Epic, myth, and the sacred-literary inheritance of the West
Homer, Iliad Homer, Odyssey Hesiod, Theogony Hesiod, Works and Days Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica Virgil, Aeneid Virgil, Eclogues (especially IV) Ovid, Metamorphoses Ovid, Fasti Apuleius, The Golden Ass The Epic of Gilgamesh Enuma Elish (Babylonian creation epic) Descent of Inanna The Egyptian Book of the Dead (selected) The Pyramid Texts (selected) The Coffin Texts (selected) The Poetic Edda The Prose Edda Beowulf The Kalevala The Mabinogion The Táin Bó Cúailnge The Song of Roland Nibelungenlied The Shahnameh (Ferdowsi) Popol Vuh (Mayan creation myth) Lucan, Pharsalia (selected) Statius, Thebaid (selected)
Christ Teachings
A Course in Miracles Text, Workbook for Students, Manual for Teachers, Clarification of Terms Additional Material: Gifts of God, Special Messages, Song of Prayer The Way of Mastery (Jeshua ben Joseph, channeled through Jayem): The Way of the Heart, The Way of Transformation, The Way of Knowing The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ (Levi H. Dowling) The Gospel of the Holy Twelve The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ (Nicolas Notovitch)
Hebrew Bible and Second Temple literature
Torah (Pentateuch): Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy Nevi'im (Prophets): Joshua, Judges, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi Ketuvim (Writings): Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Songs, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles The Apocrypha / Deuterocanon: Tobit, Judith, Additions to Esther, Wisdom of Solomon, Sirach (Ecclesiasticus), Baruch, Letter of Jeremiah, Song of the Three Holy Children, Susanna, Bel and the Dragon, 1 Maccabees, 2 Maccabees, 3 Maccabees, 4 Maccabees, 1 Esdras, 2 Esdras, Prayer of Manasseh Pseudepigrapha and related: 1 Enoch, 2 Enoch (Slavonic Enoch), 3 Enoch (Sefer Hekhalot), Jubilees, Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs, Testament of Abraham, Testament of Moses, Life of Adam and Eve, Psalms of Solomon, Odes of Solomon, Apocalypse of Abraham, 4 Ezra Dead Sea Scrolls: Community Rule (1QS), War Scroll (1QM), Thanksgiving Hymns (Hodayot), Pesher Habakkuk, Damascus Document, Temple Scroll, Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice Legends and midrashic synthesis: Louis Ginzberg, The Legends of the Jews
New Testament and early Christian foundations
The four Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John Acts of the Apostles Pauline letters: Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon Catholic letters: Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude Revelation Apostolic Fathers: Didache, 1 Clement, 2 Clement, Letters of Ignatius, Polycarp, Martyrdom of Polycarp, Shepherd of Hermas, Epistle of Barnabas, Epistle to Diognetus Early apocrypha: Protoevangelium of James, Infancy Gospel of Thomas, Gospel of Nicodemus (Acts of Pilate), Acts of John, Acts of Andrew, Gospel of Mary Magdalene, Gospel of Bartholomew
Gnostic and related currents
Nag Hammadi Library (core): Apocryphon of John, Gospel of Thomas, Gospel of Philip, Gospel of Truth, Hypostasis of the Archons, On the Origin of the World, The Thunder, Perfect Mind, Sophia of Jesus Christ, Dialogue of the Savior, Eugnostos the Blessed, Apocalypse of Adam, Second Treatise of the Great Seth, Tripartite Tractate, Trimorphic Protennoia, Allogenes, The Thought of Norea, The Exegesis on the Soul Acts of Thomas: Hymn of the Pearl Pistis Sophia Books of Jeu The Chaldean Oracles (fragments) Manichaean texts (selected collections) Mandaean texts: Ginza Rba (selected), Book of John (selected)
Greek, late antique, and patristic theology
