ThoughtMystical / Esoteric

A public-domain New Thought classic on thought, character, discipline, and inward transformation.

English· 1903

Light on the Path; with Through the Gates of Gold

Theosophy / New ThoughtMystical / Esoteric

A Theosophical-era mystical and initiatory text, preserved from a public-domain Project Gutenberg edition that also includes Through the Gates of Gold.

English· 1880s

Dynamic Thought; or, The Law of Vibrant Energy

Theosophy / New ThoughtMystical / Esoteric

A public-domain New Thought and occult-mind-power work by William Walker Atkinson.

English· 1906

In Tune with the Infinite

Theosophy / New ThoughtMystical / Esoteric

A public-domain New Thought work on spiritual alignment, inward life, peace, and power.

English· 1897

Modern Religious Cults and Movements

Theosophy / New ThoughtScholarly Reconstruction

A public-domain historical survey of New Thought, Christian Science, Theosophy, spiritualism, and related modern religious movements. Imported as a historical source, not as a movement scripture.

English· 1923

A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga

Theosophy / New ThoughtMystical / Esoteric

A public-domain Yogi Ramacharaka course presenting Raja Yoga through the New Thought and Theosophical reception of yoga.

English· 1906

Lessons in Gnani Yoga

Theosophy / New ThoughtMystical / Esoteric

A public-domain Yogi Ramacharaka course on Gnani/Jnana Yoga, the Absolute, manifestation, and spiritual knowledge.

English· 1907

The Hindu-Yogi Science of Breath

Theosophy / New ThoughtMystical / Esoteric

A public-domain manual of breath practice and spiritual physiology from the Yogi Ramacharaka corpus.

English· 1903

Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master

Theosophy / New ThoughtMystical / Esoteric

A public-domain esoteric Christian reading from the Yogi Ramacharaka corpus.

English· 1907

Reincarnation and the Law of Karma

Theosophy / New ThoughtMystical / Esoteric

A public-domain survey of reincarnation and karma in Western esoteric and comparative religious reception.

English· 1908

The Human Aura: Astral Colors and Thought Forms

Theosophy / New ThoughtMystical / Esoteric

A public-domain occult and New Thought work on aura, astral color symbolism, and thought forms.

English· 1912

Zoroastrianism

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Zend-Avesta Selections

ZoroastrianismAccepted Scripture

Public-domain Zend-Avesta selections for search, comparison, and Deep Thought context.

Avestan· Ancient Iranian tradition; English anthology 1900

Avesta

ZoroastrianismAccepted Scripture

Public-domain Avesta corpus indexed across Vendidad, Sirozah, Yashts, Nyayis, Yasna, Visparad, Afrinagan, Gahs, and fragments for Zoroastrian comparison.

Avestan· Ancient Iranian tradition represented by 1880/1883/1887 Sacred Books of the East English volumes

The Bundahishn (Knowledge from the Zand)

ZoroastrianismAccepted by Some Traditions

The Bundahishn ('Primal Creation') is the great Zoroastrian account of cosmogony: Ohrmazd's creation of the world, the assault of the evil spirit Ahriman, the natures of creatures, stars and sacred fires, and the final resurrection and renovation of the universe.

Pahlavi (Middle Persian)· compiled after the Arab conquest, c. 8th–9th century CE, from older Sasanian material; West translation 1880

The Book of Arda Viraf

ZoroastrianismVisionary / Received

The Book of Arda Viraf recounts the visionary journey of the priest Viraf, whose soul travels across the Chinwad bridge to tour heaven, the intermediate state, and hell, witnessing the rewards of the righteous and the graphic punishments of sinners before returning with a message from Ohrmazd. It is a landmark of afterlife-vision literature, often compared to Dante's Divine Comedy.

Pahlavi (Middle Persian)· core narrative possibly Sasanian (c. 6th century CE), final redaction c. 9th–10th century CE; Haug & West translation 1872

Mesopotamian Mythology

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Epic of Gilgamesh

Mesopotamian MythologyAncient Myth / Comparative

Stephen Langdon's public-domain Gilgamesh edition for flood, underworld, friendship, kingship, and immortality comparison.

Akkadian / Sumerian· Bronze/Iron Age Mesopotamia; public-domain scholarly English edition

The Babylonian Legends of the Creation

Mesopotamian MythologyAncient Myth / Comparative

Budge's public-domain English edition of the Babylonian creation tradition, including the Seven Tablets of Creation and older classical summaries connected with Berosus and Damascius.

