Tongues of Fire: A Bible of Sacred Scriptures of the Non-Christian World

xxvi, 422 pp. From the preface: "I have chosen those passages which seem to have the greatest beauty and spiritual appeal, leaving it to the reader to enter on his own account into a more intensive study of that religion which interests him most... I hope it may lead others to compile Bibles of their own to supply the lack which may be felt in this: for it is a great pleasure to commune with the great ones of heaven and earth, and why should we deny ourselves this delight?" Includes: Preface; The Unknown God; Introduction; The Book of Genesis: Early Conceptions of the Genesis of the World; The Egyptian Book of Wisdom: The Teachings of Kagemma (Ke'gemni), Ptah-Hetep; King Khati, Amen-Em-Apt; and Ani; The Upanishads; The Book of Psalms: Vedic, Greek, Egyptian and Japanese Hymns, Accadian and Babylonian Penitential Psalms, and Hymns of the American Indians; The Book of Prayers: Accadian, Babylonian, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Indian Prayers; The Book of Zarathustra (Zoroaster): Selections from the Persian Avesta and the Dina-i Mainog-i Khirad; The Confucian Canon: Selections from the Shu-King, the Shi-King, the Yi-King, the Li-Chi, the Hsiao King, the Analects of Confucius, the Doctrine of the Mean, the Great Learning, and the Writings of Mencius; The Book of Lao-Tzu: Selections from His Tao Teh King and from the Writings of His Follower Chuang-Tzu; The Book of Buddha: Selections from the Ancient Buddhist Canon Treating of the Life and Teachings of Buddha, Including the Dhammapada; The Edicts of Asoka: Selections from His Rock and Pillar Edicts; The Laws of Manu; The Bhagavadgita, the Song Divine; The Book of Socrates: Selections from Xenophon and Plato Descriptive of His Life and Teachings; The Book of Plato: Selections from the Phaedrus, the Republic, Meno, Timaeus, Symposium, and Laws; The Enneads of Plotinus; The Book of Seneca: Selections from His Epistles, De Vita Beata, De Providentia; De Constantia Sapientis, Consolatio ad Polybium, De Ira, and De Consolatione ad Helviam Matrem; The Book of Epictetus: Selections from His Discourses, Aphorisms and Enchiridion; The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius; The Book of Mohammed: Selections from the Koran, with the Call to Prayer and an Extract from Muslim; Bibliography.