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The main subject areas include the following topics:
(click on the main headings to go to the appropriate subject page where there are more details)

ANCIENT TRADITIONS - Western & Middle-Eastern

Ancient Middle-Eastern Mythology
Ancient Traditions – in general
Arthurian & Grail legends
Bargains - Ancient Traditions
Celtic Mythology, Folk- & Fairy Tales
Druids - ancient & modern
Druze, Yezidis, Mandaeans
Egyptian Religion & Cosmology
European Mythology
Greek & Roman Mythology
Neoplatonism & related ideas
Western Mystery Tradition - general
Zoroastrianism


AUDIO - tapes & CDS – music & spoken word

African music & chant
Bargain Tapes & CDs
Celtic Music & Song
Chants & Songs
Chinese Music
Dance & Body Movement
Didgeridu
Flute
Guided Meditation tapes & CDs
Harp & Dulcimer
Indian Music & Chant
Islamic Music
Japanese Music & Chant
Latin Music
Louise Hay audio
Massage Music
Meditation Music
Metamusic - Sounds & Frequencies
Mind, Body & Soul CDs & tapes
Native American Chants & Music
Natural Sound (without music, voice, etc.)
New Age Music
Osho [audio]
Percussion
Ram Dass tapes & CDs
Relaxation Music
Relaxation tapes & CDs
Sacred Chants - Christian
Sacred Chants - other
Self Help Tapes & CDs
Shamanic, sacred & ritual drumming
Spoken Word
Tibetan Music & Chant
Voice Work & Sound Therapy
World Music
Yoga Nidra tapes & CDs
Yoga Tapes & CDs


BUDDHISM & FAR-EASTERN TRADITIONS

Aikido
Bargains - Buddhism, Taoism & Zen
Bargains - Martial Arts
Buddhism - general
Dhammapada
Mahayana Buddhism
Martial Arts - general
Shin or Pure Land Buddhism
Shinto & general Japanese
Tai-Chi & Chinese exercises
Tao Te Ching
Taoism & other Chinese subjects
Theravada Buddhism
Thich Nhat Hanh
Tibetan Buddhism
Zen & Ch'an (Chinese Zen Buddhism)



CHRISTIANITY & Ways set in a Christian context

Bargains - Christianity
Cathars & other "heresies"
Christianity - eastern
Christianity: general
Christianity: Jesus
Christianity: mystics (early to 19th century)
Christianity: Recent (20/21st Century mystics, & personal spiritual life
Crypto-Christian movements (e.g. Templars, Freemasons, Rosicrucians)
Gnosticism & Gnostic texts



CONTEMPORARY WESTERN WAYS (Theosophy onwards)

Adi Da (= Franklin Jones = Da Free John)
Aivanhov, Omraam Mikhael
Alice Bailey
Ascension & Light-working
Bargains - Channelled teachings
Bargains - Modern Western ways & teachings
Biography
Brunton, Paul
Channelling & Channelled Teachings
Course in Miracles
Edgar Cayce
Findhorn Community
Goldsmith, Joel
Gurdjieff & associates
Icke, David
Krishnamurti
Metaphysics: general surveys
Millennial & Apocalyptic writings
New Age & Contemporary Beliefs
New Age Paths
Personal Journeys
Ram Dass / Richard Alpert
Search, transformation & the spiritual life
Seth / Jane Roberts
Spiritualism & spirit guides
Steiner, Rudolf (& Anthroposophy)
Summit Lighthouse
Szekely / International Biogenic Society
Theosophy
Traditionalist (Rene Guenon, F. Schuon, & associates)
Transformational Anarchists & eclectics (Timothy Leary, Robert Anton 
Wilson etc.)
Walsch, Neal Donald
Western Teachers & teachings
White Eagle
Wilber, Ken


COSMOLOGY, PARASCIENCE & MYSTERIES (incl. Holistic Science, UFOs, & Conspiracies)

