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Books: Fiction
The Imprisoned Splendor   The Imprisoned Splendor
Stafford Betty

A nationally celebrated but self-absorbed philosophy professor finds himself very much alive following a fatal plane crash in an afterlife world he was… more
The Death of Ivan Ilyich   The Death of Ivan Ilyich
Leo Tolstoy

The Death of Ivan Ilyich is Tolstoy's attack on the smug satisfaction of a middle and upper class population, who in his mind live artificial meaningless… more
Resurrection   Resurrection
Leo Tolstoy

Published in 1900, Resurrection is Tolstoy’s final large-scale novel. It’s a morally-driven tale of personal redemption, featuring fewer characters… more
Work While Ye Have the Light   Work While Ye Have the Light
Leo Tolstoy

‘Work while ye have the light,’ is Tolstoys fictional Christian tale, set in the 1st century AD. more
Spiritual World   Spiritual World
Kahlil Gibran

This edition of Kahlil Gibran's works includes The Prophet, The Forerunner, The Madman and Sand and Foam. more
23 Tales   23 Tales
Leo Tolstoy

In this book, we see Tolstoy’s love of the short story, whether for children or adults; and witness the secret of simplicity and transparency of style,… more
The Forerunner   The Forerunner
Kahlil Gibran

The Forerunner is a collection of parables and aphorisms, which in true Eastern style draws on a world of kings, hermits, saints, slaves, deserts, animals… more
Jesus the Son of Man   Jesus the Son of Man
Kahlil Gibran

For Kahlil Gibran, re-telling the story of Jesus had been the ambition of a lifetime. He wanted tell the story as no one had told it before. With Jesus… more
The Madman   The Madman
Kahlil Gibran

One of Kahlil Gibran's first books in English, The Madman is a collection of parables and aphorisms, which in true Eastern style draws on a world of kings,… more
Sand and Foam   Sand and Foam
Kahlil Gibran

Sand and Foam is a collection of parables and aphorisms, which in true Eastern style draws on a world of kings, hermits, saints, slaves, deserts, animals… more
The Prophet   The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran

The Prophet, which was to become enduringly popular, is a prose piece which is partly auto-biographical. Gibran said that ‘the whole prophet is saying… more
 
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“The Prison of the Senses” by Fredrick Myers via Geraldine Cummins – Your present surroundings are, in a sense, your creation, in that you are mentally so unemancipated, your nerves and senses convey to you your perception of life. If you were capable of focusing your ego or daily consciousness within your deeper mind, if in short you trained yourself to pass into a thought compound from which form, as the senses convey it, were absent, the material world would vanish. Read here
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