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The Lucis Trust Library Catalogue THE LUCIS TRUST LIBRARY CATALOGUE 120 Wall Street, 24th Floor New York, N.Y. 10005 ________ July 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS RULES FOR BORROWING ··························II BORROWING BY MAIL ····························II HOW TO RETURN LIBRARY BOOKS AND TAPES ·············III LIBRARY SUBJECT CATEGORIES ·····················IV TITLE LISTING OF LUCIS TRUST LIBRARY BOOKS (ENGLISH) ·····PART 1 AUTHOR LISTING OF LUCIS TRUST LIBRARY BOOKS (ENGLISH)····PART 2 SUBJECT LISTING OF LUCIS TRUST LIBRARY BOOKS (ENGLISH) · · · PART 3 AUDIO / SPANISH TITLES LISTING ·····················PART 4 LISTING OF VIDEO PROGRAMS ·······················PART 5 LUCIS TRUST LIBRARY 120 WALL STREET, 24TH FLOOR NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10005 TELEPHONE (212) 292-0707 Rules for Borrowing: The Lucis Trust Library is available to all interested in this special service. It contains a com- plete selection of the books of Alice A. Bailey, as well as books on the occult, philosophy, reli- gion, astrology, and other related subjects. The library is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (except holidays). Books may also be borrowed through the mail. A library application form must be filled out before books can be borrowed. Properly print your informations using a blue or black pen, no pencil. Please do not ask us for library applica- tions for your friends. If they are interested, suggest that they write to us themselves. Two books may be borrowed at a time and kept for four weeks. The due date stamped in the back of each book represents the regular four week loan period, plus one week to allow for mailing to you. When returning materials, place them in the mail on or before the stamped date. (We will expect them here one week later.) Books or tapes may be renewed for two additional weeks on hearing from you by mail, phone or e-mail. (Borrowers renewing by mail are not sent an acknowledgement of the renewal.) Library books or tapes should not be lent to others. Reference books (marked “REF” in catalogue) may not be taken from the library. All the Alice A. Bailey books are available on audio cassette. Only one set may be borrowed at a time, and regular library books and cassettes cannot be borrowed at the same time. Two video programs produced by the Lucis Trust are available for sale by Lucis Productions at this address, or by loan through the Lucis Trust Library. These are the programs – “The Wesak Festival: Moon of the Buddha” and “Twelve Spiritual Festivals”. We appreciate very much your adherence to due dates. We depend on your responsible care of these often fragile books, and their return so others may use them too. We will contact you in the case of excessively overdue materials, but much prefer your voluntary cooperation. THE LIFE OF A LIBRARY DEPENDS ON ITS CIRCULATION. PLEASE DO YOUR PART BY RETURNING BOOKS AND TAPES ON TIME. Borrowing by Mail Books and tapes are sent only within the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada. We do not mail to military or diplomatic addresses or any overseas addresses. Please use the Library Book Request form whenever possible when requesting books or tapes (tape requests on reverse side of the form). Include