Elvis Presley was a thoughtful, voracious reader; he was especially drawn to religious and spiritual books. His relationship to God was the single most significant aspect and foundation of his spectacular life and career. Religion and mysticism spoke directly to Elvis’ fundamental desire to know what life was about, and thus it emerged naturally from the very marrow of his being. We see this reflected in his music and in the overwhelming outpouring of love and adoration from his fans worldwide.
Over the many years I spent with Elvis, he and I read hundreds of books together; many travelled with him wherever he went. We studied ancient wisdom and philosophy, religions of both East and West, exoteric and esoteric. Nothing was off bounds for our inquiring minds.
We studied and discussed, searched, and probed, always looking for answers, each looking for his own purpose and helping the other along the way. As well as being his personal hairstylist and friend, it was my privilege to introduce and bring him the books that gradually formed his treasured library.
Adams, Frank
Scientific Search for the Face of Jesus
Alder, Vera Stanley
The Initiation of the World
The Finding of the Third Eye
The Fifth Dimension.
The Secret of the Atom
Anrias, David
Through the Eyes of the Masters
Augustine, Saint
The City of God
Bailey, Alice A.
The Light of the Soul.
Initiation Human and Solar
Glamour, A World Problem.
The Reappearance of the Christ
Esoteric Healing
Bayne, Murdo McDonald
Beyond the Himalayas
The Higher Power You Can Use
Benner, Joseph
The Impersonal Life
Brotherhood
The Way to the Kingdom
Blavatsky, Helena Petrova (Madame)
Isis Unveiled
The Secret Doctrine
Brunton, Paul
The Wisdom of the Overself
The Hidden Teachings Beyond Yoga
In Search of Secret India
The Secret Path
Discover Yourself
The Quest of the Overself
Brydlova, Bozema
Ten Unveiled: The Brydlova Theory of the Origin of Numbers.
Cheiro (Count Louis Harmon)
Cheiro’s book of Numbers
When Were You Born
Cheiro’s World Predictions
Fate in the Making
Eddy, Mary Baker
Science and Health with the Keys to the Scriptures
Fisher, Martin (trans)
Gracian’s Manual
Geller, Larry
The New Age Voice (Magazine)
Gibran, Kahlil
The Prophet
The Spiritual Sayings of Kahlil Gibran
Thoughts and Meditations
Goldsmith, Joel
The Infinite Way
The Gospel According to Thomas
From the Nag Hamadi Library
Hall, Manly Palmer
The Secret Teachings of all Ages
The Mystical Christ
The Pheonix
Twelve World Teachings
Man, Grand Symbol of the Mysteries
Old Testament Wisdom
Heindal, Max
The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception
Heline, Corrine
America’s Invisible Guidance
Color and Music in the New Age
Music: The keynote of Human Evolution
The Sacred Science of Numbers
Holy Bible
Old and New Testaments
King James version
Leadbeater, C. W.
The Masters and the Path.
The Inner Life
Leaves of Gold
Levi
The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ
Long, Max Freedom
The Huna Code in Religions
Mata, Sri Daya
Only Love
M.C.
Light on the Path
Metaphysical Bible Dictionary
Morya
Leaves of Morya’s Garden, Volumes 1 and 11
Agni Yogi
Aum
Brotherhood
Heart
Hierarchy
Infinity. Volumes 1 and 11
Percival, Harold
Thinking and Destiny
Pike, Albert
Morals and Dogma
Ramacharaka
Fourteen Lessons in Yogi Philosophy
Roerich, Helena
Letters of Helena Roerich
Volumes 1 and 11
Rudhyar, Dane
New Mansions for New Men
Fire out of Stone
Russell, Walter
The Secret of Light
Spaulding, Baird
Life and Teachings of the Masters of the Far East
Volumes 1-V
Waite, A. E.
The Holy Kabbalah
Yogananda, Paramahansa
Autobiography of Yogi
Man’s Eternal Quest
Science of Religion