Angels, spirit guides & celestial beings
Archaeological & Historical enigmas from prehistory
Bargains - Mysteries
Bargains - Science & Cosmology
Conspiracies - what they don't want you to know
Cosmic mysteries & Earth upheavals, Martian enigmas, ancient aliens
Cosmology & the New Physics, infinity, numbers, the Universe
Crop circles
Cryptozoology (e.g. Yeti, Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster)
Dowsing (including pendulums)
Earth Mysteries & Sacred Sites (ley lines, stone circles, etc.)
Fairies, devas, etc.
Hidden orders & lineages
History - alternative views
Parascience & the paranormal (ghosts, miracles, forteana)
Prophetic writings
Science & Spirituality - interfaces
Science - general & popular (including maths)
Science - holistic
UFOs, Aliens & Extraterrestrials
Unconventional Technology (orgone, free energy, anti-gravity, Tesla)



CREATIVE EXPRESSION

Art - Visionary, Sacred & Occult
Art as therapy & personal expression
Bargains - Creativity
Bargains - Fiction
Creativity
Fiction - New Age, Mind-Body-Spirit
Humour - New Age
Inspirational writings
Miscellaneous writings
Music, Dance & Sound
Poetry & Drama - mystical
Search sagas - teachings in fictionalized form e.g. Celestine Prophecy 



FOOD & NUTRITION

Cookery (vegetarian and or wholefood)
Detox & revitalisation
Eating Disorders
Macrobiotics & other similar
Nutrition
Raw Diets & Fasting
Veganism
Vegetarianism



GAIA - Living with the planet & nature

Animals: wild & domestic
Bargains - Feng Shui & home design
Bargains - Nature & Green Spirituality
Communities
Feng Shui & home design
Gardening for the spirit
Green Spirituality
Nature - the Spiritual Dimension
Trees



GENERAL MYSTICISM, MYTHOLOGY & COMPARATIVE RELIGION

Architecture - Sacred & Symbolic
Bargains - Mythology
Cults & New Religious Movements
Eastern traditions - general
Ethics & morality
Festivals & the Cycle of the Year
General & Comparative Religion
Guides & Directories
Mysticism - general
Mythology, Fairy Tales & Folklore
Philosophy - mystical, religious
Sacred Geometry, Mazes & Labyrinths
Symbolism, Mandalas, Patterns



HOLISTIC HEALTH – general, therapies & specific problems

Acupuncture
Addictions & compulsions (smoking etc)
Alexander Technique
Allergies (general)
Anatomy & human biology (for alternative health students)
Animal Health
Aromatherapy
Arthritis
Asthma, Hayfever
Ayurveda
Bach Flower Remedies
Backs - care & repair
Bargains - Health & Nutrition
Bioenergetics
Biorhythms
Bodywork & Exercise Systems
Cancer
Candida
Chi Kung (Qigong), Ki – Chinese exercises for health
Chinese Medicine - general
Colour in healing & growth
Crystals & gemstones
Environment & Health
Eyesight
General Health
Healing with the Mind (how attitude affects health & healing)
Health - general
Health - illnesses (various)
Herbs & Herbalism
Holistic medicine – general overviews
Homoeopathy
Hypnosis & Hypnotherapy
Iridology
Kinesiology
M.E. (chronic fatigue / post viral syndrome)
Massage
Migraine & Headaches
Naturopathy
Oriental Medicine - general
Osteopathy & Chiropractic
Pain Control
Pilates - & similar exercise system
Polarity Therapy
Reflexology & Metamorphic
Reiki
Shiatsu & Acupressure
Sleep - problems & benefits
Spiritual & Energy Healing



