“Not out of right practice comes right thinking, but out of right thinking comes right practice. It matters enormously what you think. If you think falsely, you will act mistakenly; if you think basely, your conduct will suit your thinking.”
- Annie Besant
Reference material
Books, CDs, visual aids
Below are resources for online ordering as well as reading lists.
Ordering online top^
AbeBooks
An online bookstore, in multiple languages, with a rare book service as well.
Website, linked 08/16
http://www.abebooks.com/docs/Welcome/
Adyar Bookshop
Australia's largest and longest established metaphysical and alternative bookstore with access to over 40,000 titles.
Website, linked 08/16
http://www.adyarbooks.com/
Alice Bailey Blue Books
Source of the 24 books of esoteric philosophy written by Alice A. Bailey in cooperation with a Tibetan teacher between 1919-1949 based on the Ageless Wisdom.
Lucis Trust, linked 08/16
https://www.lucistrust.org/store/category/alice_bailey_books_p
Banyen Books
One of North America's most complete bookstore/web sites specializing in conscious living, personal growth, and spiritual awareness with more than 27,000 books, CDs, tapes and videos.
Banyen website, linked 08/16
http://www.banyen.com
Bodhi Tree Bookstore
A major metaphysical bookstore.
Bodhi website, linked 08/16
http://www.bodhitree.com
Powell's Books
The largest independent used and new bookstore in the world, with online ordering and shipping.
Website, linked 08/16
http://www.powells.com/
Quest Books
A division of the Theosophical Society that publishes books on the Ageless Wisdom, Eastern spirituality, and related topics. Prominent among the offerings are the landmark works by H.P. Blavatsky.
Website, linked 08/16
http://www.questbooks.net/aboutquest.cfm
Shambhala Publications
An independent publishing house, Shambhala has specialized in books that present creative and conscious ways of transforming the individual, the society, and the planet since 1969. An excellent book resource.
Website, linked 08/16
http://www.shambhala.com/books.html
Sounds True
A direct source for audio courses, books, videos, and music for personal and spiritual transformation. Sounds True is an independent multimedia publishing company that embraces the world's major spiritual traditions.
Website, linked 08/16
http://www.soundstrue.com/
Reading lists top^
Initiatives of Change Publications
A helpful resource list from Initiatives of Change: books, DVDs or other publications.
Website, linked 08/16
http://www.iofc.org/publications
International Association for Children's Spirituality Publications
Provides links to books and articles on children`s spirituality, and for children`s spirituality.
Website, linked 08/16
http://www.childrenspirituality.org/publications/
IONS Digital Library
Book reviews, articles, personal stories available online.
IONS website, linked 08/16
http://www.noetic.org/library/
World Service Intergroup Recommended Reading List
A list of beginning and advanced reading in the ageless wisdom traditions.
WSI website, linked 08/16
http://www.worldserviceintergroup.net/#/reading-list/4541264419