Clement of Alexandria, Stromata (selected) Clement of Alexandria, Protrepticus Athanasius, On the Incarnation Origen, On First Principles Origen, Commentary on the Song of Songs Gregory of Nyssa, Life of Moses Gregory of Nazianzus, Theological Orations Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit Augustine, Confessions Augustine, City of God Augustine, On the Trinity (selected) Pseudo-Dionysius, The Divine Names Pseudo-Dionysius, Mystical Theology Pseudo-Dionysius, The Celestial Hierarchy Evagrius Ponticus, Praktikos John Cassian, Conferences Maximus the Confessor, Ambigua (selected) Maximus the Confessor, Mystagogy John Scotus Eriugena, Periphyseon (selected) Synesius of Cyrene, On Dreams Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Desert Fathers
Christian mysticism and contemplative classics
The Cloud of Unknowing The Imitation of Christ (Thomas à Kempis) Meister Eckhart (Sermons and Treatises) John Tauler (Sermons) Henry Suso, The Little Book of Eternal Wisdom Theologia Germanica Julian of Norwich, Revelations of Divine Love The Book of Margery Kempe Marguerite Porete, The Mirror of Simple Souls Richard of Saint Victor, Benjamin Major and Benjamin Minor Hugh of Saint Victor, Didascalicon Bonaventure, The Soul's Journey into God Bonaventure, The Tree of Life Nicholas of Cusa, On Learned Ignorance Nicholas of Cusa, The Vision of God Hildegard of Bingen, Scivias Hildegard of Bingen, Liber Divinorum Operum Catherine of Siena, The Dialogue Angela of Foligni, Memorial and Instructions Teresa of Avila, The Interior Castle John of the Cross, Dark Night of the Soul John of the Cross, Ascent of Mount Carmel John of the Cross, The Spiritual Canticle Francis of Assisi, writings and prayers The Way of a Pilgrim Brother Lawrence, The Practice of the Presence of God Jean-Pierre de Caussade, Abandonment to Divine Providence William Law, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life The Philokalia (selected) The Ladder of Divine Ascent (John Climacus) Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation Thomas Merton, The Seven Storey Mountain Bernadette Roberts, The Experience of No-Self
Jewish mysticism and Kabbalah
Sefer Yetzirah Sefer HaBahir Zohar (selected passages) Isaac Luria (Lurianic Kabbalah collections and summaries) Chaim Vital, Etz Chaim (selected) Moses Cordovero, Pardes Rimonim (selected) Joseph Gikatilla, Gates of Light (Sha'arei Orah) Abraham Abulafia (selected ecstatic Kabbalah writings) Sefer Raziel HaMalakh (selected) The Tanya (Schneur Zalman of Liadi) Merkabah / Hekhalot texts (selected collections) Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, Derech Hashem (The Way of God) Aryeh Kaplan, Meditation and Kabbalah Aryeh Kaplan, Sefer Yetzirah: The Book of Creation (translation and commentary) Gershom Scholem, Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism Gershom Scholem, On the Kabbalah and Its Symbolism
Hermeticism, Neoplatonism, and late antique theurgy
Corpus Hermeticum Asclepius Emerald Tablet Stobaeus Fragments (Hermetic excerpts) Iamblichus, On the Mysteries Iamblichus, On the Pythagorean Life Plotinus, Enneads Porphyry, On the Cave of the Nymphs Porphyry, Letter to Marcella Proclus, Elements of Theology Proclus, Platonic Theology (selected) Damascius, On First Principles (selected) Sallustius, On the Gods and the World Macrobius, Commentary on the Dream of Scipio Plato, Timaeus Plato, Republic (especially Book VII) Plato, Symposium Plato, Phaedrus Plato, Phaedo Plato, Parmenides Plato, Cratylus Plato, Philebus Pythagoras, Golden Verses Heraclitus, Fragments Parmenides, On Nature (fragments) Empedocles, Fragments
Alchemy
Rosarium Philosophorum Splendor Solis Mutus Liber The Golden Chain of Homer Basil Valentine, The Twelve Keys The Book of Lambspring Theatrum Chemicum (selected treatises) Michael Maier, Atalanta Fugiens Heinrich Khunrath, Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae Paracelsus (selected works) Sendivogius, The New Chemical Light George Ripley, The Compound of Alchemy (and related writings) The Turba Philosophorum The Secret of the Golden Flower (Taoist) Artephius, The Secret Book The Book of Artephius Flamel (attributed), Hieroglyphic Figures The Gloria Mundi Aurora Consurgens (attributed to Thomas Aquinas) Roger Bacon, Mirror of Alchemy Fulcanelli, The Mystery of the Cathedrals Fulcanelli, The Dwellings of the Philosophers Titus Burckhardt, Alchemy: Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul Julius Evola, The Hermetic Tradition