Akkadian, with Greek classical summaries· c. 18th-7th century BCE source traditions; Budge edition 1921

Enuma Elish

Mesopotamian MythologyAncient Myth / Comparative

Babylonian creation epic: primeval waters, divine conflict, Tiamat, Marduk, and cosmic ordering.

Akkadian· 2nd millennium BCE roots; first millennium BCE manuscript witnesses

Satanism

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Paradise Lost

SatanismMystical / Esoteric

Milton's Paradise Lost for Satan, rebellion, fall, hell, angelic war, and later Satan/Lucifer reception comparison.

English· 1667 CE; public-domain English edition

Paradise Regained

SatanismMystical / Esoteric

Milton's sequel to Paradise Lost, centered on the temptation of Jesus and Satan's challenge in the wilderness.

English· 1671

The History of the Devil

SatanismMystical / Esoteric

Daniel Defoe's eighteenth-century prose treatment of Satan, devils, witchcraft, temptation, hell, and Christian demonological imagination. Useful for reception history beside biblical, Miltonic, Luciferian, Satanic, and occult materials.

English· 1726; Project Gutenberg e-text released 2010

Luciferianism

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The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

LuciferianismMystical / Esoteric

Blake's public-domain Marriage of Heaven and Hell for contraries, devil symbolism, Milton reception, and esoteric comparison.

English· 1790-1793 CE; 1906 public-domain edition

Cain: A Mystery

LuciferianismMystical / Esoteric

Byron's dramatic retelling of Cain with Lucifer as a major figure in a challenge over knowledge, mortality, and divine justice.

English· Published 1821-1822

Heaven and Earth: A Mystery

LuciferianismMystical / Esoteric

Byron's flood-era drama built around angelic figures, human desire, judgment, and the destruction of the old world.

English· Published 1821-1823

Wicca / Witchcraft

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The Wonders of the Invisible World

Wicca / WitchcraftScholarly Reconstruction

The Salem witch-trial material is indexed as historical context for witchcraft accusation, demonology, testimony, and trial records.

English· 1692-1693 trial literature; 1862 public-domain reprint

Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches

Wicca / WitchcraftLegend / Oral Tradition

Aradia is indexed across its 15 chapters for Diana, Aradia, Lucifer, witch-meetings, ritual supper, charms, moon language, liberation from oppression, Laverna, and modern witchcraft reception.

English with Italian incantation material· Published 1899; claimed folk material collected in late-19th-century Italy

Second Temple / Pseudepigrapha

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1 Enoch (Book of Enoch)

Second Temple / PseudepigraphaAccepted by Some Traditions

Full public-domain 1 Enoch text for Watchers, giants, forbidden arts, heavenly journeys, judgment, Son of Man imagery, luminaries, and apocalypse comparison.

Aramaic and Hebrew fragments; full Ethiopic Ge'ez preservation with Greek and Latin witnesses· c. 3rd century BCE-1st century CE

Jubilees

Second Temple / PseudepigraphaAccepted by Some Traditions

Jubilees retells Genesis and Exodus through angelic revelation, calendar, covenant, Sabbath, purity law, watchers, flood, and patriarchal chronology.

Hebrew, preserved substantially in Ge'ez with Greek and Latin witnesses· 2nd century BCE

Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs

Second Temple / PseudepigraphaAccepted by Some Traditions

Testamentary speeches of the sons of Jacob indexed for repentance, moral warning, priesthood, messianic expectation, angels, Beliar, resurrection, judgment, and tribal prophecy.

Greek with earlier Semitic traditions debated· core traditions commonly placed in the Second Temple period with later transmission layers

Catholic Christianity

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Tobit

Catholic ChristianityApocrypha / Mixed Acceptance

Tobit in the public-domain Douay-Rheims / Challoner English tradition for wider-canon comparison.

Aramaic / Hebrew and Greek transmission· Second Temple period

Judith

Catholic ChristianityApocrypha / Mixed Acceptance

Judith in the public-domain Douay-Rheims / Challoner English tradition for wider-canon comparison.

Hebrew / Greek transmission· Second Temple period

Wisdom of Solomon

Catholic ChristianityApocrypha / Mixed Acceptance

Wisdom of Solomon in the public-domain Douay-Rheims / Challoner English tradition for wisdom, soul, and afterlife comparison.

Greek· 1st century BCE-1st century CE

Sirach / Ecclesiasticus

Catholic ChristianityApocrypha / Mixed Acceptance

Sirach in the public-domain Douay-Rheims / Challoner English tradition for wisdom, law, ethics, and ancestor comparison.

