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“Travel only with thy equals or thy betters if there are none, travel alone.” “All that we are is made up of our thoughts; it is founded on our thoughts; it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness will surely follow him, like a shadow which never leaves.” (The Dharmapada) The Dharmapada is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form. It is one of the most widely read and best-known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the work is in the Khuddaka Nikaya, a division of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism. Here is the perfect audiobook for everyone interested in expanding their own distant spiritual horizons, both ethically and philosophically. For every dedicated Buddhist, Eastern philosopher, student of classic literature, simple curious commuter, and all school and university systems, this is the esoteric, inspirational audiobook for you.

“Travel only with thy equals or thy betters if there are none, travel alone.” “All that we are is made up of our thoughts; it is founded on our thoughts; it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness will surely follow him, like a shadow which never leaves.” THE DHARMAPADA The Dharmapada is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form. It is one of the most widely read and best-known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the work is in the Khuddaka Nikaya, a division of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism. Here is the perfect audiobook for everyone interested in expanding their own distant spiritual horizons, both ethically and philosophically. For every dedicated Buddhist, Eastern philosopher, student of classic literature, simple curious commuter and all school and university systems, this is the esoteric, inspirational audiobook for you.

Ghost stories deal with subjects and situations focusing on hauntings, spirits, and interactions with the dead. These may be in the form of fiction or non-fiction. Haunting is used as a plot device in horror fiction and paranormal-based fiction. Legends about haunted houses have long appeared in literature. Herein in a creepy collection of the very best. 

The Dead is the final short story in the 1914 collection Dubliners by James Joyce. The other stories in the collection are shorter, whereas at 15,952 words, “The Dead” is almost long enough to be described as a novella.

“Travel only with thy equals or thy betters if there are none, travel alone.” “All that we are is made up of our thoughts; it is founded on our thoughts; it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness will surely follow him, like a shadow which never leaves.” THE DHARMAPADA The Dharmapada is a collection of sayings of the Buddha in verse form. It is one of the most widely read and best-known Buddhist scriptures. The original version of the work is in the Khuddaka Nikaya, a division of the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism. Here is the perfect audiobook for everyone interested in expanding their own distant spiritual horizons, both ethically and philosophically. For every dedicated Buddhist, Eastern philosopher, student of classic literature, simple curious commuter and all school and university systems, this is the esoteric, inspirational audiobook for everyone..

Aleister Crowley was born 12 October 1875. He was an English occultist, ceremonial magician, poet, painter, novelist, and mountaineer. He founded the religion of Thelema, identifying himself as the prophet entrusted with guiding humanity into the Æon of Horus in the early 20th century. A prolific writer, he published widely over the course of his life. Born to a wealthy family in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, Crowley rejected his parents’ fundamentalist Christian faith to pursue an interest in Western esotericism. He was educated at Trinity College at the University of Cambridge, where he focused his attentions on mountaineering and poetry. Some biographers allege that here he was recruited into a British intelligence agency, further suggesting that he remained a spy throughout his life. In 1898 he joined the esoteric Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, where he was trained in ceremonial magic. Moving to Boleskine House by Loch Ness in Scotland, he went mountaineering in Mexico before studying Hindu and Buddhist practices in India. He married Rose Edith Kelly and in 1904 they honeymooned in Cairo, Egypt Crowley declared his followers should “Do what thou wilt” and seek to align themselves with their True Will through the practice of magick. Herein is a treasury of his long-lost writings.

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. First published in Collier’s Magazine on May 27, 1922, it was subsequently anthologized in Fitzgerald’s book “Tales of the Jazz Age” which is occasionally published as “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age,” Stories.It also was later adapted into the 2008 namesake film and in 2019 into a stage musical. 

The Cricket on the Heart is a novella by Charles Dickens, published by Bradbury and Evans, and released 20 December 1845. Dickens began writing the book in October 1845 and finished it by December. Like all of Dickens’s Christmas books, it was published in book form, not as a serial. Dickens described the novel as “quiet and domestic innocent and pretty.” It is subdivided into chapters called “Chirps”, similar to the “Quarters” of The Chimes or the “Staves” of A Christmas Carol. It is the third of Dickens’s five Christmas books, preceded by A Christmas Carol (1843) and The Chimes (1844), and followed by The Battle of Life (1846) and The Haunted Man and the Ghost’s Bargain (1848).