School of Philosophy Kingston

Bookshop & Reading

Bookshop & Reading

We have a good selection of books written by members of our school and they can be found and purchased at the School Bookshop webpage.

Please email us on [email protected] if you have any queries about available books.

Suggested Starting List for Reading

Our students sometimes ask us to recommend additional reading. We recommend reading broadly and whatever takes your interest. However, here’s an optional list of a few good books out of the many available if you’re interested in doing further reading and please remember that it is not exclusive. It is worth noting that while good reading undoubtedly supports our growth, wisdom in the end comes from applying it in practice. Our course does not require you to do further reading but your tutor will be happy to give further advice if needed.

TITLEAuthor / Translator / Editor
The Essential Rumi Coleman Barks
The Bhagavad Geeta   Shri Purohit Swami
Good Company    Maharaja Sri Shantananda Saraswati
Inspired TalksSwami Vivekananda
The Man Who Wanted to Meet GodMaharaja Sri Shantananda Saraswati
Meditations   Marcus Aurelius
The Letters of Marsilio Ficino Vols. 1 – 11Marsilio Ficino
The Portable Emerson Carl Bode (ed.)
The ProphetKhalil Gibran
The Ten Principal UpanishadsW. B. Yeats/Shri Purohit Swami
Eight Upanishads Vol 1 and 2Trans. Swami Gambhirananda
(Shankara Commentary)
World Within the Mind H.P. Shastri
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones Paul Reps
Zen in the Art of ArcheryEugen Herrigel

Reference Texts

The Dialogues of Plato:Benjamin Jowett (translation)
The Dialogues of Plato Dr David Horan
(A member of our school) – Free translation online at https://platonicfoundation.org
The Complete Works of ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare
Holy BibleKing James Version
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We have a good selection of books written by members of our school and they can be found and purchased

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We have local face-to-face courses available across the UK. Our introductory courses can be attended online or at the following locations: London, Guildford, Midlands (Birmingham & Welshpool), SE London (Croydon), North East (Brighouse, Doncaster, Huddersfield, Leeds, Loughborough, Nottingham, Saltaire, Sheffield, York), North West (Stockport, Chorley, Wirral), St Albans, Scotland (Glasgow, Edinburgh), Peterborough, Cambridge, Oxford, Sussex, Wessex, Berkshire, East Anglia, Kingston, Kent, Bath & Bristol
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