Reading a variety of sacred texts from different wisdom traditions is inspiring, edifying, and transformative for those rooted in one faith, spiritual seekers, and interspiritual pilgrims. There is no end to the riches that can be found and nurtured in these incredible resources!
We salute the SkyLight Illuminations series which offers access to the great classic texts in the world's religions. Each paperback presents an introduction, facing pages of commentary by an expert, and insights into the history, context, and meaning of the text. All 25 of these paperbacks are available through SkyLightPaths Publishing. Visit their website at www.skylightpaths.com.
Christianity
"To arrive at that which we know not, we must travel by a way which we know not."
— John of the Cross
- Celtic Christian Spirituality: Essential Writings — Annotated & Explained
by Mary C. Earle - Desert Fathers and Mothers: Early Christian Wisdom Sayings — Annotated & Explained
by Christine Valters Paintner - The Hidden Gospel of Matthew: Annotated & Explained
by Ron Miller - The Gospel of Thomas: Annotated & Explained
by Stevan Davies - The Imitation of Christ: Selections, Annotated and Explained
by Thomas a Kempis & Paul Wesley Chilcote - John & Charles Wesley: Selections from Their Writings and Hymns — Annotated & Explained
by Paul Wesley Chilcote - Philokalia: The Eastern Christian Spiritual Texts — Selections Annotated & Explained
by Allyne Smith - Saint Ignatius Loyola: The Spiritual Writings — Selections Annotated & Explained
by Mark Mossa - Spiritual Writings on Mary: Annotated & Explained
by Mary Ford-Grabowsky and Andrew Harvey - The Way of a Pilgrim: Annotated & Explained
by Gleb Pokrovsky
Judaism
- The Book of Job: Annotated & Explained
by Donald Kraus - The Divine Feminine in Biblical Wisdom Literature: Selections Annotated & Explained
by Rami Shapiro - Ecclesiastes: Annotated & Explained
by Rami Shapiro - Ethics of The Sages: Pirke Avot — Annotated & Explained
by Rami Shapiro - Hasidic Tales: Annotated & Explained
by Rami Shapiro - The Hebrew Prophets: Selections Annotated & Explained
by Rami Shapiro - Maimonides Essential Teachings on Jewish Faith and Ethics: The Book of Knowledge and the Thirteen Principles of Faith — Annotated & Explained
by Moses Maimonides and Marc D. Angel - Proverbs: Annotated & Explained
by Rami Shapiro - Tanya, the Masterpiece of Hasidic Wisdom: Selections Annotated & Explained
by Rami Shapiro
Islam
"You can get something from a book. That something may be so important as to lead you to the recognition of the real thing."
— Idries Shah
- Ghazali on the Principles of Islamic Spirituality: Selections from the Forty Foundations of Religion — Annotated & Explained
by Abu Hamid al-Ghazali and Aaron Spevack
Eastern Religions
"We have to allow what is good, beautiful, and meaningful in the other's tradition to transform us."
— Thich Nhat Hanh
- Chuang-tzu: The Tao of Perfect Happiness — Annotated & Explained
by Livia Kohn - Confucius, The Analects: The Path of the Sage — Selections Annotated & Explained
by Confucius and Rodney L. Taylor - Selections from the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna: Annotated & Explained
by Kendra Crossen Burroughs - Tao Te Ching: Annotated & Explained
by Lao Tzu and Derek Lin
Native American
- Native American Stories of the Sacred: Annotated & Explained
by Evan T. Prichard
Philosophy
"God enters by a private door into every individual.''
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius: Selections Annotated & Explained
by Russell McNeil and George Long