Renaissance and early modern occult philosophy and magic
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Three Books of Occult Philosophy Marsilio Ficino, Three Books on Life Marsilio Ficino, Platonic Theology (selected) Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Oration on the Dignity of Man Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Conclusions (900 Theses) Giordano Bruno (selected works) John Dee, Monas Hieroglyphica John Dee, Spiritual Diaries (selected) The Picatrix (Ghāyat al-Ḥakīm) The Heptameron Arbatel of Magic The Grimoire tradition: Clavicula Salomonis (Key of Solomon), Lemegeton (Lesser Key of Solomon), Ars Goetia The Sworn Book of Honorius The Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses The Book of Abramelin The Greek Magical Papyri (PGM) Trithemius, Steganographia Athanasius Kircher (selected works) Francesco Colonna, Hypnerotomachia Poliphili Tommaso Campanella, The City of the Sun
Rosicrucian, esoteric Christian, and Western initiatory literature
Fama Fraternitatis Confessio Fraternitatis The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz Robert Fludd (selected works) Thomas Vaughan, Lumen de Lumine Jacob Boehme, Aurora Jacob Boehme, Mysterium Magnum Jacob Boehme, The Signature of All Things Jacob Boehme, The Way to Christ Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin, Man: His True Nature and Ministry Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin, Theosophic Correspondence Éliphas Lévi, Transcendental Magic Éliphas Lévi, The Key of the Mysteries Papus, Treatise on Occult Science A. E. Waite (selected works) A. E. Waite, The Holy Kabbalah Rudolf Steiner, Christianity as Mystical Fact Rudolf Steiner, An Outline of Esoteric Science Rudolf Steiner, How to Know Higher Worlds Dion Fortune, The Mystical Qabalah Dion Fortune, The Cosmic Doctrine Dion Fortune, Psychic Self-Defense Valentin Tomberg, Meditations on the Tarot Manly P. Hall, The Secret Teachings of All Ages Max Heindel, The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception Franz Bardon, Initiation into Hermetics Franz Bardon, The Practice of Magical Evocation Franz Bardon, The Key to the True Kabbalah Mouni Sadhu, The Tarot
Tarot, Qabalah, and Golden Dawn lineages
The Golden Dawn (Israel Regardie) Israel Regardie, The Tree of Life Israel Regardie, The Middle Pillar The Book of Thoth (Aleister Crowley) The Tarot (A. E. Waite) Paul Foster Case, The Tarot: A Key to the Wisdom of the Ages Paul Foster Case, The True and Invisible Rosicrucian Order Paul Foster Case, Highlights of Tarot Gareth Knight, A Practical Guide to Qabalistic Symbolism William G. Gray, The Ladder of Lights Kircher, Oedipus Aegyptiacus (selected)
Traditionalist, Perennialist, and sacred philosophy
René Guénon, The Crisis of the Modern World René Guénon, The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times René Guénon, Symbolism of the Cross René Guénon, The King of the World René Guénon, Man and His Becoming According to the Vedanta René Guénon, The Multiple States of the Being René Guénon, Perspectives on Initiation René Guénon, The Great Triad René Guénon, Fundamental Symbols René Guénon, The Esoterism of Dante Julius Evola, Revolt Against the Modern World Julius Evola, The Hermetic Tradition Julius Evola, The Mystery of the Grail Julius Evola, Ride the Tiger Julius Evola, The Yoga of Power Julius Evola, The Doctrine of Awakening Julius Evola, Meditations on the Peaks Frithjof Schuon, The Transcendent Unity of Religions Frithjof Schuon, Stations