INDIAN TRADITIONS & YOGA

Ancient Indian Teachers
Aurobindo
Bargains - Indian Traditions & Yoga
Bhagavad Gita
Bhakti Yoga
Brahma Kumaris
Chinmoy, Sri
Gandhi
Hindu texts & scriptures
Hinduism - general
India - travel & visiting gurus
Indian holy women / teachers
Indian mythology & epics
Indian Philosophy
Indian teachers - others (men)
Jainism
Kabir
Kashmir Shaivism
Kundalini & Chakras
Mantras
Muktananda, Nityananda & successors
Nisargadatta, Sri
Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh)
Patanjali Yoga Sutras
Pranayama
Ramakrishna, Vivekananda
Ramana Maharshi
Sant Mat, Radhasoami
Satya Sai Baba
Satyananda Saraswati (Bihar School of Yoga)
Shiva & Shaivism
Sikhism
Sivananda
Tagore
Tantra
Upanishads
Vedanta
Vedas
Vishnu & Vaishnavism
Yoga as a spiritual lifestyle / yoga philosophy
Yoga tapes & CDs
Yoga practice / Hatha yoga
Yogananda & his lineage



JUDAISM & KABBALAH

Bargains - Judaism & Kabballah
Essenes & Dead Sea Scrolls
Judaism - general
Kabbalah & Jewish Mysticism



OCCULT & DIVINATION

Alchemy & Hermetic philosophy
Astrological Tables
Astrology - Chinese & Indian
Astrology - Western
Bargains - Occult & Divination
Cards sets & packs - for insight & divination
Crowley, Golden Dawn, OTO
Dion Fortune & successors
Divination general & miscellaneous methods
Graphology
I Ching
Numerology
Occult & Magic - general
Palmistry
Psychic Skills
Runes
Tarot Books
Tarot Cards & Sets
Wicca & paganism – modern



PERSONAL GROWTH

Bargains - Personal growth
Breathwork – including Rebirthing
Business & work (spiritual & ethical issues, etc.)
Co-operative Games
Getting Older
Inspirational writings
Personal fulfillment & life coaching
Prosperity & attitudes to money



PSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHOTHERAPY & THE MIND – also meditation, chakras, Death & dying

Altered States of consciousness & Psychedelia
Astral Projection & out-of-body experiences
Bargains - Death, Reincarnation etc.
Bargains - Psychology & Consciousness
Chakras, auras & subtle bodies
Consciousness & the Mind
Death & Dying
Dreams
Evil: psychology & philosophy
Gestalt therapy
Healing Childhood Trauma
Inner Experiences - general
Jungian Psychology
Karma
Meditation - books
Mediumship - contact with the dead
NLP – neuro-linguistic programming
Personality types including enneagram system
Process-oriented Psychology
Psychological Self-help (e.g. for depression, anxiety)
Psychology – mainly holistic or spiritual aspects
Psychosynthesis
Psychotherapy & Counselling
Reincarnation & life after death
Stress Control & Relaxation
TM (Transcendental Meditation)



SHAMANIC TRADITIONS – Amerindian, African, etc.

Aboriginal traditions
African & Afro-Caribbean Ways
Bargains - Shamanism & Native American
Hawaian Huna
Mexican, Central & South American
Native American Ways
Shamanic Sagas - Castaneda etc.
Shamanic, sacred & ritual drumming
Shamanism - general & modern



SUFISM & ISLAM & derivatives

Baha'i Faith
Bargains - Sufism & Islam
Idries Shah
Inayat Khan, Hazrat & Pir Vilayat
Islam
Rumi & other Sufi poets e.g. Hafiz
Subud
Sufism - general
Sufism - Indian
Sufism - Middle-Eastern
Sufism - Western



WOMEN, MEN & CHILDREN

Addictive Relationships
Bargains - Sex & relationships
Bargains - Women & Men
Children's mind-body-spirit books
Feminism & women’s issues
Men's Psychology, Health
Pregnancy & Childbirth
Psychology of Childhood
Relationships
Sex & Spirituality
Sexuality
Women's Health
Women's Psychology & Self-help
Women's Spirituality & Goddess tradition

 

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