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"Nietzsche’s Zarathustra comes down from a mountain like a sunlit prophet to teach in parables that God is dead and the human being must become creator..."

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Existentialism & Nihilism

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

by Friedrich Nietzsche

Modern (1800–present)AdvancedSelf-Knowledge & Transformation

Beyond Good and Evil

by Friedrich Nietzsche

Modern (1800–present)AdvancedEthics & the Good Life

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Transcendentalism

Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Modern (1800–present)IntermediateSelf-Knowledge & Transformation

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New Thought

The Science of Mind

by Ernest Holmes

Modern (1800–present)IntermediateSelf-Knowledge & Transformation

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20th Century Spiritual Works

Spiritual Cannibalism

by Swami Rudrananda (Rudi)

Modern (1800–present)IntermediateSelf-Knowledge & Transformation

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Nietzsche’s Zarathustra comes down from a mountain like a sunlit prophet to teach in parables that God is dead and the human being must become creator. In a world tempted by herd comfort and hollow idols, he calls for self overcoming, the birth of the Overman, and a life affirming courage that dances. Through images of camels, lions, and children, of eagles and serpents, the book sings of will to power, friendship, solitude, and the eternal recurrence that tests our yes to existence. Part sermon, part song, it is a fierce companion for readers ready to forge values when old stars have gone dark.

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Beyond Good and Evil is Nietzsche’s audacious call to step past the safe fences of inherited morality and breathe the high mountain air of free thought. In quick sparks and probing aphorisms he exposes the hidden prejudices of philosophers, questions the idol of Truth, and presents perspectivism, the insight that every seeing is from a stance. He studies priests, scholars, and nobles like a sharp naturalist, tracing herd instincts and the will to power that moves beneath our virtues. The book invites bold readers to test their convictions, shed comforting masks, and begin the risky art of creating values of their own.

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The Science of Mind is Ernest Holmes’s welcoming hearth for seekers who suspect thought is creative and Spirit is near. Holmes blends philosophy, mysticism, and a practical method he calls affirmative prayer to show how the universe works through dependable spiritual law. Mind impresses Law, and experiences unfold from patterns we habitually hold. The book invites you to test these ideas in healing, prosperity, and peace, not as dogma but as practice. Expect clear lessons, rich metaphors, and a steady insistence that each soul lives within a boundless Presence. If you long for a sunlit table where faith meets practice, enter.

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A founding voice of American Transcendentalism, Emerson’s Essays opens like a clear window onto the inner country, where nature and conscience speak with the same bright voice. In pieces like The American Scholar, Self Reliance, and Nature, he invites you to trust the private compass, to read the pine woods as scripture, and to feel the moral law of Compensation moving like a tide through every act. Friendship and Heroism explore the brave and the tender heart, while Circles charts growth as ever widening rings. Shakespeare or the Poet honors creative genius as native sunlight. The result is a portable lantern for seekers, brisk, generous, and quietly electrifying.

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Spiritual Cannibalism is Rudi’s fierce yet tender invitation to metabolize every experience into inner nourishment. With blunt compassion he urges readers to drop assumptions, examine motives and relationships, and accept what is, so content outweighs form and detachment loosens material hunger. Through the living portrait of a teacher who could be sweet and terrifying, divine and deeply human, the book shows how to digest beauty and ugliness, praise and pain, until they become strength. It points toward a steady heart that refuses the usual split of good and bad, and offers a practice of attention and willingness by which life itself becomes the food of awakening.

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