Good Work Library

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  • Aenglisc — Texts from the English folk tradition, preserving the old stories and customs of the British Isles. (100)
  • Aquarian — Texts of the New Age and Aquarian age. (86)
  • Arabic — Poetry and sacred literature from the Arabic-speaking world, from the pre-Islamic odes to the traditions they inspired. (3)
  • Bon (35)
  • Buddhist — Sacred texts from the Buddhist tradition, spanning sutras, commentaries, and wisdom literature. (313)
  • Canaanite — The myths and rituals of ancient Canaan, preserved on clay tablets from the ruins of Ugarit — the storm god, the sea, and the descent into death. (4)
  • Cathar — Surviving texts from the Cathar tradition, the dualist Christian movement of medieval southern France. (4)
  • Confucian (2)
  • Daoist — Texts from the Daoist tradition, encompassing philosophy, alchemy, and the way of naturalness. (26)
  • Egyptian — Sacred texts from ancient Egypt, including funerary literature and hymns to the gods. (12)
  • Gnostic — Texts from the Gnostic traditions, including Nag Hammadi scriptures, Sethian and Valentinian writings, and apocrypha. (109)
  • Greek — Sacred and philosophical texts from the ancient Greek tradition. (10)
  • Hermetic — Texts from the Hermetic tradition, the Greco-Egyptian wisdom literature attributed to Hermes Trismegistus. (46)
  • Hindu — Sacred texts from the Hindu tradition, spanning devotional, tantric, and philosophical literature. (23)
  • Internet — Texts born on the internet — digital-native sacred and philosophical writings. (699)
  • Judean (260)
  • Living Traditions (209)
  • Mandaean — Texts from the Mandaean tradition, the ancient Gnostic religion centred on John the Baptist and the World of Light. (2)
  • Manichaean — Texts from the Manichaean tradition, Mani's universal religion of light and darkness. (8)
  • Mesoamerican (53)
  • Mesopotamian — Sacred texts from ancient Mesopotamia, including epics, hymns, and mythological literature. (92)
  • Norse — Sacred texts from the Norse tradition, including the Poetic Edda and selections from the Prose Edda. (102)
  • Sufi (29)
  • Syriac (92)
  • Tamil (12)
  • Uralic — Sacred texts and translations from the shamanic, ritual, and folk-sacred traditions of the Finno-Ugric, Samoyedic, and Permian peoples — Mansi, Udmurt, Sami, Finnish, Hungarian, and more. (188)
  • Vedic — Texts from the Vedic tradition, the oldest layer of Indian scripture including hymns, rituals, and cosmic philosophy. (1039)
  • Yiguandao — Texts from the Yiguandao tradition, the Way of Pervading Unity — scriptures of the Eternal Mother and the returning Dao. (62)
  • Zoroastrian — Sacred texts from the Zoroastrian tradition, including the Gathas of Zarathustra. (23)

Pages

  • Glossary — A cross-traditional glossary of religious and philosophical terminology drawn from every tradition in the Good Work Library.
  • Welcome — You found the library. Here's what you're holding.