the title and author’s name as they appear in the catalogue, and please also fill in your name and address. Occasionally, all books requested will be unavailable. Substitutions will be made unless you specify otherwise. How to Return Library Books and Tapes by Mail The due date stamped in the back of the books is the date that the books should be placed in the mail for return to the library. Wrapping: For the protection of the books, save all of the original wrapping for returning the books. If you must use other wrapping, be sure the books are well protected (see wrapping sug- gestions on back of Book Request form.) Packages are subjected to very rough treatment in the mail. CAREFUL WRAPPING GREATLY EXTENDS THE LIFE OF BOOKS AND TAPES. Postage: Books or tapes sent within the United States and Puerto Rico (although not Canada) may be sent by Library Book Rate, an inexpensive rate used by mail-order libraries. Be sure to mark the package “LIBRARY BOOKS” or “LIBRARY TAPES”. Use regular postage stamps (not air mail) in the same amount as was on the original package sent to you. The form for your next book or tape request can be included inside your return package at no additional cost. If you are eligible and wish us to mail your tapes “FREE FOR THE BLIND”, please let us know. All of the books of Alice A. Bailey are available in Braille through the mail from The Theosophical Book Association for the Blind Krotona 54 Ojai, CA 93023 Library Book Donations Donations of books to the library are welcome. However, prior to sending any books, please give us a list of the ones you wish to donate, indicating whether they are hardcover or paper- back, and we will then let you know which books would be suitable for our collection. THE LIBRARY IS NOT ENDOWED. IT IS MAINTAINED SOLELY THROUGH VOLUNTARYCONTRIBUTIONS. YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED. LIBRARY SUBJECT CATEGORIES BELOW IS A LIST OF SUBJECT CATEGORIES FOR THE LUCIS TRUST LIBRARY. THE SUBJECT CATEFORY FOR EACH ENTRY IN THE LIBRARY CATALOGUE IS GIVEN IN THE THIRD COLUMN. FIC FICTION 100 PHILOSOPHY 110 METAPHYSICS 120 REINCARNATION, DEATH 131 HEALING 133 OCCULTISM, THEOSOPHY, YOGA 133.3 MASONRY, ALCHEMY, SYMBOLISM, TAROT, ROSICRUCIANISM, I CHING, NUMEROLOGY 133.4 MAGIC 133.5 ASTROLOGY 133.6 KABBALAH 133.9 PARAPSYCHOLOGY, PSYCHISM 140 MYSTICISM 150 PSYCHOLOGY 189 GNOSTICISM 200 RELIGION (GENERAL) 220 SCRIPTURES 230 CHRISTIANITY 232 JESUS (LIFE AND TEACHING) 240 MEDITATION 294.1 BUDDHISM, ZEN 294.2 HINDUISM, UPANISHADS, VEDANTA 294.3 YOGA SUTRAS OF PATANJALI 294.4 BHAGAVAD GITA 320 WORLD AFFAIRS, UNITED NATIONS 370 EDUCATION 500 SCIENCE 700 ART, ARCHITECTURE, MUSIC 800 LITERATURE, POETRY 900 HISTORY 920 BIOGRAPHY REF REFERENCE Title Listing Lucis Trust Library Catalogue Title Listing - Page 1 AUTHOR TITLE CAT# A-ZOFNATURAL THERAPIES JACKA, JUDY ND. 131 J A PATH WITH HEART: A Guide Through the Perils and KORNFIELD, JACK 294.1 K Promises of Spiritual Life A SENSE OF THE COSMOS: Scientific Knowledge and NEEDLEMAN, JACOB 100 N Spiritual Truth A TO Z HOROSCOPE MAKER AND INTERPRETER GEORGE, LLEWELLYN 133.5 G ABOUT THE AQUARIAN AGE ROOF, SIMONS 133 R ABOUT THE AQUARIAN AGE ROOF, SIMONS REF R ABRAHAM LINCOLN: Great American Historians on OurLAMB, BRIAN 900 L Sixteenth President ABSORBENT MIND, THE MONTESSORI, MARIA 