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Alchemical texts

Alchemical texts.
The Internet Sacred Text Archive includes electronic texts of nearly a thousand of the most important books and articles.

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Ars Memoriae (The Art of Memory) by Giordano Bruno.
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Esoteric Archives. Hermetic etexts.
Twilit Grotto: Archives of Western Esoterica

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Agrippa,  Henry Cornelius: Female Pre-Eminence:
or, The Dignity and Excellency of That Sex, Above the Male (1670).

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The Corpus Hermeticum
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The Gnostic Society Library
Alchemical Writings

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Hermetic etexts.
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Western Esoterica
Bible Resources, Classic Christian Texts . Bibles Online . Religious Art and Literature
Apocrypha
A page dedicated to the scholarly investigation of Christian Apocrypha in association with the Christian. Apocrypha Section of the Society of Biblical Literature.

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The Bible on the Web. King James, Revised Standard, Darby.
Searchable by word, verse, chapter.

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British Library exhibition of sacred texts and sacred manuscripts.
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Christian Classics Ethereal Library
The Christian Classics Ethereal Library is a digital library of hundreds of classic Christian books selected for edification and education. The online www.ccel.org server reaches several million different users each year. CCEL texts are stored in a dedicated Theological Markup Language, which is an XML application. Texts are converted automatically into other formats such as HTML or PDF.
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Christ
The Passion of Christ
A large selection of links to works of art based on Christ's Passion, from Artcyclopedia.
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Links to internet sites with art depicting Christ's Passion.
Dead Sea Scrolls

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Directory of online Bibles,
in several modern and ancient languages. From  Virtual Christianity

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Gutenberg Bible. Gutenberg Digital, The Göttenberg  Gutenberg Bible, Germany.
View by chapter and page. All 1282 pages of both volumes. Johann Gutenberg:  His Life.

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Gutenberg, Johann. Johann Gutenberg, his life and work.
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Hebrew Bible Translation
XML Hebrew-English (KJV) Bible
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Latin Vulgate Bible
This site helps you understand difficult verses in the Bible using the original Latin Vulgate as a reference.

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New Testament Gateway
Links to Bible translations,  Bible webpage resources (from Birmingham University,  UK).

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Wikipedia entry on The Bible.
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Women and the Bible. Umilta
Women mystics, women pilgrims. women saints.  Helena, Birgitta of Sweden,  Catherine of Siena, Mother Theresa, Margery Kempe, Chiara Gambacorta, Francesca Romana  A website with extensive links to sites  dealing with women mystics and Chrstian saints.
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World Bible Translation Center
Buddhist sacred texts

Buddhist sacred texts.
See also Taoism and Zen below:

Hindu sacred texts

Wikipedia entry on Hinduism.

Bhagavad Gita

1942 translation
Swami Sivananda
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1971 translation 
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
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1988 translation
Ramananda Prasad
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1992 translation and commentary
Swami Chinmayananda

Upanishads

Upanishads
Translated by Max Muller.

The Reg Veda

The Rig-Veda
Translated by Ralph Griffith [1896]
A complete English translation of the Rig Veda.
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Rig-Veda (Sanskrit)
The complete Rig Veda in Sanskrit, in Unicode Devanagari script and standard romanization.

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Islamic sacred texts

Islamic sacred texts.

 

Unicode Qur'an
The Arabic text of the Qur'an presented using Unicode. For more information on Unicode. Includes a parallel transliteration into the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
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The Holy Qur'an: Arabic Text, Pronunciation Guide, Yusuf Ali English Text
A version of the Yusuf Ali English translation in parallel with Arabic. Arabic script is presented using GIF image files.
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The Qur’ân, Part I
tr. by E.H. Palmer [1880]
A new etext of the first volume of the Palmer Quran traslation, with full introduction and footnotes.

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The Qur’ân, Part II
tr. by E.H. Palmer [1880]
A new etext of the second volume of the Palmer Quran translation, with full footnotes.

Jewish sacred texts

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Religion in literature and art. Religious text, sacred text archives

Religion and the Arts, a journal from Boston College.
A Journal which promotes the development of discourses for exploring the religious dimensions of the verbal, visual and performing arts.

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Religious Texts Archive.  Academic.info.
Meta-Indexes, Archives, Religious Tolerance,  Alternative Spirituality, Ancient History - Religion,  Baha'i Faith, Biblical Studies, Buddhism, Christianity, Eastern Religions, Gnosticism, Hinduism, Islamic Studies, Jewish Studies, pagan, Rastafarianism,religions in China, religions in the United States, religious movements,Wiccan,women & religion.
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Sacred Texts

British Library exhibition of sacred texts, sacred manuscripts.
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Sacred Books of the East

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Sacred Texts Archive
 

Ancient Egyptian sacred texts.
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Ancient Near East sacred texts (Babylonian, Assyrian).
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Biblical texts..
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Buddhist sacred texts.
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Christian sacred texts.
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Dead Sea Scrolls From The Dead Sea
Library of Congress exhibition.

Hindu sacred texts.
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Islamic sacred texts.
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Judaic sacred texts.
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The Upanishads, translated by Max Muller.
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Zoroastrian sacred texts.
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Image
A Journal of the Arts and Religion Image explores the relationship between Judeo-Christian faith and art through contemporary fiction, poetry, painting, sculpture, architecture, film, music, and dance.

Shinto

Shinto scripture.
Sacred Text Archive
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The Kojiki
Translated into English by Basil Hall Chamberlain.
Taoism

Wikipedia entry on Taoism.
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Tao Te Ching translations

Tao Te Ching
James Legge
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Tao Te Ching
John H. McDonald
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The Tao Te Ching
Frederic H. Balfour
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Tao Te Ching
Stephen Mitchell
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The Tao Te Ching
Lin Yutang
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The Daily I Ching
Jane English and Gia-Fu Feng
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The Tao Teh King
Aleister Crowley

Wikipedia entry on Sacred Texts.
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Zen . Sacred texts


Zoroastrian texts



The Zend Avesta, Part I: Vendîdâd
Translated by James Darmesteter
Part I of the SBE Avesta translation.
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The Zend Avesta, Part II: The Sîrôzahs, Yasts and Nyâyis
translated by James Darmesteter
Part II of the SBE Avesta translation.
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The Zend Avesta, Part III: The Yasna, Visparad, Âfrînagân, Gâhs and Miscellaneous Fragments
Translated by L.H. Mills

Part III of the SBE Avesta translation.

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