of Wisdom Frithjof Schuon, Logic and Transcendence Frithjof Schuon, Esoterism as Principle and as Way Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (selected essays and monographs) Titus Burckhardt, Sacred Art in East and West Titus Burckhardt, Mirror of the Intellect Titus Burckhardt, Mystical Astrology According to Ibn 'Arabi Martin Lings, The Eleventh Hour Martin Lings, Ancient Beliefs and Modern Superstitions Martin Lings, Symbol and Archetype Martin Lings, A Return to the Spirit Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Knowledge and the Sacred Seyyed Hossein Nasr, The Need for a Sacred Science Marco Pallis, Peaks and Lamas Marco Pallis, A Buddhist Spectrum Rama P. Coomaraswamy, The Destruction of the Christian Tradition Jean Borella, Guénonian Esoterism and Christian Mystery Wolfgang Smith, Cosmos and Transcendence
Depth psychology, archetype, and the science of the soul
C. G. Jung, Aion: Researches into the Phenomenology of the Self C. G. Jung, Mysterium Coniunctionis C. G. Jung, Psychology and Alchemy C. G. Jung, Alchemical Studies C. G. Jung, The Red Book (Liber Novus) C. G. Jung, Answer to Job C. G. Jung, Symbols of Transformation C. G. Jung, The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious C. G. Jung, Seven Sermons to the Dead Marie-Louise von Franz, Alchemy: An Introduction to the Symbolism and the Psychology Marie-Louise von Franz, Number and Time Marie-Louise von Franz, Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales Marie-Louise von Franz, The Feminine in Fairy Tales James Hillman, Re-Visioning Psychology James Hillman, The Soul's Code Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces Joseph Campbell, The Masks of God (4 vols.) Joseph Campbell, Creative Mythology Joseph Campbell, The Inner Reaches of Outer Space Mircea Eliade, The Sacred and the Profane Mircea Eliade, Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstasy Mircea Eliade, The Forge and the Crucible Mircea Eliade, Cosmos and History: The Myth of the Eternal Return Erich Neumann, The Origins and History of Consciousness Erich Neumann, The Great Mother Robert A. Johnson, He, She, We Edward Edinger, Ego and Archetype Edward Edinger, The Mystery of the Coniunctio
Channeled, revelatory, and modern esoteric transmissions
A Course in Miracles (see Christ Teachings above) The Way of Mastery (see Christ Teachings above) H. P. Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine H. P. Blavatsky, Isis Unveiled H. P. Blavatsky, The Voice of the Silence Alice A. Bailey, A Treatise on White Magic Alice A. Bailey, A Treatise on Cosmic Fire Alice A. Bailey, Initiation, Human and Solar Edgar Cayce readings (selected compilations) The Urantia Book (selected) The Kybalion G. I. Gurdjieff, Beelzebub's Tales to His Grandson G. I. Gurdjieff, Meetings with Remarkable Men P. D. Ouspensky, In Search of the Miraculous P. D. Ouspensky, Tertium Organum Maurice Nicoll, The New Man Maurice Nicoll, The Mark
Arthurian and the Grail Legends
Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval, the Story of the Grail Chrétien de Troyes, Yvain, the Knight of the Lion Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart Robert de Boron, Joseph of Arimathea Robert de Boron, Merlin The Vulgate Cycle / Lancelot-Grail (selected) The Post-Vulgate Cycle (selected) The Quest of the Holy Grail (Queste del Saint Graal) Perlesvaus (The High History of the Holy Grail) The Elucidation The Didot Perceval Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur Geoffrey of Monmouth, History of the Kings of Britain Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Heinrich von dem Türlin, Diu Crône The Lais of Marie de France (selected) Jessie L. Weston, From Ritual to Romance Emma Jung & Marie-Louise von Franz, The Grail Legend Charles Williams, War in Heaven Charles Williams, The Place of the Lion Charles Williams, The Figure of Beatrice John Matthews, The Grail: Quest for the Eternal
