Scriptures

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Perístanom is a syncretic religion. As such, its scriptures consist of all the sacred texts of all the world’s great faith traditions, whereof some are included below in English translations as files in ‘Portable Document Format’ (PDF).

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Bahá'í

Bahá'í Scriptures

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Buddhism

A Buddhist Bible

The Word of the Buddha

The Gospel of Buddha

In the Buddha’s Words

Dhammapada

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Christianity

Holy Bible with Annotations

Holy Bible with Apocrypha

Bible: English Standard Version

Bible: Douay–Rheims Version

The Gnostic Bible

Nag Hammadi Library

Divina Commedia

Inferno

Purgatorio

Paradiso

Divine Comedy

Inferno

Purgatorio

Paradiso

Paradise Lost

Paradise Regained

Beowulf

Le Morte d’Arthur

The Silmarillion

The Hobbit

The Lord of the Rings

The Fellowship of the Ring

The Two Towers

The Return of the King

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

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Confucianism

Analects

I Ching

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Hellenism

The Iliad

The Odyssey

Theogony

Works and Days

The Aeneid

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Hinduism

Rig Veda

Yajur Veda

Sama Veda

Atharva Veda

Upanishads

Bhagavad Gita

Mahabharata

Ramayana

Puranas

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Humanism

Answer

The Last Question

The Jefferson Bible

The Good Book: A Humanist Bible

On the Origin of Species

Bertrand Russell

A History of Western Philosophy

Quantum Questions

The Demon-Haunted World

The Parable of the Tribes

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Islam

Qur’an

Sahih al-Bukhari

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Jainism

Akaranga Sutra

Jainism Treatise

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Judaism

Tanakh

Tales and Maxims

Tanhuma

Talmud

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Mormonism

Holy Bible with Annotations

The Book of Mormon

Doctrine and Covenants

The Pearl of Great Price

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Omega Point

The Phenomenon of Man

The Physics of Immortality

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Politics

The Earth Charter

The Charter for Compassion

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness

Letter from Birmingham Jail

Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories

The Sneetches and Other Stories

The Lorax

The Butter Battle Book

The Wealth of Nations

Manifesto of the Communist Party

Das Kapital

A People’s History of the United States

Voices of a People’s History of the United States

A People’s History of the World

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Psychology

The Golden Bough

The White Goddess

Man and His Symbols

Carl Jung

The Hero with a Thousand Faces

The Masks of God I: Primitive Mythology

The Masks of God II: Oriental Mythology

The Masks of God III: Occidental Mythology

The Masks of God IV: Creative Mythology

The Power of Myth

Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth

The Power of Myth: The Hero’s Adventure

The Power of Myth: The Message of the Myth

The Power of Myth: The First Storytellers

The Power of Myth: Sacrifice and Bliss

The Power of Myth: Love and the Goddess

The Power of Myth: Masks of Eternity

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Shinto

Kojiki

Nihon Shoki

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Sikhism

Guru Granth Sahib

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Taoism

Tao Te Ching

Zhuangzi

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Wicca

The Book of Shadows

Witchcraft for Tomorrow

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Zoroastrianism

Gathas

Avesta

Khordeh Avesta

Visperad

Vendidad

Avesta Fragments

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Modern Indo-European

A Grammar of Modern Indo-European

A Tentative Syntax of Modern Indo-European

Modern Indo-European Writing System

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