Recommendation of books

Books on Ismailism, reviews etc..
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Funklebits
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Recommendation of books

Post by Funklebits »

Ya Ali Madad!

I hope life has been kind to you all. Im sorry to trouble everyone, but what would be your top 10 recommended reading be?

I am in kind of a void and not sure what to explore next. I have a basic understanding of what being Ismaili means as well as some of the historical context, but I really want to take my knowledge to the next level. I find that I am more lost on this site than informed and would very much like to change that.

Thank you in advance and I look forward to hearing everyone's recommendations.
kmaherali
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Post by kmaherali »

All the essential and fundamental readings on Ismailism have been rendered in the electronic format at the library of this site at:

Old Library

http://www.ismaili.net/inbysubj.html

New Library

http://ismaili.net/heritage/library
Funklebits
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Post by Funklebits »

Thank you for this and I have spent many enjoyable evenings reading various things in the links provided.

However, I am hoping to see what specific books people would recommend.

Thank you again for your time and the links.

Respectfully~
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kmaherali
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Post by kmaherali »

These are my favorite books beyond what is available in the libraries I alluded to.

A SEARCH IN SECRET INDIA

PDF version:

http://www.courtofrecord.org/archive/Pa ... -India.pdf

Free download

https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dl ... 38/page/n5

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THE HIDDEN TEACHING BEYOND YOGA

PDF version:

https://selfdefinition.org/brunton/Brun ... a--OCR.pdf

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THE WISDOM OF THE OVERSELF

PDF version:

https://selfdefinition.org/brunton/Brun ... f--OCR.pdf

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A SEARCH IN SECRET EGYPT

Free download

https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.175739

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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A YOGI

Free book:

https://www.ananda.org/autobiography/
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Funklebits
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Post by Funklebits »

kmaherali = the best

Thank you very much for this and I eagerly look forward to reading these.

Respectfully~
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Re: Recommendation of books

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Funklebits wrote:Ya Ali Madad!

I hope life has been kind to you all. Im sorry to trouble everyone, but what would be your top 10 recommended reading be?

I am in kind of a void and not sure what to explore next. I have a basic understanding of what being Ismaili means as well as some of the historical context, but I really want to take my knowledge to the next level. I find that I am more lost on this site than informed and would very much like to change that.

Thank you in advance and I look forward to hearing everyone's recommendations.
I understand you very well, because I have the same feeling as you. Therefore, I am also interested in your question and it is interesting to read something from which I should to start :)
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