Dante
Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy (Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso) Dante Alighieri, La Vita Nuova Dante Alighieri, Convivio (selected) Dante Alighieri, De Monarchia René Guénon, The Esoterism of Dante
Tolkien and mythopoesis
J. R. R. Tolkien, Mythopoeia J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion (Ainulindalë, Valaquenta, Quenta Silmarillion, Akallabêth) J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit J. R. R. Tolkien, On Fairy-Stories J. R. R. Tolkien, Unfinished Tales (selected) J. R. R. Tolkien, The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien (selected) C. S. Lewis, The Space Trilogy (Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That Hideous Strength) C. S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters C. S. Lewis, Till We Have Faces C. S. Lewis, The Abolition of Man George MacDonald, Phantastes George MacDonald, Lilith Owen Barfield, Saving the Appearances Owen Barfield, Poetic Diction Charles Williams, Descent into Hell Charles Williams, All Hallows' Eve Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea
Philosophy and classical contemplative discipline
Heraclitus, Fragments Parmenides, On Nature (fragments) Pythagoras, Golden Verses Plato, Symposium Plato, Phaedrus Plato, Phaedo Plato, Republic Plato, Timaeus Plato, Laws (selected) Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle, Metaphysics (selected) Aristotle, De Anima (selected) Marcus Aurelius, Meditations Epictetus, Enchiridion Epictetus, Discourses (selected) Seneca, Letters to Lucilius (selected) Seneca, On the Shortness of Life Cicero, The Dream of Scipio Plutarch, On Isis and Osiris Plutarch, Moralia (selected essays) Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica (selected questions) Meister Eckhart (see also Christian Mysticism above) Spinoza, Ethics Schopenhauer, The World as Will and Representation (selected) Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil (selected) Martin Heidegger, The Question Concerning Technology Simone Weil, Gravity and Grace Simone Weil, Waiting for God Ernst Jünger, The Forest Passage Nicolás Gómez Dávila, Escolios (selected aphorisms)
Mystical poetry and visionary literature
Goethe, Faust (Parts I and II) Goethe, The Fairy Tale of the Green Snake and the Beautiful Lily Novalis, Hymns to the Night Novalis, Heinrich von Ofterdingen William Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell William Blake, Jerusalem William Blake, Milton William Blake, The Four Zoas (selected) John Milton, Paradise Lost John Milton, Paradise Regained Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Kubla Khan Percy Bysshe Shelley, Prometheus Unbound Percy Bysshe Shelley, Hymn to Intellectual Beauty William Wordsworth, The Prelude (selected) Friedrich Hölderlin (selected poems and hymns) Gerard Manley Hopkins (selected poems) W. B. Yeats (selected poems) W. B. Yeats, A Vision Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass Emily Dickinson (selected poems) Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet Kahlil Gibran, Jesus the Son of Man Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies Rainer Maria Rilke, Sonnets to Orpheus Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet T. S. Eliot, Four Quartets T. S. Eliot, The Waste Land Gérard de Nerval, Aurélia Arthur Rimbaud, A Season in Hell Arthur Rimbaud, Illuminations Stefan George (selected poems) Robinson Jeffers (selected poems) Dylan Thomas (selected poems) Wallace Stevens (selected poems)
Sufi, Persian, and Islamic mystical classics