Hebrew with Greek transmission· 2nd century BCE

Baruch

Catholic ChristianityApocrypha / Mixed Acceptance

Baruch in the public-domain Douay-Rheims / Challoner English tradition for exile, wisdom, law, and prophetic comparison.

Hebrew / Greek transmission· Second Temple period

1 Maccabees

Catholic ChristianityApocrypha / Mixed Acceptance

1 Maccabees in the public-domain Douay-Rheims / Challoner English tradition for temple, revolt, martyrdom, and sacred-king comparison.

Hebrew original likely; Greek transmission· 2nd-1st century BCE

2 Maccabees

Catholic ChristianityApocrypha / Mixed Acceptance

2 Maccabees in the public-domain Douay-Rheims / Challoner English tradition for resurrection, martyrdom, temple, and prayer-for-the-dead comparison.

Greek· 2nd-1st century BCE

Eastern Orthodoxy

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1 Esdras

Eastern OrthodoxyAccepted by Some Traditions

1 Esdras from the public-domain King James Apocrypha tradition for temple restoration and wider-canon comparison.

Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek / Latin transmission varies by book· Second Temple through early Christian reception

2 Esdras

Eastern OrthodoxyAccepted by Some Traditions

2 Esdras from the public-domain King James Apocrypha tradition for apocalypse, judgment, restoration, and wider-canon comparison.

Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek / Latin transmission varies by book· Second Temple through early Christian reception

Greek Additions to Esther

Eastern OrthodoxyAccepted by Some Traditions

The Greek Additions to Esther from the public-domain King James Apocrypha tradition for wider-canon comparison.

Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek / Latin transmission varies by book· Second Temple through early Christian reception

Song of the Three Holy Children

Eastern OrthodoxyAccepted by Some Traditions

The Song of the Three Holy Children from the public-domain King James Apocrypha tradition for prayer, deliverance, and wider-canon comparison.

Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek / Latin transmission varies by book· Second Temple through early Christian reception

Susanna

Eastern OrthodoxyAccepted by Some Traditions

Susanna from the public-domain King James Apocrypha tradition for Danielic tradition, justice, and wider-canon comparison.

Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek / Latin transmission varies by book· Second Temple through early Christian reception

Bel and the Dragon

Eastern OrthodoxyAccepted by Some Traditions

Bel and the Dragon from the public-domain King James Apocrypha tradition for Danielic tradition, idols, dragons, and wider-canon comparison.

Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek / Latin transmission varies by book· Second Temple through early Christian reception

Prayer of Manasses

Eastern OrthodoxyAccepted by Some Traditions

Prayer of Manasses from the public-domain King James Apocrypha tradition for repentance and wider-canon comparison.

Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek / Latin transmission varies by book· Second Temple through early Christian reception

Christianity

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Apostolic Fathers

ChristianityScholarly Reconstruction

Public-domain Apostolic Fathers edition for early Christian comparison beside the New Testament and later church texts.

Greek / Latin / Syriac textual traditions· late 1st-2nd century CE sources; 19th-century English edition

The Confessions of St. Augustine

ChristianityScholarly Reconstruction

Augustine's Confessions indexed for conversion, memory, sin, grace, creation, time, soul, desire, and early Christian self-examination.

Latin· c. 397-400 CE; public-domain English translation

The City of God

ChristianityScholarly Reconstruction

Augustine's City of God indexed for Rome, pagan religion, demons, providence, the two cities, creation, evil, free will, resurrection, and final judgment.

Latin· 413-426 CE; 1871 public-domain English translation

Matthew

ChristianityAccepted Scripture

Matthew, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Koine Greek· New Testament

Mark

ChristianityAccepted Scripture

Mark, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Koine Greek· New Testament

Luke

ChristianityAccepted Scripture

Luke, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Koine Greek· New Testament

Gospel of John

ChristianityAccepted Scripture

Gospel of John, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Koine Greek· c. 90-110 CE

Acts

ChristianityAccepted Scripture

Acts, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Koine Greek· New Testament

Romans

ChristianityAccepted Scripture

Romans, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Koine Greek· New Testament

1 Corinthians

ChristianityAccepted Scripture

1 Corinthians, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Koine Greek· New Testament

2 Corinthians

ChristianityAccepted Scripture

2 Corinthians, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Koine Greek· New Testament

Galatians

ChristianityAccepted Scripture

Galatians, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Koine Greek· New Testament

Ephesians

ChristianityAccepted Scripture

Ephesians, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Koine Greek· New Testament

Philippians

ChristianityAccepted Scripture

Philippians, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Koine Greek· New Testament

