Academic Works Related to Theosophy
A range of academic books by various authors.
Searchable Library Catalogue of Theosophical Texts
The following reading list attempts to achieve a balance between the older classical books and modern expositions:
- Algeo, John Blavatsky, Freemasonry, & the Western Mystery Tradition (Theosophical Society in England 1996)
- Faivre, A. Theosophy, Imagination, Tradition (SUNY Press 2000)
- Faivre, A. Access to Western Esotericism (SUNY Press 1994)
- Faivre, A. and J. Needleman Modern Esoteric Spirituality (SCM Press 1992)
- Godwin, Joscelyn The Theosophical Enlightenment (SUNY Press 1994)
- Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas The Western Esoteric Traditions (Oxford University Press 2003)
- Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas and Clare Goodrick-Clarke (Eds.) G.R.S. Mead and the Gnostic Quest (North Atlantic Books 2005)
- Hammer, Olav Claiming Knowledge: Strategies of Epistemology From Theosophy to the New Age (Brill 2004)
- Vickers, Brian Occult and Scientific Mentalities in the Renaissance (Cambridge University Press)