370 M ACCEPTING YOUR POWER TO HEAL: Therapeutic KRIEGER, DOLORES 131 K Touch Practice ACT OF WILL ASSAGIOLI, ROBERTO MD. 150 A ACTIVATION OF ENERGY TEILHARD DE CHARDIN, PIERRE 133 T ADAMANT ROERICH, NICHOLAS 133 R ADDICTIVE ORGANIZATION, THE: Why SCHEAH, ANN WILSON 320 S We…Perpetuate Sick Organizations ADEPT OF GALILEE, THE SCOTT, CYRIL REF C ADEPT, THE KURTZ, KATHERINE & HARRIS, DEBORAH TURNER FIC K ADVANCED COURSE IN YOGI PHILOSOPHY & RAMACHARAKA, YOGI 133 R ORIENTAL OCCULTISM ADVANCED PRANIC HEALING SUI, CHOA KOK 131 S ADYAR PAMPHLETS VOL.I (17, 33, 49, 68, 78 & 126) ADYAR 133 A AETHER: The Transcript PATHWAY INITIATIVES 500 P AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE: An Anthology WORLEY, DEMETRICE 800 W AFTER DEATH: A New Future for Human REANNEY, DARRYL 120 R Consciousness AFTER THE ECSTASY THE LAUNDRY: How the Heart KORNFIELD, JACK 100 K Grows Wise on the Spiritual Path AFTER THE LIGHT: What I Discovered on the Other SHARP, KIMBERLY C. 120 S Side of Life That Can Change Your World AFTERLIFE: An Investigation of the Evidence for Life WILSON, COLIN 133.9 W After Death AGE ARC: An Innovative Method of Prediction RAINVILLE, JEROME 133.5 R AGELESS BODY, TIMELESS MIND: The Quantum CHOPRA, DEEPAK 131 C Alternative to Growing Old AGELESS WISDOM OF LIFE CODD, CLARA 133 C AGELESS WISDOM, THE SARAYDARIAN, TORKOM 133 S AGES OF GAIA, THE: A Biography of Our Living Earth LOVELOCK, JAMES 500L AGNI YOGA ROERICH - AGNI YOGA SOCIETY 133 R AKASHIC EXPERIENCE, THE: Science and the Cosmic LASZLO,ERVIN 133.9 L Memory Field ALCHEMY ANCIENT AND MODERN REDGROVE, H. STANLEY 133.3 R ALCHEMY THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE COUDERT, ALLISON 133.3 C ALIGNED, RELAXED RESILIENT: The Physical JOHNSON, WILL 240 J Foundations of Mindfulness ALL AND EVERYTHING (BEELZEBUB’S TALES TO GURDJIEFF, G. FIC G HIS GRANDSON) ALLOW DIVINE ENERGY TO HELP YOU SNELLING, GEORGE 133 S ALMANAC AND YEARBOOK 1985 READERS DIGEST ASSOCIATION INC. REF R ALMOST ANCESTORS (THE FIRST CALIFORNIANS) SIERRA CLUB BOOK, A REF S ALTAI-HIMALAYA: A Travel Diary ROERICH, NICHOLAS 910 R ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS TART, CHARLES E. (ED.) 150 T AMERICA’S EMPIRE: Global Leader or Rogue Power GARRISON, JIM 320 G Page 2 - Title Listing Lucis Trust Library Catalogue AUTHOR TITLE CAT# AMERICAN CULT AND SECT LEADERS, MELTON, J. GORDON 200 M BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY AMERICAN EPHEMERIS, THE ASTRO COMPUTING SERVICE REF A AMERICAN ETHICS AND THE VIRTUOUS CITIZEN: GRANT, ROBERT 100 G Basic Principles AMERICAN INDIAN STORIES ZITKALA-SA FIC Z AMERICAN SOUL, THE NEEDLEMAN, JACOB 133 N AMERICAN SOUL, THE: Rediscovering the Wisdom of NEEDLEMAN, JACOB 900 B the Founders AN AWAKENING FROM THE TRANCES OF EVERY RUBENSTEIN, ED 100 R DAY LIFE: A Journey of Empowerment ANACALYPSIS, DRAWING ASIDE VEIL OF SAITIC HIGGINS, GODFREY 133 H ISIS - II ANACALYPSIS, DRAWING ASIDE VEIL OF SAITIC HIGGINS, GODFREY REF H ISIS, V.II ANALECTS OF CONFUCIUS SOOTHILL, W.E. (TRANS.) 100 S ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION TYL, NOEL 133.5 T ANATOMY OF THE SPIRIT: The Seven Stages of MYSS, CAROLINE 131 M Power and Healing ANCIENT AMERICA LEONARD, JONATHAN NORTON 900 L ANCIENT FRAGMENTS: Egyptian, Indian, Persian,
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