Colossians

ChristianityAccepted Scripture

Colossians, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Koine Greek· New Testament

1 Thessalonians

ChristianityAccepted Scripture

1 Thessalonians, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Koine Greek· New Testament

2 Thessalonians

ChristianityAccepted Scripture

2 Thessalonians, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Koine Greek· New Testament

1 Timothy

ChristianityAccepted Scripture

1 Timothy, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Koine Greek· New Testament

2 Timothy

ChristianityAccepted Scripture

2 Timothy, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Koine Greek· New Testament

Titus

ChristianityAccepted Scripture

Titus, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Koine Greek· New Testament

Philemon

ChristianityAccepted Scripture

Philemon, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Koine Greek· New Testament

Hebrews

ChristianityAccepted Scripture

Hebrews, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Koine Greek· New Testament

James

ChristianityAccepted Scripture

James, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Koine Greek· New Testament

1 Peter

ChristianityAccepted Scripture

1 Peter, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Koine Greek· New Testament

2 Peter

ChristianityAccepted Scripture

2 Peter, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Koine Greek· New Testament

1 John

ChristianityAccepted Scripture

1 John, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Koine Greek· New Testament

2 John

ChristianityAccepted Scripture

2 John, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Koine Greek· New Testament

3 John

ChristianityAccepted Scripture

3 John, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Koine Greek· New Testament

Jude

ChristianityAccepted Scripture

Jude, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Koine Greek· New Testament

Revelation

ChristianityAccepted Scripture

Revelation, available in public-domain English translations and the public-domain Spanish Reina-Valera 1909.

Koine Greek· c. 95 CE

The Life of Saint Issa

ChristianityDisputed / Needs Verification

A disputed lost-years text claiming that Issa, identified with Jesus, traveled through India, Nepal, and surrounding regions before returning to Israel.

Claimed Tibetan source; published in French, represented here in English translation· Published 1894; English edition represented by a 1916 public-domain printing

Andean Mythology

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Apu Ollantay: A Drama of the Time of the Incas

Andean MythologyLegend / Oral Tradition

The best-known work of classical Quechua literature: the drama of the general Ollantay, his forbidden love for the Inca's daughter Cusi Coyllur, and his rebellion and pardon. Translated with an introduction by Sir Clements Markham.

Quechua· Oral drama of Inca origin; extant manuscripts c. 1770 CE

History of the Incas

Andean MythologyLegend / Oral Tradition

Sarmiento's 1572 chronicle preserves the Inca creation cycle of Viracocha, the Ayar origin myth of Pacaritambo, and the legendary history of the Inca dynasty, compiled from the testimony of native record-keepers. Translated by Sir Clements Markham for the Hakluyt Society in 1907.

Spanish· 1572 CE, recording pre-Columbian oral tradition

Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo

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1 Meqabyan

Ethiopian Orthodox TewahedoAccepted by Some Traditions

The first Ethiopian book of Meqabyan in the Ethiopian Orthodox broader biblical tradition. This work is distinct from Greek 1 Maccabees.

Ge'ez tradition, commonly transmitted through Amharic· Traditional Ge'ez/Amharic transmission; English community translation published on Wikisource

2 Meqabyan

Ethiopian Orthodox TewahedoAccepted by Some Traditions

The second Ethiopian book of Meqabyan in the Ethiopian Orthodox broader biblical tradition. This work is distinct from Greek 2 Maccabees.

Ge'ez tradition, commonly transmitted through Amharic· Traditional Ge'ez/Amharic transmission; English community translation published on Wikisource

3 Meqabyan

Ethiopian Orthodox TewahedoAccepted by Some Traditions

The third Ethiopian book of Meqabyan in the Ethiopian Orthodox broader biblical tradition, with sustained reflection on repentance, judgment, Adam, Satan, and resurrection.

Ge'ez tradition, commonly transmitted through Amharic· Traditional Ge'ez/Amharic transmission; English community translation published on Wikisource

African Traditional Religions

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Folk Stories from Southern Nigeria, West Africa

African Traditional ReligionsLegend / Oral Tradition

A public-domain collection of Southern Nigerian folk stories gathered by Elphinstone Dayrell and introduced by Andrew Lang, useful for comparative folklore, trickster, origin-story, kingship, and spirit-world motifs.

English· 1910

West African Folk-Tales

African Traditional ReligionsLegend / Oral Tradition

A public-domain Gold Coast / West African folk-tale collection with Anansi cycles, origin tales, animal tales, kingship stories, and comparative folklore motifs.

English· 1917