50SClassics Prv

50 SpiritualClassics

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50 SpiritualClassics

Timeless wisdom from

50 great books of

inner discovery, enlightenment, and purpose

Tom Butler-Bowdon

N I C H O L A S B R E A L E Y

P U B L I S H I N G

L O N D O N B O S T O N

Muhammad AsadChuang Tzu

Hermann HesseChögyam Trungpa

St. Augustine

Ram DassAldous Huxley

W. Somerset MaughamNeale Donald Walsch

Richard BachEpictetus

William JamesDan Millman

Rick WarrenBlack Elk

Mohandas GandhiCarl Gustav Jung

Michael NewtonSimone Weil

Richard Maurice BuckeGhazzali

Margery KempeThich Nhat Hanh

Ken Wilber

Fritjof Capra

Kahlil GibranJ. Krishnamurti

John O’DonohueParamahansa Yogananda

Carlos Castaneda

G. I. GurdjieffC. S. Lewis

Robert M. PirsigGary Zukav

G. K. ChestertonDag Hammarskjöld

Malcolm XJames Redfield

Pema ChödrönAbraham Joshua Heschel

Daniel C. Matt

Miguel RuizIdries Shah

StarhawkShunryu Suzuki

Emanuel SwedenborgTeresa of Avila

Mother Teresa

Eckhart Tolle