Jalal al-Din Rumi, Masnavi Jalal al-Din Rumi, Divan-e Shams Hafez, Divan Ibn Arabi, The Bezels of Wisdom (Fusus al-Hikam) Ibn Arabi, Meccan Revelations (selected) Al-Ghazali, The Alchemy of Happiness Al-Ghazali, The Niche of Lights Attar, The Conference of the Birds Attar, Memorial of the Saints Al-Hallaj, Kitab al-Tawasin Suhrawardi, The Philosophy of Illumination Jami, Yusuf and Zulaikha Omar Khayyam, Rubaiyat (selected translations) Abu Bakr Siraj Ed-Din, The Book of Certainty Henry Corbin, Alone with the Alone: Creative Imagination in the Sufism of Ibn 'Arabi Henry Corbin, The Man of Light in Iranian Sufism
Indian and related dharmic scriptures
Bhagavad Gita Upanishads (principal Upanishads, especially Mandukya, Chandogya, Brihadaranyaka, Katha, Isha, Taittiriya) Rig Veda (selected hymns) Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Brahma Sutras (selected) Avadhuta Gita Ashtavakra Gita Shiva Sutras Vijnana Bhairava Tantra Tripura Rahasya Vivekachudamani (Shankara) Devi Mahatmya Narada Bhakti Sutras The Ramayana The Mahabharata (selected) Sri Aurobindo, The Life Divine (selected) Sri Aurobindo, Savitri (selected)
Buddhist and East Asian classics
Dhammapada Heart Sutra (Prajnaparamita Hridaya) Diamond Sutra (Vajracchedika) Lotus Sutra (selected) Lankavatara Sutra (selected) Vimalakirti Sutra (selected) Avatamsaka Sutra (selected, especially Gandavyuha) Shobogenzo (Dogen, selected) The Platform Sutra (Huineng) The Faith Mind Sutra (Xinxin Ming) Bodhicaryavatara (Shantideva) Milarepa, Songs of Milarepa Tilopa, Mahamudra Instructions The Tibetan Book of the Dead (Bardo Thodol)
Daoist and Chinese classics
Tao Te Ching (Dao De Jing) Zhuangzi Liezi I Ching (Yijing) Nei Yeh (Inner Training) Huainanzi (selected) The Secret of the Golden Flower (see also Alchemy above)
Sacred music, liturgical sound, and the bardic tradition
Classical and liturgical
Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B Minor, St. Matthew Passion, St. John Passion, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Goldberg Variations, Cello Suites, Art of Fugue, organ works (selected) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem, The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte), Great Mass in C Minor Ludwig van Beethoven: Late String Quartets (Op. 127–135), Missa Solemnis, Symphony No. 9, Piano Sonata No. 32 (Op. 111) Richard Wagner: Parsifal, Tristan und Isolde, The Ring of the Nibelung (Der Ring des Nibelungen), Lohengrin Hildegard von Bingen, liturgical compositions Gregorian Chant (selected collections) Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time, Vingt Regards sur l'enfant-Jésus Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa, Te Deum, Passio, Fratres, Spiegel im Spiegel John Tavener: The Protecting Veil, Song for Athene, The Veil of the Temple Henryk Górecki: Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) Gustav Mahler: Symphonies No. 2 (Resurrection) and No. 9 Alexander Scriabin: Poem of Ecstasy, Prometheus: The Poem of Fire
The bardic and prophetic voice
Bob Dylan: The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited, Blonde on Blonde, John Wesley Harding, Nashville Skyline, Blood on the Tracks, Desire, The Basement Tapes, Street-Legal, Slow Train Coming, Infidels, Oh Mercy, Time Out of Mind, "Love and Theft", Modern Times, Tempest, Rough and Rowdy Ways Leonard Cohen: Songs of Leonard Cohen, Songs from a Room, Songs of Love and Hate, New Skin for the Old Ceremony, Various Positions, I'm Your Man, The Future, Ten New Songs, You Want It Darker; books: Book of Mercy, Book of Longing, Beautiful Losers Van Morrison: Astral Weeks, Moondance, Veedon Fleece, Into the Music, Common One, No Guru, No Method, No Teacher, Poetic Champions Compose, Hymns to the Silence Nick Drake: Five Leaves Left, Bryter Layter, Pink Moon Johnny Cash: American Recordings series (I–VI) Townes Van Zandt (selected recordings and songs) Jeff Buckley: Grace Joni Mitchell: Blue, Hejira, Court and Spark Tim Buckley: Starsailor, Happy Sad Patti Smith: Horses Dead Can Dance: Within the Realm of a Dying Sun, The Serpent's Egg, Aion, Into the Labyrinth Sufjan Stevens (selected albums) Scott Walker: Scott 4, The Drift